His Excellency Motaz Zahran, current ambassador of Egypt to the United States, will speak on BYU campus about the relationship between Egypt and the United States.
Motaz Zahran is the current Ambassador of Egypt to the United States. He formerly served as the Assistant Foreign Minister and Chief of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt. He was the Ambassador of Egypt to Canada, and has held numerous positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister, and previously as Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Middle East Peace Process, Palestine, Israel and Egypt’s relations with the United States of America. He has also served at the Embassy of Egypt in Washington DC (2007–2011), as a Political Counselor and Congressional Affairs Officer, and Chargé d’Affaires. As a graduate of law school, holding a degree from University Mohamed V in Rabat, Morocco, and prior to joining Foreign Service, he practiced law in Cairo, Egypt. Born in Cairo, Motaz Zahran is married with three children. He speaks his native Arabic, and is fluent in both English and French.