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Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
are listed here, first by decade of their graduation (or last attendance) and then alphabetically.


Unknown date of attendance and graduation

* Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hofi (1910-1983) Member of the Shu a and of the Academy of the Arabic Language. * Kamil Idris is a former director general of the
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(WIPO). He earned a BA in philosophy, political science and economic theories from Cairo University (Division I with Honours). He was also a lecturer in philosophy and jurisprudence there (1976–1977). *
Heba Kotb Heba Kotb ( ar, هبة قطب; born September 19, 1967) is an Egyptian certified sex therapist and host of ''The Big Talk'', a sexual advice show airing in Egypt. The first licensed sexologist in the country, Kotb bases her methods on the teachin ...
(born 1967), Egyptian
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and tv host


1800s

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Naguib Pasha Mahfouz Naguib Pasha Mahfouz ( ar, نجيب باشا محفوظ / ALA-LC: ''Nagīb Bāshā Maḥfūẓ''; 5 January 1882 – 25 July 1974) is known as the father of obstetrics and gynaecology in Egypt and was a pioneer in obstetric fistula. Early life ...
, the father of
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in Egypt, and a world pioneer in
obstetric fistula Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a hole develops in the birth canal as a result of childbirth. This can be between the vagina and rectum, ureter, or bladder. It can result in incontinence of urine or feces. Complications may i ...
. * Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha (1873-1928), twice
Prime Minister of Egypt The prime minister of Egypt () is the head of the Egyptian government. A direct translation of the Arabic-language title is "Minister-President of Egypt" and "President of the Government". The Arabic title can also be translated as "President of ...
(March 1, 1922 - November 30, 1922) and (April 26, 1927 - March 16, 1928). graduated with a ''License de Droit'' from the School of Law, later Cairo University in 1893.


1910s

*
Taha Hussein Taha Hussein (, ar, طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Nahda, Egyptian Renaissance and the modernism, modernist movem ...
(1889–1973) was born in Izbit il-Kilo, Egypt. In 1914 he graduated from Cairo University. Later he was the first Egyptian Dean of the Faculty of the Arts there and the first Egyptian to be nominated for a
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. He was also Minister of Education. He was blind from early childhood.


1920s

*
Hassan Fathy Hassan Fathy ( arz, حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud const ...
, widely acclaimed architect of the 20th century. Fathy promoted appropriate technology and design for Egyptian construction and context, and was recognized with an
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in 1980. * Soheir El-Calamawy, writer and translator; first woman to join the university.


1930s

* Mufidah Abdul Rahman, the first female lawyer to take cases to the Court of Cassation in Egypt, the first woman to practice law in Cairo, Egypt, the first woman to plead a case before a military court in Egypt, and the first woman to plead cases before courts in the south of Egypt. *
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, the first female lawyer in Egypt, became the first woman to complete a bachelor's degree in the Faculty of Law at an Egyptian university (namely,
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
, then called Egyptian University) in 1933. *
Yehia Hakki Yahya Haqqi (Arabic:) (7 January 1905 – 9 December 1992) (or Yehia Hakki, Yehia Haqqi) was an Egyptian writer and novelist. Born to a middle-class family in Cairo, he was a lawyer by profession who graduated from the Cairo School of Law in 1 ...
is one of the pioneers of the 20th-century modern literary movement in Egypt. He has experimented with the various literary norms: the short story, the novel, literary criticism, essays, meditations, and literary translation. * Writer and philosopher
Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
was born in the Gamaliyya district of Cairo in 1911. He graduated from Cairo University in 1934. He has published more than fifty books of fiction, many of which have been translated and published in English. The film '' Cairo 1930'' was based on his novel al-Qahira al-jadida. In 1988 he won the
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. *
Zaki Naguib Mahmoud Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (Arabic: زكي نجيب محمود‎) (February 2, 1905 – September 8, 1993) was an Egyptian intellectual and thinker, and is considered a pioneer in modern Arabic philosophical thought. He was described by Abbas Mahmoud a ...
was a "Philosopher of Authors & Author of Philosophers". He was an associate of philosopher
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and
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. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University in 1930. He earned his PhD in England, then returned to Egypt and became a professor of philosophy at his alma mater. He also taught at
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and wrote for ''
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'' newspaper. He wrote many books, including ''The Philosophy of Science'' (1952), ''The Reasonable and the Absurd in our Intellectual Heritage'' (1975), and ''Seeds and Roots'' (1990). *
Sameera Moussa Sameera Moussa () (March 3, 1917 – August 5, 1952) was the first female Egyptians, Egyptian nuclear physics, nuclear physicist. Sameera held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She hoped her work would one day lead to affordable medical treatment ...
was an Egyptian nuclear scientist. She graduated with a BSc in radiology from Cairo University. * Ahmed Shawky Deif was an Arabic literary critic, historian and president of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo.


1940s

*
Husayn Fawzi Alnajjar Husayn Fawzi Al-Najjar ( ar, حسين فوزي النجار; November 16, 1918 – December 10, 2003) was an Egyptian historian, Political Scientist, political scientist, strategist, and Islamic scholar. During his career, he published over 55 bo ...
(1918-2003), an Egyptian Historian, Political Scientist, Strategist, and Islamic scholar. He graduated in 1940 with a M.A. in Military Sciences. *
Hikmat Abu Zayd Hikmat Abu Zayd (; pronounced Hekmat Abu Zeid in Egyptian Arabic; 1922 or 1923 – 30 July 2011) Abu Zayd has had a major impact on Egyptian law and policy in the areas of Social work, social affairs and Social insurance, insurance. Early life a ...
is the former Minister of Social Affairs (1962–1965) under
Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...
and the first female cabinet member in Egypt. She received a licence in history from Cairo University (then named Fuad I University) in 1940 and went on to receive a teaching certificate in 1941, a MA in education in 1950, and a PhD in
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from the
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in 1957. *
Said Ashour Said A. Ashour (سعيد عبد الفتاح عاشور; 1922–2009) was a professor of History at Cairo University. He authored some 22 books and published numerous papers and articles over his long career. Ashour was Chair of the Middle Ages se ...
, professor of history *
Boutros Boutros-Ghali Boutros Boutros-Ghali (; , ar, بطرس بطرس غالي ', ; 14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1992 to 1996. An academic ...
is an Egyptian diplomat and was the sixth
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from January 1992 to December 1996. He graduated from Cairo University in 1946 and earned a PhD in international law from the
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as well as a diploma in international relations from the
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. *Nazeer Gayed was
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Pope Shenouda III (; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅   '; ar, بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث '; 3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) was the List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria, 117th ...
. Born in 1923, he earned a BA in English and history from Cairo University in 1947. Later he attended the
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. After becoming a
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for several years, he became Dean of the
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. He was consecrated the 117th Pope of Alexandria in 1971. *
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ( ar, محمد حسنين هيكل‎; 23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' and was a commentator on ...
is a prominent Egyptian journalist. He served as the editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' (1957–1974). Heikal has been a respected commentator on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs for more than 50 years. *
Halim El-Dabh Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh ( ar, حليم عبد المسيح الضبع, ''Ḥalīm ʻAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḍab''ʻ; March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017) was an Egyptian-American composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who had ...
(born 1921), Egypt's foremost living composer of classical music, and the composer (in 1960) of the original score to the '' Son et lumière'' show at the site of the Great Pyramids of Giza. He earned a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1950. *
Hassan Fathy Hassan Fathy ( arz, حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud const ...
, eco-engineer. *
Osman Ahmed Osman Osman Ahmed Osman ( ar, عثمان أحمد عثمان) ‎ (April 6, 1917 – May 1, 1999) was an Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as el-mo'alim ("the boss"), Osman founded the Arab Contractors (th ...
, engineer and politician. * Magdi Wahba (1925–1991), Egypt's foremost lexicographer and professor of English Literature from 1957 to 1980 when he retired as emeritus professor. He obtained his LLB from the Faculty of Law in 1946.


1950s

*
Ihsan Abbas Ihsan Abbas (December 2, 1920 – January 29, 2003) was a Palestinian professor at the American University of Beirut, and was considered a premier figure of Arabic and Islamic studies in the East and West during the 20th century. The "author of ...
(1920-2003) was a Palestinian scholar and literary critic. He earned his BA, MA and PhD degrees from the University of Cairo between 1950 and 1960. Abbas went on to teach at the
University of Khartoum The University of Khartoum (U of K) ( ar, جامعة الخرطوم) is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 195 ...
and
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, in addition to performing research for the
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after his retirement. *
Fayza Haikal Fayza Mohamed Hussein Haikal (born 1938) is a professor emerita of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and the first Egyptian woman to earn a PhD in Egyptology. Education and career Haikal was born on April 11, 1938; her father w ...
(1938-), is an Egyptian
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. After earning her BA degree from Cairo University she went on to earn a doctorate degree from
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, as the first Egyptian woman. She was Professor of Egyptology at the
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and was Visiting Professor at several other universities. *
Latifa al-Zayyat Latifa al-Zayyat ( ar, لطيفة الزيات) (8 August 1923 – 10 September 1996) was an Egyptian activist and writer, most famous for her novel ''The Open Door'', which won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. Biography Al Zay ...
(1923–1996) was an Egyptian artist and intellectual. She was born in
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and earned her PhD in English literature from Cairo University in 1957. She was head of the English department there from 1976-1983. Her first novel, ''Al-Bab al-Maftooh'' (''The Open Door'') was published in 1960. Later in life she founded and led the Committee for the Defense of National Culture, which spearheaded efforts against the normalization of cultural relations with
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. *
Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
was chairman of the
Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establ ...
(PLO) (1969–2004), president of the
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(PNA) (1993–2004); and a co-recipient of the 1994
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alongside
Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...
and
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...
, for the successful negotiations of the 1993 Oslo Accords. He graduated from the King Fuad Cairo University Faculty of Engineering in 1956. While there, he joined the
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and served as president of the Union of Palestinian Students from 1952 to 1956. *
Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari Sayyid Abdurahman Imbichikoya Thangal Al-Aydarusi Al-Azhari ( السيد عبد الرحمان العيدروس الأزهري تنكل), also known as Azhari Thangal (അസ്ഹരി തങ്ങള്‍) was the President of Samastha K ...
was the President of Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema(1995–2004), the largest Muslim organisation in Kerala,India * Albert Arie (a.k.a. Mohsen Allam) is an Egyptian Jew born in Cairo who converted to Islam. He earned his degree from the Faculty of Law of Cairo University in 1950. He was a
Wafdist The New Wafd Party ( ar, حزب الوفد الجديد, , New Delegation Party), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a nationalist liberal party in Egypt. It is the extension of one of the oldest and his ...
and devoted socialist. He is a historian of Jewish culture in Egypt. *
Yusuf Idris Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris ( ar, يوسف إدريس) (May 19, 1927 – August 1, 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. Biography Idris was born in Faqous. He originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the ...
, physician and writer. *
Amr Moussa Amr Moussa ( ar, عمرو موسى, , Amr Muhammad Moussa; born 3 October 1936) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, from 1 June 2001 to 1 July 2011 ...
is the Secretary-General of the
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. He graduated from the Cairo University Faculty of Law in 1957. *
Magdi Yacoub Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ar, د/مجدى حبيب يعقوب ; born 16 November 1935), is an Egyptian retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London, best known for his early work in repairing heart valves with surgeon ...
is a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London. He was involved in the first UK heart transplant in 1980, carried out the first UK live lobe lung transplant and went on to perform more transplants than any other surgeon in the world. Mr. Yacoub graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University in 1957.


1960s

* Ali Abdelghany is a prominent Egyptian academic and marine biologist. He graduated from the School of Agriculture in 1966. He later attended
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and the
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as well as working with the
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. * Ghazi Al-Qusaibi is a Saudi Arabian liberal politician, novelist, Saudi Minister of Labor, and intellectual. He received his law degree from Cairo University in 1961. He earned his MA in
international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...
from the
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in 1964, and obtained his PhD in law from the
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in 1970. * Eid Hassan Doha is a former mathematics professor at the university who earned bachelor's, masters, and doctorate degrees at the school. *
Mohamed ElBaradei Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei ( ar, محمد مصطفى البرادعي, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Barādaʿī, ; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as the vice president of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July ...
was the director general of the
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from 1997 to 2005. He was born in Egypt in 1942 and earned a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Cairo in 1962 and a doctorate in international law at the
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in 1974. He won the 2005
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. His name has been circulated by opposition groups since 2009 as a possible candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt's highest executive position. *
Mohamed Ghonim Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim is an Egyptian urologist. Career Ghoneim is a graduate of the University of Cairo. He is one of the founders of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders (a World Health Or ...
The international urologist and founder of the
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Urology & Nephrology Center. *
Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...
was the president of
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from 1979 until he lost power over Iraq when American troops arrived in
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on 9 April 2003. He entered the Faculty of Law at Cairo University in 1962 and left to return to Iraq in 1964. He also attended Mustanseriya University in Baghdad. He was executed on 30 December 2006 for crimes against humanity. *
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Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovski is the director of the State
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in
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, Russia. He was born in
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in 1944. In 1967 he graduated from the Oriental Faculty of
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, having majored in Arabic Studies. He attended Cairo University from 1965-66. He is a corresponding member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...
and a professor at
St. Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...
. He was awarded the Russian Order of Honor in 1997. Asteroid 4869 Piotrovsky is named after him and his father, Professor Boris Borisovich Piotrovski. * Adel S. Sedra received his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Cairo University in 1964. After completing his M.A.Sc. and PhD degrees, Sedra joined the faculty of the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
in 1969 and became associate professor in 1972 and professor in 1978. He served as chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering from 1986 to 1993, and was vice president, provost, and chief academic officer from July 1, 1993 to 2002. On July 1, 2003, Sedra joined the
University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality ...
as dean of its Faculty of Engineering and as professor of electrical and computer engineering. *
Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( ar, عمر الشريف ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub , 10 April 193210 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest male film stars. He began his career in his native country in the ...
is an Egyptian-born actor (of Lebanese and Syrian origin) who has starred in many Hollywood films. He studied maths and physics at Cairo University and graduated in 1963. * Ahmed Ezz (born in 1959) graduated from Cairo University with a degree in civil engineering. He is an Egyptian politician and business tycoon and the chairman and managing director of Al Ezz Industries. * George Issac, (born 1938) is a political activist and a
Coptic Catholic The Coptic Catholic Church ( ar, الكنيسة القبطية الكاثوليكية; la, Ecclesia Catholica Coptorum) is an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Along with the Ethiopian Catholic Chu ...
. He graduated with a BA in history in 1964. * Hoda ElMaraghy (born 1945) *
Walid Muallem Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem ( ar, وليد محيي الدين المعلم ''Walīd Muḥīyy ad-Dīn al-Muʿallam''; 13 January 194116 November 2020) was a Syrian diplomat and Ba'ath Party member who served as foreign minister from 2006 to 202 ...
, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Syria


1970s

*
Mahmoud al-Zahar Mahmoud al-Zahar ( ar, محمود الزهار ') (born 6 May 1945) is a Palestinian politician. He is a co-founder of Hamas and a member of the Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip. Al-Zahar served as foreign minister in the Hamas-dominated Pa ...
, co founded
Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...
alongside Sheikh
Ahmed Yassin Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin ( ar, الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; 1 January 1937 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organiz ...
. He currently serves as foreign minister in the
Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,
government of Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City, Gaza. He studied medicine at Cairo University. * Ayman al-Zawahiri is a prominent member of the al-Qaeda group, a physician, author, poet, and formerly the head of the militant organization Egyptian Islamic Jihad. He obtained a degree in surgery at Cairo University in 1974 and an advanced medical degree in 1978. *Mohsen Badawi, Chairman of Aracom Systems, was born in Cairo on 10 November 1956. Entrepreneur, political activist and writer, graduated from Cairo University majoring in accounting at the Faculty of Commerce, co-founder of the Egyptian Soviet Chamber of Commerce (1989), the main founder and first Chairman of the Canada Egypt Business Council (2001–2003). He is also the main founder and Chairman of Abdurrahman Badawi Center for Creativity (2008-), a member of the Egyptian Romanian Friendship Association (1988–1991), member of the Arab Scientific Transportation Association (1989-) and a member of the Egyptian International Economic Forum (2003-). *Gawdat Bahgat is a professor of political science at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C. and has published numerous articles and books on Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea region, terrorism, and geopolitics. *Sameh Fahmi was Egypt's former oil minister. He graduated with a BSc in chemical engineering from Cairo University in 1973. *Youssef Boutros Ghali was a politician and was Egypt's former minister of finance. *Abdel Mawgoud Ahmad El Habashy is an Egyptian diplomat who holds a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Cairo. *Hani Mahfouz Helal was the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and State Minister for Scientific Research and the former Cultural and Scientific Chancellor in the Egyptian embassy in Paris. Dr. Helal graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University in 1974. *Ahmed Nazif was the Egyptian Prime Minister and former Minister for Communications and Information Technology. Prof. Dr. Nazif graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1973 and a master's degree in 1976, from the Communications and Electronics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.


1980s

* Ezzat el Kamhawi is an Egyptian novelist. He graduated from the department of journalism in the Faculty of Mass Communications,
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
in 1983. In December 2012, el Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel ''House of the Wolf''. *Mustafa al'Absi is a professor of behavioural medicine and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was born in Yemen. He received his undergraduate psychology degree from
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
in 1985. He also received doctoral training in biological and clinical psychology at the University of Oklahoma. He currently directs multiple behavioural medicine research programs. He has received several honorary awards, including the Herbert Weiner Early Career Award and the Neal E. Miller Young Investigator Award. He has published more than 80 scientific articles, chapters, and edited books. He served as an editor or on editorial boards of multiple journals. He has also assumed leadership positions in several national and international organizations. *Taher Elgamal is a cryptographer and inventor of the Elgamal crypto algorithm. He received his BS in electrical engineering from Cairo University in 1977, and his MS and PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 1984. He served as chief scientist at Netscape Communications from 1995 to 1998. * Mohamed Osman Elkhosht is a professor of philosophy of religion and contemporary philosophy at Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. He is also a cultural advisor and a leading authority on modern Islam. * Rafik Habib (born 1959; graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Psychology section, 1982), Christian (Coptic) Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician. *Tarek Kamel is the Minister of Communication and Information Technology since 2005. Dr. Kamel obtained a bachelor's degree in 1985 and a master's degree in 1988 from the Communications and Electronics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. *Mahmoud Mohieldin the Minister of Investment in Egypt. *Jehan Sadat was the second wife of Anwar Sadat and served as first lady of Egypt from 1970 until Sadat's assassination in 1981. She is a Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, College Park and won the Pearl S. Buck award in 2001. She earned her BA (1977), MA (1980) and PhD (1986) degrees from Cairo University. *Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd (1943-2010) was an Egyptian academic and civil rights activist. He earned his PhD in Arabic and Islamic studies from Cairo University in 1981. He opposed the use of Islam for political ends in his 1992 book ''Naqd al-khitab al-dini'' (''Critique of Religious Discourse''). As a result, a Cairo court forced him to divorce his wife, Cairo University faculty member Ibtihal Yunis in 1995. After 1996, he and his wife fled Egypt and settled in The Netherlands, where he worked at State University of Leiden. *Magd Abdel Wahab is a Belgian academic, researcher, author and Imam of Islam. He is Full Professor and Chair of applied mechanics at Ghent University, Belgium, where he is also the Head of Finite Element Modelling Research Group of Laboratory Soete.


1990s

* Hussein Bassir is an Egyptian archaeologist and novelist. In 1994, he got his Bachelor of Arts, BA in Egyptology from Cairo University. Then he travelled to the United States to get his PhD in Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. * Essam Heggy is a prominent planetary scientist in the NASA Mars Exploration Program and staff scientist at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.
/ref> He graduated from the faculty of sciences at the
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
in 1997 and received the PhD degree from Paris VI University in 2002. He received several international awards for his role in contributing to the development low frequency terrestrial and planetary radars for subsurface exploration. He is currently a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, United States, where he also serves on a number of NASA panels. Heggy has earned a wide reputation among Egyptian youth after his resignation in 2005 from his staff position at the Cairo University to protest against the marginalization of science and youth in the Egyptian society. ''Rosa al Youssef'', the widely distributed magazine in the Arab world, in its annual report in 2006, selected him as one of the top 10 reformists in Egypt.


See also

*
Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...
* Lists of Egyptians


References

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