The Spanish Embassy in Egypt, the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Instituto Cervantes organize an encounter on the topic “Ethics and Religion for the 21^st century citizen”.  The event will take place on17 January in Alexandria and will gather intellectuals, social activists and representatives of local and foreign institutions of the city.  

The event is organized on the occasion of the visit to Alexandria of the distinguished Spanish philosopher Adela Cortina who will share her reflections  about the construction of ethics and social values providing a framework for the understanding of the evolution of the value system in contemporary societies.

Do different moral codes enable people to live together, to build a common future? Is there a set of values and ethical principles that a pluralisticsociety shares?  Discovering the shared ethical capital, discovering ethics of the people as citizens and their implications for moral, political, economic and religious life is one of the challenges of the 21^st century.

In order to discuss and to answer to these questions from the Egyptian point of view and regarding the reality of the Alexandrian society, the distinguished Prof. Dr. Ali El Menufi, from Al Azhar University, Prof. Franco Greco, President of the Association of Italians in Egypt and Ms Sarah Hegazi, Cultural Activist and Teacher Assistant at Alexandria University, will present their perspective on the topic providing different overviews and stimulating the debate with the participants. The round table will be moderated by Mr Andreu Claret, Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation.