The chairman of the Qatari National Committee for Dialogue between Civilisations was found dead in his room at the Intercontinental Cairo Semiramis hotel.
Dr. Hassan Al-Mohannadi was on an official visit to Egypt to lead his country’s delegation to the meeting of the Arab League Liaison Committee in Support of UN Alliance of Civilisations.
An inquiry conducted by the Egyptian authorities revealed that he died of a heart attack.