Mostafa Elwi Saif

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Mostafa Elwi Mohamed Saif (Arabic: مصطفى علوى محمد سيف (born March 3,1950) is an Egyptian Political Science Professor at Cairo University, a Politician representing National Democratic Party (Egypt) and a Member of Shura Council (Egypt)

[edit] Early life

Mostafa Elwi Saif was born in Faiyum, Egypt to one of the biggest families in his city. He graduated from High School with rank number 1 on his governerate, he then joined Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS) in Cairo University and graduated in 1972 with a degree in Political Science and ranked as Second on the students of the faculty.

[edit] Academic career

He took the PhD under the supervision of Boutros Boutros Ghali in 1981. He was the first Egyptian, Arab and African to work at The US Institute of Peace (USIP) in 1994 till 1995.