Mohamed Arab

Mohamed Arab
Minister of Culture
In office
16 July 2013 – 17 June 2014
Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi
Ibrahim Mahlab
Preceded by Alaa Abdel Fattah
Succeeded by Gaber Asfour[1]
In office
2 August 2012 – 4 February 2012
Prime Minister Hisham Qandil
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Alaa Abdel Fattah
In office
December 2001 – June 2012
Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri
Succeeded by Himself
Personal details
Born (1948-12-23) 23 December 1948
Nationality Egyptian
Political party Independent

Mohamed Saber Ibrahim Arab (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who has served as Egypt's former minister of culture in different cabinets, including the Beblawi cabinet.

Early life

Arab was born on 23 December 1948.[2]

Career

Arab served as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011.[2] He was a visiting professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994.[2] He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the Arab Countries League in Egypt 1994 to 2011.[2] In addition, he was the chairman of the National Library and Archives of Egypt (2005 - 2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009 - 2011).[3][4] In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women.[4]

Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by Kamal Ganzouri.[5] He resigned from his post in July 2012.[6] However, he continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012.[7] On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters.[8] On 7 May 2013, Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah was appointed culture minister in a cabinet reshuffle to succeed him in the post.[9]

Arab was reappointed culture minister to the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013.[10][11]

Awards

Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "BREAKING: New government swears in". Cairo Post. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Us". El Masry Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet". Ahram Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 El Aref, Nevine (1–7 August 2013). "How he came back". Al Ahram Weekly (1159). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Egypt's newly appointed cabinet" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  6. 1 2 El Aref, Nevine (5–11 July 2012). "Honours upstaged". Al Ahram Weekly (1105). Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Egypt's New Cabinet Under Qandil". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Culture minister resigns for third time". Egypt Independent. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Who's who: Egypt's full interim Cabinet". Ahram Online. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Hauslohner, Abigail (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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