Physician · Author · Historian · A bridge between East & West
One of the United Kingdom's most prominent British-Arab voices — a practising doctor, published author and Middle East commentator who has spent more than a quarter of a century building understanding between the Arab world and the West.
Dr Wafik Moustafa is one of the UK's most prominent British-Arab personalities and Middle East experts — a distinguished practising medical doctor, politician, author, historian and social activist.
Born in Cairo on 16 July 1948, he studied medicine at Cairo University (MB BCh, 1974) and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow (LRCP LRCS, 1981). He arrived in London in 1974, aged 26, and made Britain his home. He practised as a GP in Nottinghamshire from 1982, became an honorary lecturer at Sheffield Medical School, and continues to serve NHS patients in West London.
He is recognised across the world as an advocate for freedom, democracy, social justice, secularism and human rights in the Arab world, standing for the peaceful reformation of Islam as a prerequisite to secular democracy and for the integration of Turkey, Israel and Iran into a new Middle East.
A bridge between East and West, Dr Moustafa has promoted dialogue between the Arab world and the UK for decades — leading and facilitating parliamentary delegations to Egypt, Tunisia, Israel, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, and holding a strong connection to, and appreciation from, the "Arab Street".
From the elusive promise of the Arab Spring to the collapse of Syria, Dr Moustafa's writing offers a confident, wide-ranging and often controversial analysis of the modern Middle East.
The Collapse of Syria, the End of War by Proxy and Trump's Plan — a forward look at a Middle East being remade before our eyes.
The Arab world's eventful century — a sweeping history of the forces, empires and turning points that shaped the modern Middle East.
A candid examination of the forces pulling at modern Egypt and the elusive prospects for its recovery and reform.
Launched at the Italian Parliament in Rome and at RUSI in London, and welcomed into the House of Lords Library.
His account is bracing, sharp and, to many, controversial. He says things that many Arab politicians and opinion-makers would rather not hear said.Michael BinyonForeign correspondent, The Times — on Egypt: The Elusive Arab Spring
Across medicine, politics and civil society, Dr Moustafa has held positions of trust and leadership for more than three decades.
A much sought-after commentator, Dr Moustafa has articulated his views through more than a thousand television interviews on British, international and Arab networks alike.
From Downing Street to the United Nations, Dr Moustafa has spent decades raising British-Arab community issues with parliamentarians, prime ministers and world leaders. Tap any image to enlarge.
Dr Moustafa is a regular speaker on political and human-rights platforms worldwide — at the United Nations in New York, the US Congress in Washington DC, the European Parliament in Brussels and the Italian Parliament in Rome, as well as in Egypt, Tunisia, Ramallah, the Golan Heights, Paris and London.
"The Arab World: Art, Politics and Poetry" — the founder of the British Arab Network joins British Museum curator Dr Venetia Porter to discuss the history of the Arab World and to ask the difficult questions certain to prompt debate. Featuring Moustafa's Glass House — The Arab World 1922–2022.
Read on wafikmoustafa.com
At the Greek House in Davos, held alongside the World Economic Forum, Dr Moustafa joined the session "The Economics of Peace in the Middle East" — calling for the removal of the culture of hate from textbooks and for reform of the education system across the region. Fellow speakers at the forum included H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Read about Greek House Davos
An invitation to the launch of Dr Moustafa's history of the Arab world's eventful century — a signing event celebrating the publication of Glass House and the century of events, 1922–2022, that shaped the modern Middle East.
Read on wafikmoustafa.comSelected interviews and analysis from Dr Moustafa's YouTube channel. Tap to play.
