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Viewing cable 09JEDDAH366, EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN JEDDAH:

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09JEDDAH366 2009-09-30 14:03 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Consulate Jeddah
VZCZCXRO8024
PP RUEHROV
DE RUEHJI #0366/01 2731403
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 301403Z SEP 09
FM AMCONSUL JEDDAH
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1538
INFO RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO PRIORITY 0400
RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 8524
RUEHDH/AMCONSUL DHAHRAN 0125
RUCNDTA/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0099
RUEAUSA/DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 JEDDAH 000366 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP (JHARRIS), NEA/PPD (JDICKMEYER, 
PAGNEW, DBENZE), R (JMCHALE, WDOUGLAS), ECA/A/E (RSWENSON), 
ECA/A/E/NEA (DIVES), DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/30/2029 
TAGS: ECON EDU EG KPAO PGOV RP SA SCUL
SUBJECT: EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN JEDDAH: 
EXPANDING U.S.-EGYPTIAN PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 
 
REF: RIYADH 1278 
 
JEDDAH 00000366  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
Classified By: Consul General Martin R. Quinn for 
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) SUMMARY:  Taking advantage of visits to Jeddah for the 
opening of the King Abdullah University of Science and 
Technology (KAUST), Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs Judith McHale and Ambassador Smith met 
September 24 with Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Dr. 
Hany Helal. They discussed how the Egyptian government hopes 
to expand educational programs with the United States, 
particularly in the areas of science and technology (S&T) and 
English language teaching (ELT).  Dr. Helal also expressed 
disappointment over the unsuccessful candidacy of Egyptian 
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni for the post of UNESCO 
Director General and linked the loss to a Western campaign 
against the Egyptian candidate.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 
EGYPT'S UNESCO BID:  BROKEN DREAMS AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES 
--------------------------------------------- ------------- 
 
2. (C) Immediately after pleasantries with Ambassador Smith 
and U/S McHale, Dr. Helal broached Egypt's recent 
unsuccessful bid for the post of UNESCO Director General. 
Without rancor, Helal nonetheless made clear his 
disappointment over fellow minister Hosni's loss, which he 
attributed to U.S. and European pressure on the 58-member 
UNESCO board to block the nomination. 
 
S&T: LEADING THE WAY OUT OF "INNOVATION'S VALLEY OF DEATH" 
--------------------------------------------- ------------- 
 
3. (C) Helal moved on to the Egyptian government's efforts to 
promote interest in S&T among the younger generation through 
informal science education and online tools.  Of these 
efforts, he highlighted two:  ongoing negotiations to air 
Arabic language Discovery Channel programming in Egypt, and 
launching "ScienceBook," an Egyptian-managed and hosted 
social-networking platform.  U/S McHale responded positively 
to the minister's initiatives for using new-media tools for 
S&T education, and further proposed using the same technology 
to connect American and Egyptian students at the classroom 
level to promote innovative collaboration.  The Under 
Secretary gave an example of a Pakistani software developer 
who recently collaborated with MIT on an application that 
delivers medical advice via mobile telephones from 
Pakistani-American doctors in the United States to patients 
in the Buner Valley.  Minister Helal described a similar 
telemedicine program through video conferencing between 
Alexandria and Siwa Oasis.  U/S McHale also explained how 
children's interest in science falls off precipitously after 
elementary school, based on her experience (prior to joining 
State) as a member of the Maryland Board of Education and as 
head of Discovery Communications.  She therefore began the 
"Discovery Young Science Challenge" to promote interest in 
science in middle school.  Minister Helal was enthusiastic 
about this approach, and U/S McHale said that she would 
provide more information on it. 
 
4. (C) Turning to Egypt's current S&T programs with the U.S., 
Helal specifically mentioned the Fulbright Commission and the 
S&T association agreement.  The minister proposed that the 
Fulbright Commission in Cairo shift its focus from social 
sciences to S&T.  Helal added that the Commission's 
traditional focus on the former was causing many 
controversies in Egypt, particularly with Fulbright scholars 
researching what he called "sensitive issues, such as 
minorities in Egypt." As for the S&T association agreement, 
currently in its 14th cycle, the minister noted that most of 
the projects funded through the agreement are focused on 
theoretical sciences, while he hopes that the focus will 
shift to practical applications. 
 
5. (U) Helal identified the main challenges to S&T 
development in Egypt as the lack of human resources and the 
gap between scientific research and production.  To close the 
gap in the "innovation cycle's valley of death," as he put 
it, the University of Texas at Austin identified 40 projects, 
 
JEDDAH 00000366  002.2 OF 003 
 
 
out of which Egypt selected the four most marketable for 
implementation.  Ambassador Smith pointed out that due to 
profit motivation, private industry is better suited to 
bridge the research-to-production gap.  U/S McHale reiterated 
her focus on using government as a catalyst to connect 
scientific institutions and the private sector to address 
this problem.  To that end, the minister mentioned that IBM 
is partnering with Cairo University to establish a 
nanotechnology center on campus.  Helal expressed enthusiasm 
for the idea of partnering with U.S. universities to create 
"centers of excellence" in Egypt. 
 
6. (U) In 2006, Egypt started a 10-year S&T education program 
called the 'S&T Diplomacy Initiative.' The program provides 
full scholarships to Egyptian science graduate students to 
earn an advanced degree from the partnering country. The 
initiative started with Germany in 2006, Japan in 2007, Italy 
in 2008, and France in 2009. Currently, there are 500 
Egyptian PhD students studying in Japan, and the number of 
Egyptian graduate students in Germany increased by 350 over 
the past year as a result of the initiative. The Ministry 
proposed partnering with the United States; however, it faced 
some coordination difficulties due to the fact that S&T 
education is not federally managed in the United States. 
 
 
LANGUAGE EXCHANGES TO REMOVE CULTURAL BARRIERS 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
7. (U) Dr. Helal attributed the current cultural 
misunderstanding between Egypt and the United States to the 
language barrier. He stressed the need for self-learning 
English language kits and online learning tools due to the 
lack of qualified English teachers in Egypt. He also 
mentioned that Alexandria University currently runs a program 
for American students to learn Arabic for one year, after 
which the university employs them as teaching assistants in 
social science departments for an additional year. 
 
EGYPTIAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE U.S. 
-------------------------------- 
 
8. (C) U/S McHale asked Helal about perceptions of the United 
States in Egypt.  Minister Helal qualified his answer by 
saying that it was a difficult question to address due to 
"the region's long history."  (Note:  While not stated as 
such, we believe Helal was referring to the Arab-Israeli 
conflict. End note.)  He mentioned Ambassador Scobey's 
frequent meetings with Egyptian students at Cairo University, 
where she is often asked whether U.S. foreign policy in the 
region is fair.  Ambassador Smith responded by highlighting 
the USG's recognition of the importance of global public 
opinion as exemplified by President Obama's June 4 Cairo 
speech, in which he posited respect, trust, and listening to 
the people of the region as the basis of the Administration's 
dialogue with the Muslim world.  Ambassador Smith added that 
changing public opinion in the region will take time, to 
which the minister reiterated the importance of the bilateral 
relationship and added that the current cabinet comprises "a 
group of reformers, not politicians," but said they are 
confronting growing resistance to reform in Egypt. 
 
9. (C) Helal, echoed by two of his aides, opined that the 
U.S. Congress and American media are not well informed about 
the region, and are one-sided in gathering information. 
Concerning the debate over health-care reform in the U.S., 
Helal's view was that President Obama is promoting a cultural 
change in the country, and that it is not clear if he is -- 
or will be -- successful in his efforts.  U/S McHale 
commented that the ongoing debate on health-care reform is 
more a sign of a healthy democracy than of resistance to the 
President's efforts, adding, "Democracy is a messy business." 
 
KAUST:  AMBITIOUS, BUT IS IT TRULY SAUDI? 
----------------------------------------- 
 
10. (C) Minister Helal headed the Egyptian delegation for the 
official inauguration of King Abdullah University of Science 
and Technology (KAUST) on September 23.Qen asked to share 
his impressions of the new university, he expressed concern 
 
JEDDAH 00000366  003 OF 003 
 
 
about the lack of human resources in Saudi Arabia.  He 
mentioned that most of the faculty and staff who work at 
Saudi universities are foreigners, "the majority of whom are 
Egyptian nationals."  He compared KAUST to King Fahd 
University of Petroleum and Minerals, which opened in Dhahran 
in 45 years ago (as the College of Petroleum and Minerals) 
with similarly ambitious goals.  Despite his concerns, Helal 
said that with 70,000 Saudi students holding U.S. university 
degrees (the same figure that Saudi Minister of Oil and 
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of KAUST Ali al-Naimi used 
during the inauguration ceremony), KAUST might be able to add 
(more) U.S.-educated Saudis to its faculty and staff. 
 
11. (C) COMMENT:  Throughout the meeting, Minister Helal 
appeared genuinely interested in partnering with the United 
States on an array of S&T and English language teaching and 
teacher-training programs.  While he also raised the issue of 
Egypt's failed UNESCO bid several times -- the results of the 
final round of voting for the UNESCO chair were made public 
just prior to the meeting with Ambassador Smith and U/S 
McHale, the three principals used most of the 70-minute 
meeting to discuss broad ideas as well as some specifics on 
expanding bilateral cooperation in key educational and other 
public diplomacy fields.  END COMMENT. 
 
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