An
Arab organization includes outstanding figures of Arab heritage and head
librarians of major manuscripts libraries in the Arab world. The following
photos were taken during their last meeting in the General Secretariat in
the Arab League, Cairo, October 25-26, 2000.
Dr
Ibrāhīm al-Tarziy (Arabic Language Assembly, Cairo)
Dr Youssef Ziedan
Dr ‘Abbās Tašqandiy (Saudi Arabia)
Dr Abdullāh Muhārib (Kuwait)
Dr
‘Abdullāh Yusūf al-Ghunīm (Kuwait)
Dr ‘Abdul-Sattār al-Halwajī (Egypt)
Dr
Ahmad Šawqī Banbnīn (Morocco)
Dr Ayman Fū’ād Sayyid (Egypt)
Usāma Nāsir al-Naqšabandī (Iraq)
Dr Ghasān al-Lahām (Syria)
·Dr
‘Abdul-Karīm ‘Awnī (Algeria)
Dr Faysal ‘Abdul-Salām al-Hafyān (Institute
of Arab Manuscripts, Cairo)