A Conversation with Sir Magdi Yacoub
Renowned heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub spoke with Khaled Ezzelarab, associate professor of practice, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, AUC, on January 17, in AUC Tahrir’s Ewart Memorial Hall.
AUC Press will be publishing Sir Magdi’s biography, A Surgeon and a Maverick: The Life And Pioneering Work of Magdi Yacoub by veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman, with a foreword by Dame Mary Archer, in July 2023. The book follows Yacoub’s life from his formative years in Egypt to his career in Britain, where he pushed frontiers in medicine and served communities around the world, for which he was awarded the Order of Merit. Sign up here to receive a notification of its release in Egypt and worldwide.
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