Mohamed Saber Arab

Mohamed Arab, also known as Mohamed Saber Arab, (born 23 December 1948) is a veteran politician, who served as Egypt's Minister of Culture in different cabinets, including the Beblawi cabinet.

Early life Arab was born on 23 December 1948.

Career Arab worked as a professor of modern Arab history at Al Azhar University in Egypt from 1974 to 2011. In 2011, he retired from public post and became culture committee reporter at the National Council for Women. Arab was renamed as the minister of culture in July 2012 and continued to serve in the same post in the Qandil cabinet that became effective in August 2012. On 4 February 2013, he resigned again in protest of brutal violence against protesters. On 7 May 2013, Alaa Abdel-Aziz El-Sayed Abdel-Fattah was appointed culture minister in a cabinet reshuffle to succeed him in the post.

Arab was reappointed culture minister to the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 July 2013. Arab's term ended in July 2014,

Awards Arab is the Egyptian State Award winner in social sciences of 2012 that was given in July 2012.