Sawiris: Globalist of the Year

The CIC held its annual Globalist of the Year Award Gala on November 17, 2011, to honour this year’s winner, Naguib Sawiris. Mr. Sawiris is an Egyptian businessman turned politician. In May, 2011 he resigned from his positions as executive chairman of two telecommunications companies, Wind Telecom and Orascom Telecom Holding, to found an Egyptian political party, Al Masryeen Al Ahrar – the Free Egyptians. During the Egyptian uprising early this year, Mr. Sawiris publicly supported the protesters. Now, as the Free Egyptians party prepares for the first parliamentary election in Egypt since the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak, Mr. Sawiris speaks about the consequences of the revolution and the potential for democratization in Egypt.

Chrystia Freeland Interviews Mr. Sawiris about his Role in the Revolution:

For More from Mr. Sawiris’s Visit to Canada:

1. A profile of Sawiris in The Globe and Mail.

2. Sawiris interviewed by Peter Mansbridge on The CBC’s The National.

3. Sawiris interviewed on The CBC’s Lang & O’Leary Exchange.