Leadership

Dr. Reham Abdullah Salamah Nasr

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General Director, Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism
Dr. Reham Abdullah Salamah Nasr, is the General Director of the Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism, and also Head of its Urdu department since 2015.

She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Urdu Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, at the Al-Azhar University. Dr. Reham completed her M.A. and Doctorate in Urdu Language and Literature, while also working at the Al-Azhar Centre for Translation, contributing to the translation and validation of more than five books, and many articles from Urdu to Arabic, and vice versa.

Dr. Reham is a member of The Egyptian Family house and an expert on Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) initiatives, contributing to several efforts at regional and international levels. She has represented Al-Azhar in a number of multilateral fora, including the United Nations, the European Union (EU), and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Dr Reham accompanied the Egyptian Presidential delegations to China and India, and was a member of the Peace Emissaries who travelled to Pakistan in 2015. She is fluent in Arabic, English and Urdu.

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