Dr. Aly Elsamman Award for Peace & Dialogue
The award is given to individuals, groups or organizations in recognition of their literary, social, cultural works and community initiatives that promote peace, dialogue and cooperation between people from different faith and cultural backgrounds in Egypt & the region.
Projects that can be nominated are:
* Written publications (e.g. books and articles) on the topic of intercultural/interfaith relations. Eligible submissions should not be less than 6,000 words.
* Artistic works devoted to intercultural/interfaith relations (e.g. musical productions, films, plays, paintings, poetry, sculptures)
* Community initiatives that help build peace bridges between different faith communities.
All submissions should represent new or recent efforts at promoting interfaith/intercultural engagement that have been already successfully implemented or published.
The first prize is 50,000 EGP, the second prize is 30,000 EGP, the third prize is 20,000 EGP, in addition to the promotion of their projects.
Submissions can be made by maximum 31 October 2025, via the following online form:
https://forms.gle/aRSjL5fB74poNsic6
For inquiries, please send an email to: info@ccmup.org
Or by phone via a whatsapp message: 0020 10 804 049 22
The recipients of the awards shall be announced in a major ceremony on 30 January 2026.
The ceremony will be covered by the media, and will include renowned Egyptian and international officials and intellectuals representing the government, diplomatic missions, the private sector and civil-society.
To read the report of the first award’s ceremony, click on the following link:
https://www.ccmup.org/en/the-1st-award-ceremony-of-the-dr-aly-elsamman-award-for-interfaith-peace-dialogue-cooperation/
To watch the award’s video recording on Facebook, click on the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AF2btQwBZ/
To watch the award’s video on YouTube, click on the following link:
To read the report of the award’s inauguration on 30 January 2024, click on the following link:
To watch a brief video on the award’s inauguration ceremony, please click on the following link:
The awards’ jury members are:
1. H.E. Dr. Aly Gomaa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt
2. The Most Rev. Dr. Samy Fawzy, Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Alexandria
3. Mme. Brigitte Elsamman, wife of Dr. Aly Elsamman
4. Mr. Magdy El-taher, businessman.
5. Fr. Rafic Greiche, Priest of St. Cyril Roman Catholic Church in Heliopolis
6. Dr. Fr. Emmanuel Pisani, Director of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO)
7. H.E. Dr. Ahmad Darwish, former Minister of Administrative Development
8. H.E. Dr. Ahmad Zaki Badr, former Minister of Education
9. H.E. Dr. Mostafa El-Fikky, former President of the Library of Alexandria
10. Dr. Gihane Zaki, Professor of Egyptology Researcher at the French National Center (CNRS)- Sorbonne University, Member of the Scientific Institute of Egypt
11. Mr. Soliman Gouda, prominent journalist
12. Mr. Aly Elsamman, journalist
13. The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Anis, Archbishop-Emeritus of the Anglican Province of Alexandria, Director of the Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership