Famous People with Name Farag

Farag Foda            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Farag Foda: was an important Egyptian thinker, human rights activist, writer, and columnist.Before his death, Farag Foda was declared an apostate and foe of Islam. An Al-Azhar scholar, Mohammed al-Ghazali, a witness before the court, declared it was not wrong to kill a foe of Islam. Al-Ghazali said: "The killing of Farag Foda was in fact the implementation of the punishment against an apostate which the imam (the Islamic leader) has failed to implement (undertake)."

Ahmed Hassan Farag            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Ahmed Hassan Farag: is an Egyptian footballer. He plays for El Ahly[1] as well as Egypt.

Alfred Farag            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Alfred Farag: was one of the eminent Egyptian playwrights of the post 1952 Revolution period. He obtained his BA in English Literature from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University in 1949. He took up the teaching career till 1955 when he abandoned it for a post in the press as a critic. He worked in several press institutions; for instance, “Rosa al Yousef”, “Eltahrir” and “Algomhouriyya”.

Yasser Ibrahim Farag            Origin/Culture/Country: Egyptian

Yasser Ibrahim Farag: is an Egyptian shot putter.His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Usti nad Labem. In the discus throw he has 61.58 metres, achieved at the 2007 All-Africa Games.