Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz

male, deceased (2006)
Islam-related controversy, existentialism, Cairo University alumni, Nobel Prize for Literature, Egyptian, religious persecution…UniversityofCairo, Ministry of Culture, Cairo Trilogy, Director of the Foundation, Ministry of Islamic Affairs
Naguib Mahfouz (December 11 1911 – August 30 2006) was an Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature who managed to modernize Ar...
Hassan Hanafi

Hassan Hanafi

male, 74 years old (Egypt)
Academic, philosopher, sorbonne, islam, Prof. Dr. Hassan Hanafi, kuwait…University of Paris, UniversityofCairo, Professor of Philosophy, cairo university, Chairman of the Department
Prof. Dr. Hassan Hanafi is a professor of philosophy and a leading authority on modern Islam. Hanafi studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Since 1967,...
Yusuf Idris

Yusuf Idris

male, deceased (1991)
novelist, Egyptian, English, UniversityofCairo, Egyptian Arabic, The Cheapest Nights
Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris (May 19 1927 - August 1 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. He wrote realistic stories...
Mahmoud Fawzi

Mahmoud Fawzi

male
Prime Minister of Egypt, Egyptian, anwar sadat, Foreign minister, Cairo, Egypt, UniversityofCairo
Mahmoud Fawzi (18 September 1900 - 12 June 1981) was an Egyptian diplomat and political figure. He was born and died in Cairo, Egypt. Fawzi studied...
Giorgio Abetti

Giorgio Abetti

male, deceased (1982)
professor, Rome, Italy, Cairo, Egypt, from Padua, Accademia dei Lincei, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri…UniversityofCairo, craters of the Moon named after them, University of florence, University of Padua
Giorgio Abetti (October 5, 1882 - August 24, 1982) was an Italian solar astronomer. He was born in Padua, the son of noted astronomer Antonio...

M. M. Ayoub

male
Texas Tech University faculty, National Academy of Sciences, Ergonomics, UniversityofCairo, Ergonomics Society, American Society of Engineering Education…Institute of Industrial Engineer, Texas Tech University, University of Iowa
Dr. M.M. Ayoub is a retired P.W. Horn Professor of Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech University. He is a pioneer in the field of ergonomics,...
Vladimir Golenishchev

Vladimir Golenishchev

male, deceased (1947)
russian revolution of 1917, Russian, nice, Orientalist, egyptologist, egyptology…Saint Petersburg University, UniversityofCairo, Prophecy of Neferti, Story of Wenamun
Vladimir Semënovič Goleniščev was one of the first and most accomplished Russian Egyptologists. Goleniščev came from an old noble family, of which...
John Gaddum

John Gaddum

male, deceased (1965)
professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, British, rugby school, Pharmacologist, University College London…cairo university, UniversityofCairo
Sir John Henry Gaddum FRS (31 March 1900 - 30 June 1965) was a British pharmacologist.He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College,...
Georges Gorse

Georges Gorse

male, deceased (2002)
Roman Catholic, World War II, World War II political leader, ambassador, French, de gaulle…UniversityofCairo, Minister of France
Georges Gorse, French politician and diplomat, (born February 15, 1915 in Cahors, died 17 March 2002). After qualifying in 1939 he became professor...
Francis Wall Oliver

Francis Wall Oliver

male
Botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, British, University College London, English, FRS…Quain Professor of Botany, UniversityofCairo
Francis Wall Oliver FRS (10 May 1864 - 14 September 1951) was a British botanist. He was Quain Professor of Botany at University College London...