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:
- Prof. Ahmad Al Sarwi: Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. Mohammad Abu Zeid: Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. Ahmad Ellaban: Faculty of Medicine/ Suez Canal University
- Prof. Rabe’ Abu El Majd: Faculty of Medicine/ Suez Canal University
- Prof. Mahmoud Hammai: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Seuz Canal University
- Prof. Abdoh Ellaban: University Hospitals Managers in El Minia University
- Prof. Hamed Atteyah: Deputy Chairman of Zaqazeq University
- Prof. Al Sadat Ibrahim Ali: Faculty of Agriculture/ Zaqazeq University
- Prof. Mohammad Othman: Faculty of Medicine/ Zaqazeq University
- Prof. Sayyed Abdel Nour: Chairman of Zaqazeq University Faculty members (wanted)
- Prof. Yaser Helmi Haddad: Assistant Professor at Ophthalmologist Faculty of Medicine/ El Minia University
- Prof. Hasan el Brence: Radiology/ Alexandria University
- Prof. Ashraf El Tabee Ezz Edine: Dean of Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University
- Prof. Mohammad Ammar: Faculty of Engineering/ Tanta University
- Prof. Mohammad El Beltagy: Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University (detained and suspended)
- Prof. Mohammad Ragab: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University
- Prof. Mohammad Abdel Karim: Faculty of Medicine/ Souhaj University
- Prof. Jameel Ahmad Mohammad: Faculty of Science/ Azhar University
- Prof. Khaled Issa: Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
- Prof. Yasser Abdouh/ Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
- Prof. Mohammad Darwish: Faculty of Medicine/ Tanta University
- Prof. Mohammad Farouq: Faculty of Sharia & Law/ Azhar University
- Prof. Abdul Rahman Oweis: Faculty of Sharia/ Azhar University (murdered during operation to disperse sit- in at Rabea Adawiya square)
- Prof. Mohammad Badei: Faculty Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University (MB General Guide)
- Prof. Basem Khallaf: Faculty of Arts/ Cairo University
- Prof. Sayyed Shihab: Dean of Faculty of Engineering/ Hilwan University
- Prof. Ibrahim El Iraqi: Faculty of Medicine/ Mansoura University
- Prof. Mohammad El Sayyed El Desouq: Faculty of Medicine/ Mansoura University
- Prof. Awad Abdul Rahman: Faculty of Agriculture/ Cairo University
- Prof. Mohammad Abdel Baqi: Faculty of Medicine/ Azhar University
- Prof. Mohammad Morsi: Faculty of Engineering/ Zaqazeeq University (Egypt elect- President)
- Prof Mohammad Ateyyah: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Zaqazeeq University (Deputy University Chairman)
- Prof. Ahmad Fahmy: Faculty of Pharmacy (Head of Shura Council)
- Prof Ihab Ibrahim: Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. Mohammad Abdul Ghani: Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. ahmad Jaber Al Haj: Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim Hasan Ward- Zaqazeq University
- Prof. Mohammad Ragab: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine/ Bani Sweif University
- Prof. Saad Katatni: El Minia University (Speaker of the House of Representatives)
- Prof. Yousra Abu El Makarem: Faculty of Agriculture/ Kafr El Sheikh University
- Prof. Sha’ban Mohammad: Faculty of Sciences/ Kafr El Sheikh University
- Prof. Salah Sultan: Cairo University (wanted)
- Prof. Moustafa Haikal: Faculty of Medicine/ Banha University
- Prof Abdul Rahman Al Bar: Azhar University (wanted)
- Prof Ali Barakat: Faculty of Engineering/ University of Alexandria
- Prof. Hisham Salam: Faculty of Sciences/ Mansoura University
- Prof. Mohammad Rashad Al Bayoumi: Faculty of Sciences/ Azhar University
- Prof. Mohammad Hamouda: Faculty of Engineering/ El Fayoum University
- Prof. Mohammad Ali Hasan: Azhar University (Assyut Branch)
- Prof. Moustafa Issa: Minia Governor
- Prof. Khaled Bakri: Faculty of Agriculture/ Banha University
- Prof. Motwali Abdul Baset: Faculty of Medicine/ Banha University
- Prof. Saad Sharqawi: Faculty of Sciences/ Janoub El Wadi University
- Prof. Mohammad Azzam: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University
- Prof. Mohammad Shakir: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University
- Prof. Yehya Kishk: Faculty of Medicine/ Assuit University (Assuit Governor)
- Prof. Haitham Mohammad Ali: Faculty of Medicine/ Souhag University
- Ahmad Khalifeh: Faculty of Agriculture/ Cairo University
- 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