A life’s Journey: Celebrating Ambassador Abdel Raouf Elreedy's 90th birthday

A number of celebrations were held in July on the occasion of Ambassador Abdel Raouf Elreedy’s ninetieth birthday. Celebrations were hosted by Minister of Culture Inas Abdeldaem at the Cairo Opera House, by Misr Public Library at its main location in Giza, by members of the Egyptian diplomatic service at the Diplomatic Club, and Ezbet El Borg his home town, named a major street after him. In all these events the distinguished attendance reflects Egyptian society’s high esteem for Elreedy.
Ambassador Elreedy is chairman of the board of the Misr Public Library, a network of libraries around the country, and honorary chairman of the Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs. He was a distinguished diplomat who served as Egypt’s ambassador to the United States. Last but not least, Ambassador Elreedy has been on Arab World Books’s board of trustees since 2004.  
Arab World Books is pleased to celebrate Ambassador Elreedy’s achievements with a special event that includes:
- Highlights of the celebration at the Cairo Opera House.
- Articles by: Ambassadors Abdel Raouf Elreedy, Mostafa Elfikky, Mohamed Tawfik, and a poem by Ambassador Mohamed Idriss.
- A book page for Elreedy’s highly acclaimed memoire, My Life’s Journey.
- A record in photos of Arab World Book’s tenth anniversary celebration in January 2009 featuring Ambassador Elreedy’s participation.
- Elreedy’s biography in Arabic and English.
Also included are links to:
In Arabic
-    Televised coverage of the Misr Public Library celebration, featuring an interview with Ambassador Elreedy conducted by Ayman Adly.
-    A televised series of four episodes featuring Elreedy’s career and vision.
-    An interview with “Almasry Alyoum” newspaper on the late president Anwar Sadat.
In English
-    El Reedy: Arabs Need to Talk to Iran on Settling Lebanon Crisis, interview by
Bernard Gwertzman, December 4, 2006 published on CFR website.
-    Video from cspan: El Sayed Abdel Raouf El Reedy, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States, spoke at a forum held by the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs titled, “The Foreign Policy of Egypt and Peace in the Middle East.” The ambassador spoke about Egypt’s historic peace treaty with Israel in 1979, and the country’s continued support and cooperation. After his remarks, he answered questions from the audience regarding Egypt’s stance on the continuing conflicts in the region