Confronting obscurantism: CEMO enters new year with dynamic vision
Four years after its establishment, the Paris-based Center
for Middle Eastern Studies (CEMO) is preparing to enter a new dynamic course
and a program of various specializations, while the political and geopolitical
ideology remains the backbone of the center’s studies.
This was announced by CEMO Executive Director Dr. Ahmed
Youssef, who noted on Facebook that the center was established by journalist
Dr. Abdelrehim Ali, chairman and editor-in-chief of Bawaba News and chairman of
the board of directors of CEMO, who set a vision for the center's activity and
provided it with all facilities. Youssef stressed that none of this would be
possible without Ali’s continuous efforts, explaining that Ali's leadership of
the center is characterized by great intellectual openness.
The practical application of the center’s activities is
focused on a major concept, which is that the main battle is against
obscurantism, Youssef explained, noting a saying of Ali, “We cannot tolerate
those who do not believe in tolerance.”
Youssef pointed out that a group of high-level European
researchers are cooperating with the center, including Roland Lombardi, Emmanuel
Razavi, Alexandre del Valle, Gilles Mihalis and Yves Thréard.
He added that, in its previous seminars, CEMO has received
French ministers such as Roland Dumas and Jacques Godfrain; journalists such as
Georges Malbrunot, Prince Charles Napoleon and Hussein Toussoun; and excellent
historians of the Napoleon era such as Thierry Lentz, Jacques-Olivier Boudon,
Pierre Branda, David Chantern and Christian Bourdais.
Youssef stressed that CEMO possesses many new and innovative
ideas, and its upcoming program will finally prove its position on the map of
elite intellectual centers in Paris.
Youssef also greeted Egyptian Ambassador Serenade Gamil, who
met with Dr. Abdelrehim Ali and a number of senior journalists who work at
Bawaba.
