Mohamed Arab, also known as Mohamed Saber Arab, (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who served as Egypt's

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in different cabinets, including the

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Early life

Arab was born on 23 December 1948.

Career

Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at

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in Egypt from 1974 to 2011. He was a visiting professor at

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from 1986 to 1991 and at Emirates University in 1994. He also worked as a professor of modern history at the Arabian Researches and Studies Institute of the

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in Egypt 1994 to 2011. In addition, he was the chairman of the

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(2005–2009) and of the Egypt's general authority for books and national documents (2009–2011). In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council for Women. Arab served as the minister of culture in the interim government headed by

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from April 2012. He resigned from his post in May 2012 and was succeeded by Mohamed Ibrahim in the post. Arab was renamed as the minister of culture in July 2012 and continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012. On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters. 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. Arab was reappointed culture minister to the

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led by

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on 16 July 2013. Arab's term ended in July 2014, and he was replaced by

Gaber Asfour Gaber Ahmed Asfour (, ; 25 March 1944 – 31 December 2021) was an Egyptian academic and politician who was a professor at Cairo University from 1966. He was appointed the Minister of Culture on 1 February 2011. He had published Countering Fanat ...

in the post.

Awards

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

References

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