Alexandria University Council during its session held on Tuesday, 27 December 2016, headed by Dr. Essam El Kurdi President of the university in the presence of Dr. Reda Farahat, the governor of Alexandria, approved a decree to renew the appointment of Mr. Alaa Eldin Kamal Thabet, the journalist and editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al- massai newspaper as a member from outside the Council of Higher Studies and Research for two years.