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Mohamed Arab

Mohamed Arab

Egyptian politician (born 1948)

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

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Early life

Arab was born on 23 December 1948.[1]

Career

Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011.[1] He was a visiting professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994.[1] He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the Arab League in Egypt 1994 to 2011.[1] 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).[2][3] In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council of Women.[3]

Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by Kamal Ganzouri.[4] He resigned from his post in July 2012.[5] However, he continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012.[6] On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters.[7] 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.[8]

Arab was reappointed culture minister to the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013.[9][10] Arab's term ended on 17 June 2014, and he was replaced by Gaber Asfour in the post.[11]

Awards

Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.[5]

References

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    "About Us". El Masry Foundation. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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    "Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet". Ahram Online. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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    Nevine El Aref (1–7 August 2013). "How he came back". Al Ahram Weekly (1159). Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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    "Egypt's newly appointed cabinet" (PDF). American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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    Nevine El Aref (5–11 July 2012). "Honours upstaged". Al Ahram Weekly (1105). Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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    "Egypt's New Cabinet Under Qandil". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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    "Culture minister resigns for third time". Egypt Independent. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
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    "Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle". Ahram Online. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
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    "Who's who: Egypt's full interim Cabinet". Ahram Online. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  10. [10]
    Abigail Hauslohner (16 July 2013). "Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in". The Washington Post. Cairo. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  11. [11]
    "New government swears in". Cairo Post. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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