Port Said University hosts an international symposium titled “Critical Editing of Manuscript Texts” on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the University Theater, under the auspice of Prof. Sherif Saleh, University President, and the supervision of Prof. Mohamed Kamel Farag, Supervisor of the Projects, Environment, and International Relations Sectors, and Prof. Badr Abdel Aziz Badr, Dean of the Faculty of Arts.
The symposium will feature Prof. Ayman Fouad Sayyid, Professor of Islamic History at Al-Azhar University and manuscript expert, discussing “Critical Editing of Texts: Principles and Foundations,” and Prof. Zuzana Gazakova, Head of the Department of Arabic Studies at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, presenting “Characteristics of Arabic Folk Epic Manuscripts: The Epic of Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan as a Case Study.”
Prof. Nada El-Husseini Nada, Professor in the Department of Arabic Studies and former Vice President of the University, will moderate the symposium. Prof. Ahmed Youssef Ezzat, Advisor to the University President for Cultural and Artistic Affairs, will introduce the event, coordinated by Prof. Ahmed Hassan Anwar, Advisor to the University President for International Relations.
The symposium reflects the university’s commitment to advancing research, preserving Arab and Islamic heritage, and promoting rigorous scholarly approaches to manuscript editing and heritage-text publication.
More info:
https://fphil.uniba.sk/katedry-a-odborne-pracoviska/kksf/semitska-filologia/aktuality/