Youssef Ziedan

(Arabic: يوسف زيدان)

Director of the Manuscript Center/Museum, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Professor of Philosophy and History of Science.

Awards and Grants:

- 2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) In Association with the Booker Prize Foundation

- Imam Muhammad Madi Abul-‘Aza’im Award in the field of Islamic studies in 1995.

- ‘Abdul-Hamid Shuman Prize in the field of social studies in 1996 for his book Fawā’ih al-Jamāl wa Fawā’ih al Jalāl- ‘Fragrance of Beauty & Revelations of the Magestic’ by Nijm al-Dīn Kubrā.

- A special Award from the International Academy of Learning in 1996 for his academic corpus.