59 university professors detained in Egypt since military coup

Egyptian activists have published through social media networks a list of university professors who have been detained since the military coup which ousted the country’s first elected civilian president, Mohamed Morsi.

Since the beginning of the coup, professionals of various disciplines including; lawyers, engineers, doctors, journalists and technicians have been arrested, as well as school and university students and a large number of women and young girls.

The published list below does not include all the names of university professors who have been murdered nor all those who were arbitrarily dismissed from their universities.

List of faculty members detained:

1. Prof. Ahmad Al Sarwi: Faculty of Medicine
2. Prof. Mohammad Abu Zeid: Faculty of Medicine
3. Prof. Ahmad Ellaban: Faculty of Medicine/ Suez Canal University
4. Prof. Rabe’ Abu El Majd: Faculty of Medicine/ Suez Canal University
5. Prof. Mahmoud Hammai: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Seuz Canal University
6. Prof. Abdoh Ellaban: University Hospitals Managers in El Minia University
7. Prof. Hamed Atteyah: Deputy Chairman of Zaqazeq University
8. Prof. Al Sadat Ibrahim Ali: Faculty of Agriculture/ Zaqazeq University
9. Prof. Mohammad Othman: Faculty of Medicine/ Zaqazeq University
10. Prof. Sayyed Abdel Nour: Chairman of Zaqazeq University Faculty members (wanted)
11. Prof. Yaser Helmi Haddad: Assistant Professor at Ophthalmologist Faculty of Medicine/ El Minia University
12. Prof. Hasan el Brence: Radiology/ Alexandria University
13. Prof. Ashraf El Tabee Ezz Edine: Dean of Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University
14. Prof. Mohammad Ammar: Faculty of Engineering/ Tanta University
15. Prof. Mohammad El Beltagy: Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University (detained and suspended)
16. Prof. Mohammad Ragab: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University
17. Prof. Mohammad Abdel Karim: Faculty of Medicine/ Souhaj University
18. Prof. Jameel Ahmad Mohammad: Faculty of Science/ Azhar University
19. Prof. Khaled Issa: Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
20. Prof. Yasser Abdouh/ Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
21. Prof. Mohammad Darwish: Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
22. Prof. Mohammad Farouq: Faculty of Sharia & Law/ Azhar University
23. Prof. Abdul Rahman Oweis: Faculty of Sharia/ Azhar University (murdered during operation to disperse sit- in at Rabea Adawiya square)
24. Prof. Mohammad Badei: Faculty Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University (MB General Guide)
25. Prof. Basem Khallaf: Faculty of Arts/ Cairo University
26. Prof. Sayyed Shihab: Dean of Faculty of Engineering/ Hilwan University
27. Prof. Ibrahim El Iraqi: Faculty of Medicine/ Mansoura University
28. Prof. Mohammad El Sayyed El Desouq: Faculty of Medicine/ Mansoura University
29. Prof. Awad Abdul Rahman: Faculty of Agriculture/ Cairo University
30. Prof. Mohammad Abdel Baqi: Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University
31. Prof. Mohammad Morsi: Faculty of Engineering/ Zaqazeeq University (Egypt elect- President)
32. Prof Mohammad Ateyyah: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Zaqazeeq University (Deputy University Chairman)
33. Prof. Ahmad Fahmy: Faculty of Pharmacy (Head of Shura Council)
34. Prof Ihab Ibrahim: Faculty of Medicine
35. Prof. Mohammad Abdul Ghani: Faculty of Medicine
36. Prof. ahmad Jaber Al Haj: Faculty of Medicine
37. Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim Hasan Ward- Zaqazeq University
38. Prof. Mohammad Ragab: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University
39. Prof. Saad Katatni: El Minia University (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
40. Prof. Yousra Abu El Makarem: Faculty of Agriculture/ Kafr El Sheikh University
41. Prof. Sha’ban Mohammad: Faculty of Sciences/ Kafr El Sheikh University
42. Prof. Salah Sultan: Cairo University (wanted)
43. Prof. Moustafa Haikal: Faculty of Medicine/ Banha University
44. Prof Abdul Rahman Al Bar: Azhar University (wanted)
45. Prof Ali Barakat: Faculty of Engineering/ University of Alexandria
46. Prof. Hisham Salam: Faculty of Sciences/ Mansoura University
47. Prof. Mohammad Rashad Al Bayoumi: Faculty of Sciences/ Azhar University
48. Prof. Mohammad Hamouda: Faculty of Engineering/ El Fayoum University
49. Prof. Mohammad Ali Hasan: Azhar University (Assyut Branch)
50. Prof. Moustafa Issa: Minia Governor
51. Prof. Khaled Bakri: Faculty of Agriculture/ Banha University
52. Prof. Motwali Abdul Baset: Faculty of Medicine/ Banha University
53. Prof. Saad Sharqawi: Faculty of Sciences/ Janoub El Wadi University
54. Prof. Mohammad Azzam: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University
55. Prof. Mohammad Shakir: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University
56. Prof. Yehya Kishk: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University (Assuit Governor)
57. Prof. Haitham Mohammad Ali: Faculty of Medicine/ Souhag University
58. Ahmad Khalifeh: Faculty of Agriculture/ Cairo University
59. Eng. Hussein Abdul Fattah Faraj: Faculty of Engineering/ Azhar University

The list includes the name of Prof. Mohamed Morsi.

This item was updated at 14.36GMT on the 30th of September 2013 to remove a few duplicate names