Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Saad Eddin Ibrahim (1938–2023) was an Egyptian sociologist and author, and one of Egypt's leading human rights and democracy activists. He was a professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo and is co-editor with Nicholas S. Hopkins of Arab Society: Class, Gender, Power, and Development (AUC Press, 1998), and author of Egypt, Islam, and Democracy: Critical Essays (AUC Press, 2002).