Omar Mohamed El-Sayed Fikri (Arabic: عمر محمد السيد فكري) is an Egyptian writer and astronomer, born in Giza Governorate in 1965. He received a Bachelor degree in Astronomy from the Faculty of Science at Cairo University in 1987, and a Master degree in Astronomy from the Faculty of Science at Cairo University in 1992, then a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the Faculty of Science at the University of Alexandria in 2006. Omar Fikri worked at the Halwan Observatory, then at The Kuwait Planetarium Science Center (PSC). He is currently the head of the Planetarium Theater Department at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.[1]
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Omar Mohamed El-Sayed Fikri | |
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Born | 1965 (age 56–57) Giza, Egypt |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation | writer and astronomer |
Notable work | The Rock, A Special Sky |
He is a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, the International Federation of Planetariums, and Vice President of the Egyptian Society of Astronomy. He has participated in numerous scientific conferences and published literary and scientific articles in a number of local and Arab journals and newspapers. Such as the monthly Galaxy Magazine (Arabic: Al-Majarra), which is issued by the Kuwait Scientific Club, and the Science Planet magazine (Arabic: kawkab aleilm), which is issued every quarter by the Bibliotheca Alexandria.[2][3] He has also published some literature, ranging from adult literature to children's literature.[4][5]
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After graduating from the Faculty of Science, Omar Fikri was appointed as a teaching assistant and researcher at the Egyptian National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (Halwan Observatory). Then he worked as a coordinator for scientific and astronomical activities at the Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud Association.
Then as an astronomer researcher, and as a supervisor at the Planetarium at the Kuwait Science Club, and then as a delegate from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science. He also became a member of the official committee for the reconnaissance and sighting of crescent moon, astronomical calculations, and timings in the Arab Republic of Egypt between 1988 and 1994. Omar Fikri worked as a teacher of astronomy and astrophysics at the Faculty of Science at Cairo University between 1991 and 1994.
He then taught basic physics for the first two years at the College of Technological Studies in Kuwait between 1998 and 2001.
Omar Muhammad Al-Sayed Fikri wrote many books, ranging from novels, scientific books, and children's stories, including:
Omar Mohamed El-Sayed Fikri was nominated for the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel at its seventh session for his novel “The Rock”, in 2021.[citation needed]