Mohammed Shegewi

Tribute to Mohammed Shegewi in Al-Ittihad Magazine

Mohammed Shegewi or Sheghewi (Arabic: محمد الشغيوي) was amongst the first Libyan high-school graduates and an educator at the 'Madrasa Al-Islamiya Al-Alia' (Arabic: المدرسة الإسلامية العليا) of Old Tripoli. He was a key contributor to the initial development of Libya's educational system and was also a Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the days of the Kingdom of Libya.[1]

Mohammed also founded several Libyan community projects, including being one of the founders and the person who named the very popular Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) football club in 1944 [2][3][4]

He is the son of resistance leader Omar Shegewi and famous Libyan educator Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awjio and had two brothers sportscaster Hassan Shegewi, and Idris Shegewi. He had eight children, including Omar Mohammed Shegewi and died in 2007.


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