Egypt Wikimedians User Group/Events/Wikimedia Egypt Conference: 13th Edition

Egypt Wikimedians User Group organized its 13th conference on February 5, 2026. It was held at the Egyptian Public Library in Dokki, Giza. The conference program featured presentations about the group and its achievements, as well as honoring the winners and judges of photography contests, and recognizing prominent members of the group. The conference concluded with a small celebration of Wikipedia's 25th anniversary.

The conference was originally scheduled for mid-December 2025, but was postponed to the new year due to logistical reasons.

Organizers

program

The conference program began at 10:15 a.m., following the gathering of participants, registration, and a guest reception. The event opened with a welcome address delivered by Ibrahim El-Aidy, marking the official start of the proceedings.

At 10:45 a.m., the first session commenced: an introductory talk presented by Ahmed Naji titled "An Introduction to Arabic Wikipedia: Features, History, and Achievements." The session concluded at 11:30 a.m.

After a short break, Walaa Abdel Moneim led an online editathon on "Administrative Coordination in Madrid," which continued until 12:30 p.m.

This was followed by a presentation from Amr Fathy highlighting the achievements of the Egypt Wikimedians User Group in 2025, lasting until 1:30 p.m., after which participants broke for lunch.

At 2:15 p.m., the recognition segment began. Winners and jury members of the photography contests were honored, along with outstanding group members and active contributors to the group’s activities. Among the highlighted initiatives was an editathon held as part of the celebration of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary, focusing on old and modern palaces in Madrid. Besides, during the conference, 11 students created 23 articles about the urban design of streets and public squares in Madrid.

The conference also featured a celebratory Wikipedia birthday cake. The day’s events concluded at 4:00 p.m.

Honorees

Winning Photographers

(Ranking by winning places, with some participants winning more than one place)

Wiki Loves Folklore

(These contestants were honored during the Folklore ceremony at the Museum of Islamic Art on May 10, 2025, and yet they were mentioned.)

Abdo Tahoun
Doaa Adel
Heba El-Bagawy
Dalia Farid
Samar Kamal El-Din
Mohamed Ahmed Fouad
Sandy Gamal
El-Sayed El-Saadany
Mohamed Shoukry El-Gernousy
Yara Wahiba
Amr Fathy Nagy
Ahmed Emad
Hesham Farouk
Marwa Mohamed Atef
Mohamed El-Maazoun

See the winning photos here.

Wiki Loves Monuments

Mohamed Abdel Zaher
Abdel Rahman Nasser
Mona Hassan
Bilal Nasser
Mustafa El Sharabji
Mohamed Saeed
Mohamed Ibrahim
Amal Aglan
Mohamed Abdel Zaher
Amal Aglan

See the winning photos here.

Wiki Loves Earth

Abdel Rahman Thabet
Osama Sharif
Dalia Farid
Alaa El Deeb
Ruwaida Abdel Gawad
Jihad Abdel Samie Farag
Mohamed Shukry El Garnousy
Samar Mohamed
Mona Hassan Abu Abda
Samar Mohamed
Mohamed Shukry El Garnousy
Samar Mohamed
Ruwaida Abdel Gawad
Jihad Abdel Samie Farag
Alaa El Deeb

See the winning photos here.

Wiki Loves Africa

Mohamed Shukry El-Gernousy
Doaa Adel
Mustafa El-Sharbaji
Ahmed Felix
Samar Kamal El-Din
Youssef Nasr
Mohamed Shukry El-Gernousy
Mona Hassan Abu Abdo
Loay Zeidan
Ahmed Abdel-Azim

See the winning photos here.

Honored judges of photography contests

Alaa ElBasha, Mona Hassan, Mohamed Naguib, Dalal Ismail, Hesham Ragab, Mustafa Mehran, Marwa El Shazly, Karim El Deghidi, Mohamed Fathi, and Samar Kamal El-Din.

Wikipedian Editor Project

Three students were honored for their participation in activities run by the Wikipedian Editor Project, such as the Wiki Med I, Wiki Med II, and the Interlinguistic Intercultural Collaboration campaign.

They are Ahmed Gamal El-Saidi, Fatima ElSayed Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, and Menna Islam.

Wikipedian Light of Knowledge

Many students, especially those from the Spanish Department at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, participated in the group's activities through the "Wikipedian Light of Knowledge" initiative, under the supervision and guidance of Dr. Walaa Abdel Moneim. The most recent of these activities was an editathon about palaces in Madrid, and the students were honored before the editathon concluded on February 6th.

The recognition included the following activities:

Arabic Wikipedia Birthday Celebration, July 2025 (6 students)

Shahd Sameh Samir Mohamed
Youssef Samir Shaker Hassan
Nour Mohsen Shaaban Ahmed
Shorouq Hussein Ali Ibrahim
Sara Sherif Abd Elmoneam Mohammed
Dema Ayman Abdallah Hemeda

Participants from July to September 2025 (3 students)

Rahma Fadi Mohamed Elsaid
Fatma Ayman Abdelazeem Hamed
Mariam Nabil Mohamed Hamed

Participants from July to August 2025 (6 students)

Hassan Salah Abdulrahim Salih
Jana Mohamed Mostafa Ahmed
Ola Elsaid Ahmed Abohamoud
Hadeer Saber Amin Farag
Jana Mohamed Hussein Ali
Salma Hani Abdelhay Abdelazim

Participants from August to September 2025 (2 students)

Hassan Hamdy Hassan Ali
Nourhan Osama Mahmoud Mohammed

Participants in August 2025 (1 student)

Shaimaa Hany Abdelhay Abdelazim

Participants in November 2025 (1 student)

Ola Mohammed Mahmoud Shoaib

Other participants

Amr Fathy Nagy
Gerges Shamon
Loka Shafeek
Mohamed Ouda
Ahmed Nagy Abu El-Esaad
Sohila Ali Elshaaer
Rwida Aly Elshaer
Fatima Al-Sayed
Menna Eslam

Honoring outstanding members of the group

Walaa Abdel Moneim (Personality of the Year)
Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Fattah (Best Editor)
Fatma El Sayed (Best Emerging Editor)
Mohamed Shoukry El Garnousy (Best Photographer)

Wikipedia Day 25

As part of the group's celebrations of Wikipedia's Day 25, the group presented a cake to mark the occasion at the conclusion of the conference.

External links

C:Category:Egypt Wikimedia Conference 13th