Soliman Abdel Moniem
Secretary General
Arab Thought Foundation

• Professor of Criminal Law at Alexandria University and Beirut Arab University
• Member of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt
• Member of Board of Trustees of the Institute For Peace Studies in Alexandria
• Columnist for the Egyptian Al-Ahram Newspaper
• Former Executive Director of the Center of Studies and Legal Research, Alexandria University

• Bachelor of Arts in Law “Grade Excellent” with Honours from Alexandria University in 1980.
• General Diploma in Law “Grade Excellent” from Alexandria University in 1982.
• Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondis (Advanced Studies Degree) in Criminal Law and Criminology from the University of AIX-EN-PROVENCE in France in November 1986.
• PHD in Criminal Law with Honours from GRENOBLE University in France in September 1991.
• Achievement Award from Alexandria University in 1995.

• Member of the Egyptian Delegation to the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna 2000 and 2001. Participated in the drafting of reports for the Commission in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
• Member of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of a Convention against Corruption, Vienna 2002 and 2004. Member of the Drafting Committee of Terms of Reference for the Negotiation of an International Legal Instrument against Corruption.
• Expert to the League of Arab States, Participated in the drafting of the Arab Agreement to Counter Transnational Organized Crime.
• Participated in the preparation of the National Report on Economic Crimes in the Egyptian Criminal Law for the Center of Comparative Law in Paris, 1995.
• Participated in the drafting of the National report on Money Laundering, submitted by Egyptian Delegation at the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
• Member of the National Committee entrusted with the preparation of a draft law on “Cooperation in International Judicial Matters”, Egyptian Ministry of Justice.
• Submitted research and working papers for several Local and International Conferences.

• The voidance of criminal law procedures (In the ruling of the Cassation Courts in Egypt, France and Lebanon). Alexandria, 1995 [page 327]
• Referral of criminal claims from investigative authorities to the court of judgment - Alexandria 1988 [page 330]
• Criminal responsibility of banks in Money Laundering. Alexandria, 1996 [page 186]
• Criminal Law Rules: Ratzione Temporis (study on theoretical solutions and difficulties in implementation). Faculty of Law Magazine, Alexandria University, 1998 Issue [page 128].
• Crime of Money Laundering and the five mask phenomena! Faculty of Law Magazine, Arab University of Beirut, 1999 Issue.
• Principles of Criminology and Punishment, Beirut 1996, [page 620]
• Study in International Criminal Law, Dar El Gamah El Gedida lil Nashr, Alexandria 2000, [page 275].
• Principles of criminal trials in Lebanese Law, Beirut 1997 [page 725]
• Crimes against public order. Alexandria 1993 [page 430]
• General theory of the Penal Law, Alexandria 2000 [page 818]
• Principles of criminal procedures (in collaboration with Dr. Mohammed Zaki Abu Amer). Alexandria 2001 [page 958].
• Principles of criminal procedures (Comparative study) Beirut 2003 [page 1028]
• The phenomenon of Corruption in the United Nations Anti- Corruption Convention. UNDP Publication 2004 [page 180].
• The problematic aspects of the judicial system on the surrender of criminals. El Gamah El Gedida lil Nashr, Alexandria 2005, [page 365].

• The notion of concealment of objects or goods of illegal origin, 1991, 628p.
• The notion of a single criminal act constituting various offences (concours idéal d’infractions) 1986, 210p.
• The Economic crimes in the National penal legislation, Report presented to the Center of Comparative Law in Paris. 1995. 37p
• The Presumption of Innocence. Traits of the Concept and problematic aspects108 P.

• The Four Forgotten Papers! Series of Stories – 1998, Association Magd Beirut
• The first chapter from a “Time of Hallucinations!” Novel - 1993 El Gamah El Gedida lil Nashr Alexandria.

• Member of Annual Committee, Egyptian Culture in PONTCHARA in France, 1988, and Member of Committee of the “cycle de cinema égyptien” festival in the French town of GRENOBLE, 1989.

• Legal reading in a political case – Al Ahram, August 2002
• Self examination sometime before the Dialogue of Civilizations – Al Ahram, September 2002
• The Political Insight and National Vision– August 22, 2004
• What is wanted from the Arabs and What Arabs want? – March 21st, 2003
• The dream of an Arab nation and the illusion of a united Middle East, or vise versa! – June 1st, 2004.
• The Philosophy of Reform: Exposition of the problems and sighting of examples – February 28th, 2004
• The vehicle of society: the way towards a model state!

1. National Dialogue: from a political ray of society to a national horizon.
2. National Dialogue: from a political ray of society to a national horizon.

• Reform environment and its priorities, September 26th, 2004
• Role models for future generations, November 6th, 2004
• A year has passed; the nation remains, January 2005.
• Readings on the first International Anti-Corruption Convention (four articles).
• Our national parties: The absent angle in our modernization project, June 14th, 2002
• Further reading on the Arab Present, July 6th, 2002
• Our cultural status: what’s wrong with it? July 19th , 2000
• Modernization starts from here! November 25th, 2000
• Searching for the nation’s spirit: Between the benefit of questions and conditions for answers, June 26th, 2001.
• Is there any genius to the idea of reconciliation between solidarity and globalization? July 8th, 2001
• The Arab reality: just an attempt to understand, May 2nd, 2002
• Beirut Summit, from the scenes to the implications, April 6th, 2002.
• The cultural role of Egypt in the Arab Project, February 13th, 2000
• How can serious work become a fuel for the modernization of Egypt, November 1st, 2001?
• The Modernization of Egypt: Building blocks and Priorities!! November 22nd, 2001
• Towards a national revitalization and modernization project, February 15th, 2001.
• What are the needs of the League of Arab States: Structural Reform or a new vision? July 26th, 2001.
• The world’s eyes look forward to its future while its senses are suffering from chaos. February 4th, 2001.
• Clash of Islam and the West: Obsession or Reality? October 12th, 2001.
• Us and the West: Invitation to restore the truth. December 9th, 2001.
• Four Phenomena’s in the Egyptian Electoral Scene. December 17th, 2000.
• Dreams are formed in moments of suffering! October 23rd, 2000.
• Vienna plays to the tune of Crime. June 21st, 2000.
• Conference on International Humanitarian Law: Academic pitfall or a fact that can be changed. December 5th, 1999.
• Here are the true implications of the Zewil’s Nobel Prize Award. December 14th, 1999.
• Wasted Energy: A phenomena for interpretation. February 21st, 2002.
• Wasted Energy: A phenomena for interpretation. March 26th , 2002
• Society, State, Elite and the reasons for progress. July 11th, 2004.
• No voice can be higher than the voice of progress. April 5th, 2000.
• How to restructure the Arab mentality? April 19th, 2001.
• A crisis in the language we use in our speeches and dialogues. March 25th 2001.
• Towards a new social contract in Egypt’s modernization project. August 24th, 2001.
• The school dream: A social issue. January 2002.
• A crisis of identity: are the bells ringing? January 21st 2001.
• Calamitous questions?
• Nations do not miss the train!
• Questions of the last scene!
• Eloquent Speech on Democracy.
• Question now: how can the nation reconciliate with itself?
• About the youth and the generation standing in the mezzanine.
• Us and the Americans: Difference of opinion or Diverging visions?
• Lack of understanding about Imperial behaviorism!
• The Educational role of Egypt
• Revolution and Evaluation of Approaches. 
• Us and the West: From where can the dialogue begin (3 articles)
• The sender and receiver in the Human Rights speech.
• A search for love in a world without consciousness.
• The Arab thought between the luxury of theorization and urgency of regional priorities.
• We do not plant the seeds of hatred!
• People in my country!
• The breath of dawn and the challenges of the day
• Hard work: a forgotten culture.

1. Today, to whom do we belong, the nation or humanity?
2. Today, to whom do we belong, the nation or humanity?
3. Today, to whom do we belong, the nation or humanity?
4. Today, to whom do we belong, the nation or humanity?

• Comparative Study on the United Nations Convention against Corruption and the Current Legal Status in the Arab Countries, POGAR publications, January 2005.