8 May 2018
In March, SOAS Teaching Fellow Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour, as part of a group of UK-Al-Azhar scholar's programme, met HRH the Prince of Wales to share thoughts and offer reflections on ways of promoting religious tolerance and countering extremism.

Image: Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour (centre) meeting HRH the Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales welcomed six Egyptian scholars from the UK-Al-Azhar scholarship programme, including Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour, to Clarence House in a reception that was also attended by British Ambassador to Egypt, John Casson and a number of supporters of the programme. The meeting was a part of a mutual cooperation program between His Royal Highness and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb in order to promote interfaith dialogue.