Mostafa El-Abbadi

Today's Google Doodle honours Mostafa El-Abbadi on his 94th birthday, a renowned Egyptian historian and professor of Greco-Roman studies credited with ...

[UNESCO](https://www.scotsman.com/topic/unesco) and other organisations, the revival project took 15 years to complete but resulted in a new Library of Alexandria with over 8 million books spread over its seven floors. However, El-Abbadi was the visionary behind the rebuilding of this library and he started this project in the late 80’s. El-Abbadi pursued his passion as a researcher for ancient Egypt with a particular interest in the Library of Alexandria. He returned to the University of Alexandria where he became a lecturer and later a professor in Greco-Roman studies. At 22, El-Abbadi graduated with honours from this university and the Egyptian government granted him a scholarship to attend the University of His interests in academia were nurtured from a young age as his father was the founder of the College of Letters and Arts at the University of Alexandria.