Rafik Habib

Rafik Habib
Born	Rafik Samuel Habib 1959 (age 64–65) Minya, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Alma mater	Cairo University Ain Shams University
Occupation	Researcher, activist, author, and politician

Rafik Habib (born in 1959) is a Christian (Evangelical) Egyptian researcher, activist, author, and politician. He studies and analyzes of modern Egyptian society and politics. His is also director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS).

Biography

Habib was born in 1959 in Minya, Upper Egypt. His father, Samuel Habib, was an evangelical pastor and served as President of the Evangelical Denomination in Egypt from 1980 to 1997. In 1982 Habib graduated from the Faculty of Arts, the department of Psychology at Cairo University. In 1988 he received his PhD. in psychology from Ain Shams University.

He was accused by Pope Shenouda of being "an insurgent Protestant."

In July 2011 he was appointed deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. His first interaction with the Muslim Brotherhood was in 1989, when he began researching Islamist movements. He resigned in December 2012, one of several advisers to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to resign in the midst of the 2012 Egyptian protests. Habib had been Morsi's only Coptic Christian adviser.