# Mohamed Arab

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mohamed_Arab
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mohamed_Arab.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Arab
> Source revision: 1349516781
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Egyptian politician (born 1948)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image           =
| image_size      = 
| office          = Minister of Culture
| prime_minister  = {{ubl|[Hazem Al Beblawi](/source/Hazem_Al_Beblawi)|[Ibrahim Mahlab](/source/Ibrahim_Mahlab)}}
| predecessor     = Alaa Abdel Fattah
| term_start      = July 2012
| term_end        = July 2014
| successor       = [Gaber Asfour](/source/Gaber_Asfour)
| prime_minister1 = {{ubl|[Kamal Ganzouri](/source/Kamal_Ganzouri)|[Hisham Qandil](/source/Hisham_Qandil)}}
| predecessor1    = ''Himself''
| successor1      = 
| term_start1     = April 2012
| term_end1       = May 2012
| birth_name      = Mohamed Saber Ibrahim Arab
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1948|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Desouk](/source/Desouk), [Kingdom of Egypt](/source/Kingdom_of_Egypt)
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| resting_place   = 
| party           = Independent
| alma_mater      = 
| spouse          = 
| children        =  
}}
'''Mohamed Arab''', also known as Mohamed Saber Arab, (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who served as Egypt's [Minister of Culture](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_(Egypt)) in different cabinets, including the [Beblawi cabinet](/source/Beblawi_Cabinet).

==Early life==
Arab was born on 23 December 1948.<ref name=elmasry>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmasryfoundation.org/DetailsE.aspx?ID=1&PkMemberID=12|access-date=8 December 2012|title=About Us|publisher=El Masry Foundation}}</ref>

==Career==
Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at [Al Azhar University](/source/Al_Azhar_University) in Egypt from 1974 to 2011.<ref name=elmasry/> He was a visiting professor at [Sultan Qaboos University](/source/Sultan_Qaboos_University) in [Muscat, Oman](/source/Muscat%2C_Oman) from 1986 to 1991 and at [Emirates University](/source/Emirates_University) in 1994.<ref name=elmasry/> He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the [Arab League](/source/Arab_League) in Egypt 1994 to 2011.<ref name=elmasry/> In addition, he was the chairman of the [Egyptian National Library and Archives](/source/Egyptian_National_Library_and_Archives) (2005–2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009–2011).<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Hisham Qandil's new Egypt cabinet|work=Ahram Online|date=2 August 2012
|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/49365.aspx|access-date=9 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=aref13>{{cite journal|author=Nevine El Aref
|title=How he came back|journal=Al Ahram Weekly|date=1–7 August 2013|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/3580/17/How-he-came-back.aspx
|issue=1159|access-date=6 August 2013}}</ref> In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the [National Council for Women](/source/National_Council_for_Women).<ref name=aref13/>

Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by [Kamal Ganzouri](/source/Kamal_Ganzouri) from April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 December 2012|title=Egypt's newly appointed cabinet|url=http://www.usegyptcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/AmCham-Egypt-Newly-Appointed-Cabinet-Ministers.pdf|publisher=American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt}}</ref><ref name=minocul/> He resigned from his post in May 2012 and was succeeded by Mohamed Ibrahim in the post.<ref name=ahramweekly>{{cite journal|author=Nevine El Aref|title=Honours upstaged|journal=Al Ahram Weekly|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1105/cu224.htm|access-date=8 December 2012|date=5–11 July 2012|issue=1105|archive-date=9 July 2012
|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709005900/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1105/cu224.htm}}</ref> Arab was renamed as the minister of culture in July 2012<ref name=minocul>{{cite web|title=Previous Ministers|url=http://www.moc.gov.eg/en/ministry/previous-ministers/ |publisher=Ministry of Culture|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> and continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt's New Cabinet Under Qandil|access-date=8 December 2012|url-status=dead
|url=http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2012/08/03/egypts-new-cabinet-under-qandil|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228103339/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2012/08/03/egypts-new-cabinet-under-qandil|archive-date=28 December 2013}}</ref> On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Culture minister resigns for third time|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/culture-minister-resigns-third-time|newspaper=Egypt Independent|date=4 February 2013|access-date=5 February 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nine new ministers announced in Egypt cabinet reshuffle|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/70853.aspx|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=Ahram Online|date=7 May 2013}}</ref>

Arab was reappointed culture minister to the [interim government](/source/Beblawi_Cabinet) led by [Hazem Al Beblawi](/source/Hazem_Al_Beblawi) on 16 July 2013.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/76609/Egypt/Politics-/Whos-who-Egypts-full-interim-Cabinet.aspx|title=Who's who: Egypt's full interim Cabinet|work=Ahram Online|date=17 July 2013|access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Abigail Hauslohner|title=Interim Egyptian cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/deadly-clashes-erupt-in-cairo-after-us-diplomats-visit/2013/07/16/8fef7e1c-edff-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html|access-date=16 July 2013|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|date=16 July 2013
|location=Cairo}}</ref> Arab's term ended in July 2014,<ref name=minocul/> and he was replaced by [Gaber Asfour](/source/Gaber_Asfour) in the post.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/115224/news/breaking-new-government-swear-in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617182949/http://thecairopost.com/news/115224/news/breaking-new-government-swear-in|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2014|title=New government swears in|date=17 June 2014|access-date=27 June 2014|work=Cairo Post}}</ref>

===Awards===
Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.<ref name=ahramweekly/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Navboxes
|title = Mohamed Arab 
|titlestyle = style="background:#eee;
|list =
{{Cabinet Qandil}}
{{Beblawi Cabinet}}
{{Mahlab Cabinet}}}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arab, Mohamed}}
Category:21st-century Egyptian politicians
Category:1948 births
Category:Academic staff of Al-Azhar University
Category:Academic staff of Sultan Qaboos University
Category:Academic staff of United Arab Emirates University
Category:Beblawi Cabinet
Category:Culture ministers of Egypt
Category:Living people
Category:Qandil Cabinet
Category:Independent politicians in Egypt
Category:People from Desouk

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mohamed Arab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Arab) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Arab?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.