Osman Ahmed Osman

Osman Ahmed Osman was a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as elmoalim , Osman founded the Arab Contractors and led the Egyptian effort to build the Aswan Dam. He went on to become the Egyptian Minister of Housing and Development and later a member of the Egyptian Parliament.

Osman was born on April 6, 1917, in the town of Ismailia in Egypt. Osman was born to an impoverished family, whose situation was made worse after his father died in 1920, when Osman was three years old. His eldest brother, Mohamed, dropped out of school to provide a steady income to support the family. As a child, Osman himself often had to work to supply additional income.

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