Mohamed Moataz
Dr. Mostafa was born to write down a life full of achievements in various fields as a physician, author and a philosopher. In this seminal article, we will try to mention the most important stations in his life emphasizing the valuable lessons.
Amid a quiet childhood and a normal house, Dr. Mostafa joined medical school despite his great passion for chemistry, as his passion for Anatomy was more. He loved anatomy to the extent that in vacation, he bought a cadaver and formalin, which is toxic in long-term use, so he can know more about the human body.
And here was the first crisis in his life as a doctor. As he placed the formalin under his bed, he had to breathe it all the time, which has led to serious complications in his lungs. He ended up lying down in an isolated room in the hospital for 3 years.
"I thought it was a hard distress; however, it turned out to be that these 3 years that create the person who is talking to you right now" said Dr. Mostafa. Without a response, he began to read any book that falls into his hands. He read World Literature as English, Greek, French and Arabic literature. He said "I left the hospital a wholly different person. I became a pensive, intellectual and passionate person for literature and science ".
After leaving the hospital, the recovering student didn't give up . He resumed his study in medical school and graduated from it in 1953.Instead of launching his career as a physician, Dr. Mostafa decided to take the risk by abandoning the medical field saying that he couldn't bear to see people suffering and groaning. This was in sync with the prominence of the author character inside him.
Actually, his career as an author took off before his graduation when he wrote 50 short stories and showed them to the acclaimed writer Abbas Al-Aqqad who in turn published two stories from the writer student stories. Although he wrote some felicitous literary works, it seems that our doctor and author wasn't satisfied enough with these titles.
Philosophy was his next destination. He studied Philosophy in all its stages and read for all philosophers throughout the ages until he wrote his own books on philosophy with a very distinct and unique style.
The man of many interests continued his pursuit with time and learned about various sciences such as Physics, Astronomy, Botany and Zoology sharing the audience his vast knowledge in a TV program that contains more than 400 episodes. In aggregate, Dr. Mostafa wrote about 79 books: 44 about philosophy, religion and science, 11 articles , 8 short stories , 5 novels (one of them became a movie) , 7 plays and 4 literature trips .
"I contemplate my life and realize that my balance in life was few words and a chunk of books, my previous life was words while my coming life will be actions.” said Dr. Mostafa.
A charity bearing his name was founded with more than one hospital, mosque, astronomical observatories and a Geology museum. All of this is dedicated to serve the poor to improve their lives.
In addition, he had many tours in different countries like Tanzania, Uganda , Kenya , Niam Niam , Morocco , Syria , Germany , United states and many other countries .
After all, we can't pass through this absurd life without considering every moment of it. The moment when he refused to retreat despite being ill and incapable of moving, the moment when he decided to make a bold move and sacked his future as a doctor and headed to do what he loves and the great moment when his books and TV program became ubiquities, he felt that he hasn't done something tangible for the poor and built his charity.
If we can summarize his life in one word, it would be PASSION. Follow your passion wherever you be so that happiness and success will be waiting for you.
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