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Mohamed Al Hassan | |
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| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | Sudanese |
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| Political party | Sudan National Reform Party |
| Movement | Reformist |
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| Parent | Elhassan Mohammed (father) |
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Mohamed Al Hassan (aka Mohamed Elhasan Mohamed) (born 1961) is a Sudanese American entrepreneur. [1] [2] He has also twice campaigned to become the President of Sudan (in 2010 and 2015). [3]
He earned a degree in philosophy from Cairo University [4] in Khartoum before moving from Sudan to the United States in the 1980s. In the states, he sold newspapers, candy and hot dogs on a corner in Manhattan, New York City [ citation needed ]. Wishing to expand on his ambitions, he then moved to Dallas, Texas and delivered pizzas before driving taxi cabs, eventually founding a company called Jet Taxi, which he later sold to Yellow Cab [ citation needed ]. He also expanded his education at Spring Creek Community College in Plano [ citation needed ]. In addition to Jet Taxi, Mohamed created other companies, 'Paradise Prime Investment' in America[ citation needed ], and the solar energy development company 'AlSufi International' in Sudan. [4] [3] He currently serves as the president of the Al Sufi Center in Irving, Texas, and as vice president of the Sudan National Reform Party [ citation needed ].
Though his name did not appear the ballots, [5] he ran against Omar al-Bashir for the office of Sudan President in both 2010 and 2015. [6] [1] An April 2015 Bloomberg Business report stated that of President Omar al-Bashir's competitors, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed "had the most ambitious agenda". [7]
He is a Sufi Muslim who directs the Islamic Sufi Center in Texas, established in the early 1990s. [2] He also leads a Sufi house of worship in Irving[ citation needed ]. In this capacity he defended the Quran in a mock jury trial against Christian fundamentalist Rev. Terry Jones, [8] but was greatly surprised and saddened by Jones choosing to burn the Quran as part of his exhibition, and the three days of violent response which resulted in Afghanistan. [9]
In late 2013 a furor arose out of an Arabic-language email circulating that promised to assist parties in acquiring land in and traveling to Sudan, and resulted from the larger-than-expected turn-out of those interested in taking part. [10]
He is married to Muna Ahmed Ibraham, [4] and is the father of Ahmed Mohamed, who was arrested and suspended from attending his high school after bringing in to school a digital clock he had assembled that a teacher believed looked like a hoax bomb, which sparked a controversy over Islamophobia, childhood experimentation and zero-tolerance policies. [11] [12] Mohamed holds dual citizenship in both Sudan and the United States. [13]
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