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Tantawi: 20 new scholarships from Al-Azhar to Afghan students
Egypt-Afghanistan, Culture, 8/19/2005
Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, on Wednesday received an Afghan delegation led by Afghanistan's Ambassador in Egypt, Abdel Rehim Sherazi.
Sheikh Tantawi lauded the historical relations binding Egypt and Afghanistan, noting that some 328 Afghan students were studying at the prestigious university of al-Azhar.
He also said al-Azhar has allocated 20 scholarships for the Afghan students.
Members of the delegation expressed appreciation for the role of al-Azhar in teaching the upright tenets of Islam.
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