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Alaa Najjar

Alaa Najjar (Arabic: علاء نجار, romanized: ʿAlāʾ Najjār, pronounced [ʕalaːʔ nadʒːaːr]) is an Egyptian physician,[2] Wikipedian and internet activist. He was named the Wikimedian of the Year at Wikimania in August 2021 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales for his pioneering role in the development of the Arab and medical communities as well as for his role in the development of COVID-19 topics.[2][3][1][4]

Alaa Najjar
علاء نجار
Najjar in 2022
EducationAlexandria University (MB BS)
Occupations
AwardsWikimedian of the Year (2021)[1]

Najjar is an active contributor to WikiProject Medicine and a volunteer administrator in the Arabic Wikipedia and a Wikimedia steward.[1][5] He is a board member of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group[6][7] and an editorial board member of the WikiJournal of Medicine.[1][8][3]

Education and career

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Najjar graduated from Alexandria University, faculty of medicine in January 2021 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB Bch).[9] In 2021, he told The National that he was employed in “a very busy public hospital”.[3]

Wikipedia and Wikimedia activities

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Najjar presenting about WikiProject Medicine at WikiArabia 2019

Najjar is an active contributor since 2014, and most of his edits focus on medicine-related articles. He also serves as an administrator on Arabic-language Wikipedia and in several other roles on different projects of Wikimedia Foundation.[3] He is also a board member of Wikimedia Group in the Levant[6] and editorial board member of the WikiJournal of Medicine since December 2018.[8] Also, he is a member on the Arabic Wikipedia's official social networking team.[1] [10]

He spearheaded the COVID-19 project on the Arabic encyclopedia and majorly contributes to the WikiProject Medicine. Najjar's work helps to combat medical misinformation and confront the pandemic with reliable, fact-checked information.[1]

He was named the Wikimedian of the Year on 15 August 2021 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.[11] Najjar was praised for his pioneering role in the development of the Arab and medical communities as well as for his role in the development of COVID-19 topics.[12][3] Because of travel restrictions, Wales could not personally deliver the award to Najjar as per standard practice, but instead spoke to him in a surprise Google Meet call.[2]

Publications

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  • Sellar Xanthogranulomatosis in a Two-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report. Cureus, 2023.[13]
  • Complex presentation of a left Fronto-zygomatic Dermoid cyst: a case report. Journal of surgical case reports, 2024.[14]
  • Glioblastoma multiforme in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report and review of literature. Journal of surgical case reports, 2024.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Koerner, Chris (2021-08-15). "Meet Alaa Najjar: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 winner". Diff. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. ^ a b c "حوار خاص مع علاء نجار.. الفائز بجائزة "ويكيميدي العام" 2021". Ultrasawt (in Arabic). 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bedirian, Razmig (16 August 2021). "Arab medical professional Alaa Najjar honoured by Wikipedia for Covid-19 coverage". The National. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  4. ^ "جوائز مؤتمر "ويكيمينيا" 2021.. من الفائز عن المنطقة العربية؟". Ultrasawt (in Arabic). 15 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. ^ حجاوي, محمد (2018-02-01). "برنامج ويكيبيديا للتعليم بنسخته الثانية بصمة من طلبة جامعة النجاح في الفضاء الإلكتروني". سوا (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  6. ^ a b السبيعي, عمر (7 January 2020). "تعرّف على مبادرة "ويكي دوّن" السعودية للنشر في موسوعة "ويكيبيديا"". صحيفة سبق الإلكترونية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. ^ "مبادرة "ويكي دوّن" للنشر في موسوعة "ويكيبيديا" | ويكي دون". WikiDowen (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  8. ^ a b "WikiJournal of Medicine/Editors". Wikiversity. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Alaa Najjar (Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6362-8899)". Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  10. ^ بن ساسي, أوسمان (26 October 2017). "مؤتمر «ويكيبديا عربية 2017 » يبحث إثراء المحتوى العربي". Alwasat News (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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  12. ^ Sharma, Unnati (2021-08-17). "3 Indians win Wikimedia awards for helping provide free, accessible knowledge on the internet". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  13. ^ Laith A. Ayasa; Sara Rahhal; Ala'a K. Najjar; Asad Aldarawish; Izzeddin A. Bakri (2023). "Sellar Xanthogranulomatosis in a Two-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report". Cureus. 15 (11): 1–8. doi:10.7759/CUREUS.49405. ISSN 2168-8184. OCLC 10076512449. PMC 10749890. PMID 38149166. S2CID 265493967. Wikidata Q123555228.
  14. ^ Laith A Ayasa; Sara Rahhal; Alaa Khaled Najjar; Mohammed Aliwaiai; Asad Aldarawish; Izzeddin Bakri (2024). "Complex presentation of a left Fronto-zygomatic Dermoid cyst; a case report". Journal of surgical case reports. 2024 (4): 1–4. doi:10.1093/JSCR/RJAE218. ISSN 2042-8812. OCLC 10206810991. PMC 11008912. PMID 38605690. S2CID 269085352. Wikidata Q125446565.
  15. ^ Laith A Ayasa; Sara Rahhal; Alaa Khaled Najjar; Bashar N Suboh; Mohammed Aliwaiai; Ahmad M Daqour; Izzeddin Bakri (2024). "Glioblastoma multiforme in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report and review of literature". Journal of surgical case reports. 8: 1–4. doi:10.1093/JSCR/RJAE517. ISSN 2042-8812. OCLC 10357667587. PMC 11358049. PMID 39211378. S2CID 272201530. Wikidata Q130049159.
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