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Mr. Ibrahim ElKafrawy, Ahly’s Board Member and FEPS 1996 Class Graduate to ELITE
What Makes Al-Ahly Unique is His Guiding

Moral Traditions

 Egypt Has Adequate Sports Infrastructure But The Real Challenge To Our Younger Athletes

is Poor Transportation System And Overwhelming Study Duties

Cairo: Ramy Magdy, Caroline Sherif, Farah Ezzeldin, Farah Haitham and and even if his thoughts and ideologies with different from some of his
Nermine Tawfik professors, he always appreciates them as he had learned a lot from him.
When he was asked about the different situation in the faculty, he answered
Elite team went to the most popular club in Egypt and the MENA region, which cheerfully remembering the exams time as he wasn‟t one of the top students in
is Al-Ahly Club -The red castle- to meet with one of the most unique graduates studying as he was working in Al-Ahly club and in private company besides
Mr. Ibrahim El-Kafrawy. Mr. El-Kafrawy is member of Al-Ahly Club high board being a student in the faculty. The previous helped him to be independent. He
as well as being one of the most successful bankers… he has a great experience added that he is still in contact with the university colleagues even if he
that needs to be known, thus we made the following interview: At first we asked graduated from 23 years, and that shows how much the faculty makes the
him why did he choose the faculty of economics and political science and how students truly connected to each other.
started his relation with the faculty. Mr. El-kafrawy Welcomed us firstly and He added that the Islamic groups were dominating the students Union in all
elaborated his happiness for being part of the faculty besides being with us in this the faculties of the university except faculty of economics and political
interview. He said that he likes the essentialism as the Egyptians are unique in this science, that shows us that the students of the faculty choose their ideologies
issue due to their civilization, also he is proud to be part of three places that due to scientific methods and not due to some beliefs and slogans.We asked
deeply affected his character, decisions, and work. These places are his school - El-Kafrawy about his success in Al-Ahly Club besides his success in the
The German school-, the faculty of economics and political science, and Al-Ahly banking sector. He said that Al-Ahly Club is established upon a patriotic
Club. He also added that his wife is a graduate from the faculty of economics and belief, and every one respects Al-Ahly Club and belonging to it is essentially a
political science too. patriotic belonging. El-Kafrawy was brought up in Al-Ahly Club as his family
were members in it. He added that the club helped him in his successes, as
He added that before joining the faculty of economics and political science, he being part of Al-Ahly club and the faculty gave him kind of uniqueness. He
was planning to major in political science, thus he‟d be able to work in the also worked as an administrator in the club since he was eighteen years old
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As EL-Kafrawy got high grades in high school, he and became one of the club high board at a young age too. He considers the
joined the faculty of Medicine for two years and he changed his mind to join the belonging to the club as a big family not only as being administrator.
faculty of economics and political science. After he joined the faculty he rather El-kafrawy was asked about his experience in the banking sector, he said
did major in economics than political science, as he was hesitant about choosing that he works in the banks sector since 1997 in “tanmiyat Al-saderat” bank
which major as the professors in both departments -economics and political which is Egyptian bank, then he worked eleven years in foreign banks. He
science- were unique. He said that he benefited from Dr. Alia El-Mahdy in the added that he was away from Al-Ahly club due to working in the banks from
economics department, and Dr. Ahmed Youssef in political science department. 2004 to 2014, explaining that there was a huge development in the banks
Being majored in economics, didn‟t stop him from reading in political science and sector by Dr. Farouk El-Oqda. Nowadays El-Kafrawy works as head of
following its updates even if he didn‟t work with it. After graduation he worked in investment and treasury department in one of the arabic banks. During the
the banks sector, he elaborated that the banks usually prefer graduates from years of study in the faculty, he has studied many things that he applied in his
economics department in the faculty of economics and political science. Also, as work in the banking sector. El-Kafrawy said that he works in the investment
being a bank official he tends to the graduates from his faculty. When we asked and treasury department which is relevant to his studies in the faculty. He
him about the activities he participated-in in the faculty and his relationship with his added that what he studied in the faculty affects his decisions as the interest
professors he said that being a member in Al-Ahly club made him tend to the sports rate trends, Public finance, Analysis of economic data, and economy
over the cultural activities. He added that he had relations with the administration of
the faculty during the period of being a student as the dean was Dr. Ali Eldin Helal nowadays make the graduates luckier than the older generations as they can
who encouraged the youth. He explained that the chance to participate in student apply what they have studied. We asked him about his uniqueness in sports
activity today is better than before due to the diversity. El- kafrawy added that the especially Athletics, he said that he was one of the republic champions in
professors who helped him are Dr. Mohamed Rashwan, Dr. Alia El-Mahdy, and Dr. swimming and athletics He elaborated that swimming helps in time
Gouda Abdel-khaleq, management.
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