Mohammed El-Sawi is an Egyptian engineer, cultural entrepreneur and politician. He is the founder of the cultural centre El Sawy Culturewheel and the Civilization Party. [1]
Mohammed El-Sawi is an Egyptian engineer, cultural entrepreneur and politician. He is the founder of the cultural centre El Sawy Culturewheel and the Civilization Party. [1]
Mohamed El-Sawy is the son of Abdel Moneim El-Sawy, a novelist and former Minister of Culture as part of the Shafik Cabinet [2] He founded the El Sawy Culturewheel as a cultural centre in 2003, naming it after his father.
In February 2011, shortly after disavowing interest in the position, [3] Mohamed El-Sawy was appointed minister of culture. [4]
Later in 2011 he founded the Civilization Party (El-Hadara). [1] He was returned to the People's Assembly of Egypt as an MP for Giza in the 2011-12 elections. [5] In March 2012 he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the Constituent Assembly of Egypt, [6] and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012. [7]
El Sawy Culture Wheel is a cultural center on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district on central Cairo, Egypt. Named after its founder and owner, Abdelmoniem El-Sawy, it is considered one of the most important cultural venues in Egypt and receives more than 20,000 visitors each month.
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