Mohamed Abou El-Ghar

Mohamed Abou El-Ghar
Personal details
Born	July 2, 1940 (1940-07-02) (age 71) Shibin El Kom, Monufia Governorate
Nationality	Egyptian
Political party	Egyptian Social Democratic Party
Occupation	Gynecologist, Political Activist

Dr. Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, also spelled Abul-Ghar, or Aboulghar (Egyptian Arabic: محمد ابو الغار, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd abu lˈɣɑːɾˤ]; born 2 July 1940 in Shibin El Kom, Egypt) is an Egyptian professor of gynecology at the Cairo University and a political activist.

Abou El-Ghar studied medicine at the Cairo University, and received his doctoral degree in 1969. As a doctor, he acquired prominence as Egypt's pioneer of in vitro fertilisation.^[1] He founded with other professors the "March 9th Movement for the Independence of Universities" against the security control on the Egyptian universities. Now, he demands democratisation of Egyptian universities.^[2]

After the 2011 Egyptian revolution Abou El-Ghar has founded with some Egyptian political activists, including Amr Hamzawy, and Daoud Abdel Sayed, the left liberal Egyptian Social Democratic Party.^[3] Moreover, he is a spokesman of the National Association for Change close to Mohamed ElBaradei.^[1]

He is on the board of trustees of the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gynecologist, political critic - Mohamed Abul Ghar, Youm7, http://english.youm7.com/wikiNews.asp?NewsID=339661&SecID=297&IssueID=0, retrieved 25 June 2011 
2. ^ Abdul Aziz, Manal (8 June 2011), "Egypt's academics push for electing top administrators", The Egyptian Gazette, http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=19004&title=Egypt%27s%20academics%20push%20for%20electing%20top%20administrators, retrieved 25 June 2011 
3. ^ Farag, Fatemah, "Mohamed Abul-Ghar: The doctor is in", Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/587/profile.htm, retrieved 25 June 2011 
4. ^ Sawiris Cultural Award’s Winners for 2010, SawirisFoundation.org, http://www.sawirisfoundation.org/sawiris/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=268%3Asixth-sawiris-cultural-awards-winners&catid=55&Itemid=182&lang=en, retrieved 25 June 2011 

External links

• CV on his IVF center's website
• Profile on Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
• Presentation on Youm7.com

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Name	Abou El-Ghar, Mohamed
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Date of birth	2 July 1940
Place of birth	Shibin El Kom, Monufia Governorate
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