Egypt: Liver Seller Gets PhD with His Wife in One Day

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On a small cart in the streets of Port Said in northeastern Egypt, Dr. Ahmed Shahda, who holds a doctorate in environmental philosophy, stands selling sandwiches.
On Thalateeny Street, on a cart selling liver, sausage and meat sandwiches, Ahmed Abdel Malik Shahda, 59, has been standing there since 1985, where he decided upon obtaining a bachelor's degree in social work, to work on the sandwich cart on the popular street. Shahada decided to make his parking place in his cart near the commercial market, the Hamidiya market and the ticket center of the Egyptian Football Club, where thousands of citizens frequent, and from here he achieved wide popularity and great fame and became famous.

Shahada says that he completed his postgraduate studies in 2001, until he obtained a diploma from the Faculty of Education in 2003, and applied in 2004 to Mansoura University and obtained a pre-master's degree, and obtained a general diploma in education at Ain Shams University, then obtained a master's degree in 2011, and a doctorate in 2015.
He explained that all those years, his wife helped him in his work and continued her educational career, and his work began from dawn and continued until four in the afternoon, and completed the rest of the day in the study until he and his wife obtained a doctorate together.

According to "Arabiya.net", Shahada says that he obtained a doctorate in environmental science and philosophy and during his career he had 4 sons, and they all continued their educational journey until they obtained the highest scientific degrees, namely: Mahmoud Physical Education and now works in commerce, Iman holds a Bachelor of Medicine, Hajar holds an English trade, and Sarah is in the third grade at the Faculty of Pharmacy.

He pointed out that despite his academic degree and the degree of his children and their access to good positions, he still serves sandwiches to citizens in the same place, calling on young people to work and effort and not wait for jobs, stressing that he hopes that young people will change their ideas about life and the future.