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Al-Musawwar Magazine conducted an interview with Prof. Yomna Safwat, Dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun at Ain Shams University, highlighting the faculty’s key achievements and her vision for developing the educational system and enhancing students’ skills.

Since the foundations of the faculty were laid by the pioneering Egyptian reformer Sheikh Rifa'a Al-Tahtawi in 1835 under the name “School of Al-Alsun,” with the aim of serving as a cultural bridge for the exchange of knowledge between Arab culture and the wider world, the faculty has remained a top choice among Egypt’s highest-achieving secondary school students.

The prestigious Faculty of Languages and Translation stands alongside other highly competitive faculties, such as Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Political Science. For those seeking knowledgeable, passionate, and highly skilled translators, graduates of the Faculty of Al-Alsun remain a leading choice.

In this comprehensive interview, Al-Musawwar Magazine met with Prof. Yomna Safwat, Professor of French Language, in her first interview following the presidential decree appointing her Dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun at Ain Shams University. She emphasized that faculties of Al-Alsun have never been merely educational institutions, but rather one of the key pillars of Egypt’s soft power, producing generations of translators, researchers, diplomats, and media professionals who have made significant contributions across various state institutions.

The continued popularity of the Faculty of Al-Alsun among top-performing secondary school students over many decades reflects the strong confidence it enjoys and demonstrates that genuine excellence is not determined by a single factor, but rather by an integrated system of academic quality.