Prof. Dr. Roshdy Zahran, head of the University of Alexandria, received at noon on Sunday, January 3, 2016 Bishop Bavly, General Bishop and Assistant of Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria to serve the youth of Alexandria, where he congratulated the Patriarch and all Christians brothers on the occasion of new year and Christmas holiday.

Dr. Zahran pointed that the university recognizes young people value and their role in the advancement of the country and seeks through organizing various activities at the faculties, whether cultural or sporting, social, technical, to deepen the affiliation values ​ and linking them to their university, and added that the university is also interested in organizing educational seminars to consolidate the ideas and moral principles such as respect other opinions and the culture of difference, etc., and added that the university has several initiatives and projects for young people to integrate them in their community issues.