Dr. Muhammad Refaat Al-Imam was awarded the Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

17 July, 2011

By the decree of Armenian Foreign Minister, H.E. Dr. Edward Nalbandyan, Egyptian historian, Armenologist and genocide expert, Professor of the University of Alexandria, Dr. Muhammad Refaat Al-Imam was awarded the Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia for his notable contribution to presenting Armenian culture and history in the Arab World.

The handing of the medal was held during a reception organized at the Embassy of Armenia in Egypt on July 17, and attended by prominent Egyptian intellectuals, scientists, professors, public figures, journalists, representatives of the Armenian Studies Center at Cairo University and students, as well as numerous Egyptian-Armenians.

The award was handed to Muhammad Refaat by the Ambassador of Armenia to Egypt, H.E. Dr. Armen Melkonian. In his speech, Dr. A.Melkonyan expressed gratitude to the Egyptian scientist for his notable merit in the investigation into the history of the Armenian Cause and the Egyptian-Armenian community, and his objectivity and neutrality vision of the historical reality. Besides, the ambassador highlighted his ongoing support to the activities of the Armenian Studies Center at Cairo University and for heading the editorial office of the "AREG" Arab-language Armenological journal.

Muhammad Refaat is the author of "History of Armenian Community in Egypt" (1999), "The Armenian Cause in the Ottoman State: 1878-1923" (2002), "Armenians in Egypt: 1896-1961" (2003), "Destruction of the Human Race: Study on the Valid Documents in Preparation for the Genocide Convention: 1946-1948" (2007), "Last Denial: Crime of the 20th Century" (2010) and a number of other valuable works in Arabic.

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