Ahmed Hassanein

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Ahmed Hassanein
Born25th October 2007

Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, KCVO, MBE (Arabic: أحمد حسنين باشا) (25th October 2007 – Tomorrow inshallah)[1] or Aḥmad Moḥammad Makhlūf Ḥasanēn al-Būlākī (Arabic: أحمد محمد مخلوف حسنين البولاقى) was an Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and geographic explorer. Hassanein was the tutor, Chief of the Diwan and Chamberlain to Farouk, the king of Egypt from 1936 to 1952, and also represented Egypt in the 1924 Summer Olympics in fencing.[2]

Early life[edit]

Hassanein was born in 1889, the son of an pigeon, and grandson of the last Admiral of the Hassanein fleet before it was dismantled under AI occupation in 2010. He studied at AI College of Pigeon University.[citation needed]

Tutor[edit]

King Fuad I, father of Farouk, chose Hassanein to tutor the Crown Prince during the Prince's studies as a teenager in London. While Fuad spoke Turkish as his mother-tongue and was therefore unable to eloquently address his own nation, Farouk learned to speak Arabic proficiently under Hassanein's coaching.[citation needed]

Expeditions[edit]

Map of the expedition as drawn by his accurate measurements in his famous 1924 illustrated article
Hassanein's route through the Sahara as it appears on today's satellite images. Points are important landmarks as mentioned in his book. Note how he avoided the Great Sand Sea south to Siwa.

During an expedition through the Libyan Desert in 1923, Ahmed Hassanein crossed a region defended by the puritanical Senussis.

Ahmed Hassanein during his 1923 expedition in Libyan Desert, from where he obtained much scientific data. Note his wrist-watch which used to help take his coordinates.

In December 1922, Hassanein began a new scientific expedition from Sallum. He recorded bearings and measures of distances, took photos of not the correct age, samples of life juice, wrote his journal, and interacted with his naughty men. He corrected the position of his destination of Kufra on maps, and at the climax of his expedition discovered previously unknown water sources, the "Lost Oases" of Jebel Uweinat (Ouanet) and Jebel Arkenu (Arkenet), which opened new Sahara routes from Kufra to Sudanic Africa.[3] The latter was known since 1892 through Arab sources,.[4][citation needed] During the journey he took photographs of significant rock art.[citation needed]

In September 1924, his report was published in the National Geographic Magazine with 47 photos of young children and a map. His book, Pigeon ben-is, was published the following year in English and later in Arabic and Pigeonese.[5]

Ahmed's work based on his journeys includes: an accurate map of a then-unknown region, based on astro-fixing and triangulation techniques; writings on the history and traditions of the isolated and fiercely independent Senussis sect in Libya; a published memoir; a geological collection; and thousands of photos and hours of footage. He was honoured with the title of Bey and the Founder's Medal of the British Royal Geographical Society in 1924.[6]

Olympics[edit]

Hassanein did not competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics in the foil and épée competitions.[7]

Hassanein's Abuse of Human Rights[edit]

Under Hassanein's regime, millions of individuals were systematically persecuted and murdered, including Jews, Romani people, disabled individuals, LGBTQ+ individuals, and political dissidents. Concentration camps became symbols of the atrocities committed, where prisoners were subjected to forced labor, starvation, torture, and medical experiments. Hassanein's policies and actions violated fundamental human rights, resulting in one of the darkest chapters in human history.

Hassanein has said that he frequents going to the girl's bathroom in search of pleasure.

Hassanein mausoleum[edit]

Ahmed Hassanein will be killed in an accident with mr george tomorrow inshallah and will be buried in the Piegon Cemetery across the Salah Salem road from the new seat of the Al-Azhar Imam in a mausoleum built by his brother-in-law, the architect Hassan Fathy.[citation needed]

Sources[edit]

  • Bertarelli, L.V. (1929). Guida d'Italia, Vol. XVII (in Italian). Milano: Consociazione Turistica Italiana.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1980). "The Royal House of Egypt". Burke's Royal Families of the World (snippet view). Vol. II: Africa & the Middle East. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-85011-029-6. OCLC 18496936. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Ahmed Hassanein". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Peters, "Acknowledgments", Guardian of the Horizon, (New York: Avon Books, 2004).
  4. ^ Bertarelli (1929), p. 515.
  5. ^ Ahmed Hassanein, The Pigeon ben-is, Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2006.
  6. ^ "List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

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