Mustafa Kamil born on 14 August 1874 , was an Egyptian  journalist and political figure  , trained as a lawyer at the French law school in Cairo and the Law Faculty at the University of Toulouse in France . He began his career as an Egyptian nationalist by collaborating with the French , the Ottoman...

Naguib Sawiris (15 June1954) is an Egyptian businessman. His father, Onsi Sawiris, founded Orascom Group. He is the Chairman and CEO of Orascom Telecom, and was the chairman of Mobinil till August 2008. In 2008, Forbes magazine estimated his worth at 12.7 billion dollars . Mr. Sawiris serves on the...

Muhammed Zakaria Goneim (alt. spelling: Muhammad Zakarīya Ghunaim, 1905 — 1959) was an Egyptian archaeologist, known for his discoveries in and around Saqqara. He is best known for discovering the Step pyramid of Sekhemkhet. Before World War II, Goneim worked at Saqqara (on temple on Unas). He spent...

El Sheikh Mohamed Refa’t was born on 1882 in el Magharblin District in Cairo his father worked as general in El Khalifa police station. Mohamed Refa’t was blind when he grew up. he begins to learn Holly Qura’n in Kotab Bashtak adjoining Fadl Pasha  Mosque (Eductional Center).and he...

Dr.Hawass originally intended to become a lawyer, but then studied Greek and Roman archaeology at Alexandria university , where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree. He obtained a diploma in Egyptology at the Universityof Cairo , then continuing his studies at the University of Pennsylvania , where...

Mona Abul-Nasr’s international repute is growing fast. The cartoon director has won four international prizes and 14 national first prizes for her work; the latest was awarded by the Radio and Television Festival last July for her series, Bakar. This Ramadan is Bakar’s fourth year. A week...

Dalida (17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987) was an Egyptian Italian singer born and raised in Egypt. She lived most of her adult life in France. She received 55 gold records and was the first singer to receive a diamond disc. Early life Dalida Yolanda Cristina Morisse (née Gigliotti) was born in Shoubra,...

Field Marshal Mohamed Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala (1930 – 2008) was defense minister of Egypt from 1981 to 1989, when he was removed from office due to claims that he was involved in a missile-parts illegal import scandal from the US, by violating the US export laws. Early life He was born in Zuhur...

Dr. Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (born June 17, 1942, in Cairo, Egypt) is the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations. An Egyptian, ElBaradei prefers the Latin writing of his name to be spelled ElBaradei...

Background and Books Heikal articulated the thoughts of President Gamal Abdel Nasser earlier in his career.The reasons for his fall with president Anwar El-Sadat, who succeeded Nasser, remain under great speculation. Heikal has been a member of the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Union. In 1983,...

Now that’s talent! Nesma Abd El Aziz is a great and very talented Egyptian xylophone player. She truly portrays how an often ignored musical intrument from the percussion family like the xylophone can do some truly beautiful wonders. I first got to know her music sometime around last year when I caught...

Karam Ibrahim Gaber (born September 1, 1979 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the Men’s Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. Gaber won with a gap of 12 points (12-1) at the 2004 Olympics...

Ali Moustafa Mosharafa Pasha (11 July 1898 – 16 January 1950 ) was an Egyptian physicist who was professor of applied mathematics, the Faculty of Science at Cairo University. He contributed to the development of the theory of relativity and corresponded with Albert Einstein. Mosharafa was one of...

Sameera Moussa (March 3, 1917-August 5, 1952) was an Egyptian nuclear scientist who held a doctorate in atomic radiation and worked to make the medical use of nuclear technology affordable to all. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference and sponsored a call for setting an international conference...

 Mostafa A. El-Sayed is an Egyptian chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a US National Medal of Science laureate. He is also known for the spectroscopy rule named after him, the El-Sayed rule. Academic career He earned his B.Sc. from...