Arab Contractors

"Al Mokawloon Al Arab" redirects here. For the club owned by the company, see Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC.

The Arab Contractors (Arabic: المقاولون العرب), also known as Al Mokawloon Al Arab, is an Egyptian regional construction and contracting company.

The Arab Contractors

Company type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Construction
Founded	1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Founders	Osman Ahmed Osman
Headquarters	Cairo, Egypt
Services	General contracting, architecture, civil engineering
Revenue	E£11.03 billion (2013)[1]
Number of employees	72,097[1]
Website	www.arabcont.com

History

It was established in 1955 by Osman Ahmed Osman, an Egyptian entrepreneur and politician who served as Egypt's Housing Minister under Sadat's presidency. It was nationalized in 1961 following the Egyptian revolution of 1952.^[2][3] It has been involved in the construction of several government buildings in Egypt. The company also owns a football club, El Mokawloon SC, that plays in the Egyptian Premier League.^{[citation needed]}

Since the late 1970s, the company has diversified its business to include banking, insurance, agriculture, food processing, hotel services and health care. ^[4] Today, El-Mokawloon El-Arab is one of the largest companies in the Middle East and North Africa with projects not only in Egypt, but also Morocco, UAE, Algeria, Libya, Uganda,^[5] Lebanon, Kuwait.^{[citation needed]}

Infrastructure projects

• Aswan High Dam^[6]
• Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Cairo-Alexandria desert road
• Luxor International Airport
• Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
• Hurghada International Airport
• Nador International Airport - Morocco
• Borg El Arab Stadium
• Yasser Arafat International Airport - Gaza Strip
• Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station
• 6th October Bridge
• Nador International Airport
• Smart Village, Egypt
• Rod El Farag Axis Bridge^{[citation needed]}
• Nouakchott Tramway - Mauritania

External links

• Official website

References

1. "Annual Report 2013". SACTP SARL. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. Steven A. Cook (2013). The struggle for Egypt : from Nasser to Tahrir Square. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-19-993177-4. OCLC 810533906.
3. "دخل الجامعة بـ شهادة فقر فأسس أكبر شركة للمقاولات.. محطات فى حياة المعلم عثمان أحمد عثمان". Al-Ahram (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
4. Fick, David S. (2006). Africa : continent of economic opportunity. Johannesburg, South Africa: STE Publishers. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-919855-46-2. OCLC 654611835.
5. "Arab Contractors mark 20 years in Uganda". New Vision. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
6. Musa, Heba (September 4, 2020). "المهندس محسن صلاح.. والمقاولون العرب". Akhbar el-Yom (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2021-11-01.