Ali Sheikh Ahmed
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Dr. Ali Sheikh Ahmed is the founder and president of Mogadishu University
Mogadishu University
Mogadishu University is a non-governmental university in Mogadishu, Somalia. As of 2011, its in the top 30 of African universities.-History:The idea to establish a non-governmental educational institution started in June 1993, after which time it took five years to develop and open the university...

, and a noted Islamic scholar.

Education

Ahmed studied abroad in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

, earning a Bachelor of Arts from the Islamic University in Medina
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...

 in 1977. He followed that three years later with a Master's degree in Arts from the same institution. In 1984, Ahmed also earned a Ph.D. from the university.

Career

Ahmed has been involved in numerous Islamic and academic initiatives throughout his career. In 1978, he was one of the five founding members of the Islamic peace union Al Islah movement in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

.

Between 1984 and 1993, Ahmed was Professor of History and Islamic Civilization in King Saud University
King Saud University
King Saud University is a public university located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdul Aziz as Riyadh University, as the first university in the kingdom not dedicated to religious subjects. The university was created to meet the shortage of skilled workers in...

 in Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...

, Saudi Arabia. He later served as Director of the Horn of Africa Center of Journalism and Research in Mogadishu
Mogadishu
Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....

, the capital of Somalia, from 1994 to 1996.

Between 1994 and 2000, Ahmed also acted as the Vice Chairman and Public Relation Director of the Somali Reconciliation Council based in Mogadishu.

Additionally, he was a member and one of the founders of the “Somali Civic Forum”, a reconciliation panel formed in 2004.

From 1997 up to the present, Ahmed has served as the President of Mogadishu University
Mogadishu University
Mogadishu University is a non-governmental university in Mogadishu, Somalia. As of 2011, its in the top 30 of African universities.-History:The idea to establish a non-governmental educational institution started in June 1993, after which time it took five years to develop and open the university...

, an institution of higher learning that he helped found.
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