Mohamed Riad

Riad Ahmed Riad Mohamed Riad (; 18 September 1927 – 17 August 2025) was an Egyptian scholar and geographer. Among his books is “Journey in the time of Nubia", His original family name is Qassem Urfally.

In 1949 he obtained his B.A in Geography from Fouad I University and in 1951 he earned a Diploma of Sudanese Studies (Geography & Anthropology) from Fouad I University. In 1956 he obtained his Ph.D. degree From Voelker Kunde Institute, Vienna University. He was soon appointed a staff member at Faculty of Arts Ain Shams University,

Riad died on 17 August 2025, at the age of 97.

Works Riad has over 250 items of published research in basic geography and anthropology, including 17 books in Arabic, 31 papers in Arabic, 21 papers in English (in Egyptian and foreign academic bulletins and periodicals), and approximately 180 articles in Al-Ahram and Al-Masry Al-Youm (pages of opinion on Egyptian socio-economic & political questions), Al-Hilal monthly, and Al-Siyasa Al-Dawlia quarterly. Egyptian field: Bedouin and Nubian acculturation and political processes, and Egyptian agrarian problems, the overwhelming dominance of the capital city of Cairo in the web of Egyptian affairs, industry and tourism. Africa: A study of the continent's components. Cairo: the fabric of people in place and time and problems in the present and future. Journey in the time of Nubia: a study of the old Nuba and indicators of future development. Human: a study of race and civilization. General assets in geopolitics and geopolitics: with an applied study on the Middle East. Transport geography. Egypt: the texture of people, place and time. Polar and Nordic World: A Geographical Study. Translation of the book «Racial Myths» by Juan Comas.