Dean of the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research College at Mohammed bin Zayed University for Humanities

Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Research at Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities and a prominent scholar of Islamic philosophy. He served as a lecturer at the Lebanese University of Beirut - Faculty of Arts - Department of Philosophy - Branch I since 1977. He has also served as an assistant at the same university from 1977 to 1979. He advanced through the academic ranks, becoming a Professor in the Department of Philosophy in 1989.

He has authored and translated numerous publications, most notably "The Nation, Community, and Authority: Studies in Arab-Islamic Political Thought", "Concepts of Groups in Islam", and "Contemporary Islam Perspectives on the Present and the Future", among many others.

He was awarded the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) in the Islamic Studies category 2017.

Head of Cultural Outreach Sector at Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Head of the Cultural Communication Sector at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, playing a key role in fostering cultural dialogue and expanding knowledge accessibility. Through his work, he oversees programmes and initiatives that connect the library with the community, reinforcing its position as a leading cultural and educational hub.

With extensive experience in the cultural field, Dr Mohamed Soliman contributes to organising events, launching awareness projects, and promoting intellectual exchange across generations. His vision focuses on making knowledge accessible to all and strengthening the library’s role as a bridge between heritage and modern intellectual development.

Author and Researcher

Born in Vabkent, Bukhara Region, Uzbekistan, just a few kilometres from Afshana, the birthplace of the great scholar Avicenna.

He graduated from the Department of Arabic Philology at the Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies. He later obtained a Master’s degree in Translation Theory and Practice from the same institution and earned a PhD in Historical Sciences.

Currently, he is a researcher in the Department of the History of Science and Culture of Eastern Peoples at the University of Oriental Studies. Since 2018, he has been a specialist at the Institute of Oriental Studies within the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences. Previously, he worked as a translator in Kuwait and served as a scientific advisor at the Avicenna Foundation.

Between 2019 and 2020, he conducted studies on Avicenna’s manuscripts in Turkish libraries under a grant from "El-Yurt Umidi". From 2023 to 2024, he was a lead researcher in a scientific project on the manuscripts of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, conducting research in Turkey, Iran, England, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. He has published over 30 scientific studies.

Novelist and Poet

Chemical engineer and environmental scientist with a PhD from Sorbonne University Pierre and Marie Curie Campus, France. Her work spans Europe and the Middle East, focusing on environmental and technological issues, with significant contributions to raising awareness through research and publications.

Beyond academia, Dr Diyab is also an accomplished author. She has published poetry collections, including "The Soul Player" (2022) and "Invisible Faces" (2023). She ventured into children's literature with "Paris' Space Journey", an educational book featuring six activity booklets designed to teach children about environmental awareness. In the film industry, she wrote the screenplay for "Hope", a film shedding light on the struggles of Syrian refugee children in Urfa, near the Syrian border.