Al-Azhar University Council, under the university's dean Abel Hai Azab, held a meeting Thursday in the simulation building affiliated to the Suez Canal Authority.
In press statements, Azab said that it is the first time in the university's history that the council's meeting is held outside the university's campus.
This step comes to underline the importance of the New Suez Canal Project which represents a new hope to all the Egyptians, he said.
For his part, the Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish expressed his happiness with holding Al-Azhar University Council's meeting in the Suez Canal Authority building.