Al Azhar’s Grand Imam appoints first female adviser

Grand Imam appoints first female adviser: Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb has appointed Nahla Al Saeedy as his adviser on expatriate affairs, making her the first woman to hold such a role, Al Saeedy said in a statement. Al Saeedy will keep her role as the head of Al Azhar’s center for international students and the dean of the Islamic studies faculty for expats.