Ibrahim Abouleish

Ibrahim Abouleish ( Arabic إبراهيم أبو العيش, DMG Ibrāhīm Abū al-ʿAiš ; * March 23, 1937 in Mashtul ; † June 15, 2017 ) was an Egyptian chemist and entrepreneur who campaigned for the social and material development of Egypt within the framework of the Sekem development initiative he founded .

In 2003 Abouleish was awarded the Right Livelihood Award , the "Alternative Nobel Prize".

Live and act

Abouleish studied technical chemistry in Graz from 1956 . In 1960 he married a woman from Graz with whom he had two children. Abouleish received his PhD in technical chemistry in 1969 and then worked in a leading position in industrial drug research.

During a visit to Egypt in 1977 he was depressed by the country's problems (lack of education, overpopulation , environmental pollution ). In the same year he returned to his homeland and founded the "Development Initiative " Sekem on 70 hectares of desert almost 60 kilometers northeast of the center of Cairo .

Sekem ( ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for "sun-like vitality") is today the market leader in organic agriculture and herbal remedies. The company is promoting the nationwide use of biodynamic cultivation methods with environmentally friendly pest control , especially in cotton cultivation . It operates schools, work and education programs, a medical center, and an academy of applied arts and sciences.

In 1984 Abouleish founded the “Society for the Promotion of Cultural Development in Egypt” (SCD), today the Sekem Foundation for Development (SDF). The SDF is a non-profit foundation and implementation organization for all non-profit projects of the initiative.

Today, Sekem employs almost 2000 people. Around 250 smallholders supply the company with organically grown products. Most of the products are grown according to Demeter guidelines .

In 2003 Ibrahim Abouleish received the Right Livelihood Award for the development of a business model for the 21st century in which economic success is integrated into the social and cultural development of society and this through the "Economy of Love" promotes . From May 2007, Abouleish was also a member of the World Future Council in the Future Finance department , after Jakob von Uexküll , the founder of the Right Livelihood Award and initiator of the World Future Council Initiative, asked him whether he would like to join the council alongside 49 other personalities.

“I was particularly fascinated by biodynamic agriculture , which had developed from anthroposophy and which Europe has been working with successfully since the beginning of the 20th century. Through them, I was sure, the agricultural situation in Egypt could be improved significantly. "

- Ibrahim Abouleish

Awards

2003: Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize)
2005: Honorary doctorate from the Medical University of Graz
2010: Honorary doctorate from Graz University of Technology
2011: BAUM environmental award for many years of outstanding commitment and exemplary initiative in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development on a holistic basis.
2012: Oslo Business for Peace Award, The Business for Peace Foundation.

literature

Ibrahim Abouleish: The Sekem Vision - An encounter between Orient and Occident changed Egypt. 2nd Edition. Stuttgart / Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-932386-77-9 .

Web links

Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish at sekem.com

Individual evidence

↑ وفاة الدكتور إبراهيم أبو العيش الحاصل على جائزة نوبل البديلة للتنمية. (No longer available online.) In: elyomnew.com. June 15, 2017, archived from the original on June 18, 2017 ; Retrieved June 16, 2017 (Arabic). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Council members biographies: Ibrahim Abouleish. World Future Council , July 16, 2013, archived from the original on June 17, 2013 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b TU Graz honors Ibrahim Abouleish. In: Small newspaper . May 27, 2010, archived from the original on January 14, 2013 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .
↑ Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish - SEKEM. International BAUM special award. TREE , archived from the original on June 13, 2014 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Abouleish, Ibrahim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian chemist, entrepreneur and development worker
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mashtul
DATE OF DEATH	15th June 2017

[1] وفاة الدكتور إبراهيم أبو العيش الحاصل على جائزة نوبل البديلة للتنمية. (No longer available online.) In: elyomnew.com. June 15, 2017, archived from the original on June 18, 2017 ; Retrieved June 16, 2017 (Arabic). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Council members biographies: Ibrahim Abouleish. World Future Council , July 16, 2013, archived from the original on June 17, 2013 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .

[orf020610-3] TU Graz honors Ibrahim Abouleish. In: Small newspaper . May 27, 2010, archived from the original on January 14, 2013 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .

[baum-4] Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish - SEKEM. International BAUM special award. TREE , archived from the original on June 13, 2014 ; Retrieved June 17, 2017 .