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59 university professors detained in Egypt since military coup

February 5, 2014 at 2:12 am

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