Biography

 

Early Years
Mohamed was born in 1933 in Alexandria, Egypt. In the 1930s Alex, as it was known, was a fascinating city, with communities of Greeks, Jews, Lebanese, Italians and Turks living alongside the native Alexandrines. Though it was never legally colonised, Egypt was administered by the British for more than 70 years. The British army HQ was in the city of Fayed, in the Canal Zone, from which the family is originally.

Mohamed’s father was a professor of Arabic. His grandfather was a merchant – and it was at his knee that Mohamed learned the first rules of being a successful businessman (and from the advice he received from the Jewish merchant next door).

Mohamed’s was a happy and loving family. His two younger brothers, Ali and Saleh, were always close to their lively and ambitious elder brother. To this day, they are the best of friends. Their mother was the pivotal point of a family that loved being together. 

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