<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Dr. Hisham Arafat, the former Egyptian Minister of Transport, died on Wednesday evening, May 15, and the news of his death was announced by his son Khaled, who mourned him on his personal Facebook account. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:740/416;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/ac30befb-5abd-4573-b739-3941de3586a7.jpg" ></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );">The death of Dr. Hisham Arafat</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:700/466;" src="https://media.gemini.media/img/Medium/2024/5/15/2024_5_15_20_3_20_9.jpg" alt="Hisham Arafat died after a struggle with cancer - Here are the most cancers | The Consulto" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The deceased was admitted to the “Arab Contractors” Hospital in Nasr City due to eye fatigue, but it turned out that his health condition was serious and needed follow-up.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Minister of Health issued directives requiring that Dr. Arafat be provided with everything necessary, including treatment, follow-up, and travel abroad to continue treatment. His death was announced yesterday evening by the son of the late Mr. Khaled Hisham Arafat through a post on his Facebook page in which he wrote: “We belong to God and to Him we belong.” We shall return. My father, Minister Dr. Hisham Arafat, the former Minister of Transport, has passed away to God’s mercy.” </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:600/338;" src="https://www.alsbbora.info/UploadCache/libfiles/23/2/600x338o/18.jpg" alt="The death of Dr. Hisham Arafat, former Minister of Transport" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The funeral prayer is scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024, after the afternoon prayer, from the Sayyida Nafisa Mosque, and the burial will take place in the family cemetery.</p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl( 187, 48%, 51% );">The most important information about Dr. Hisham Arafat</span> </h3><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:800/450;" src="https://www.alamaltaqa.com/UploadCache/libfiles/1/8/800x450o/176.png" alt="The death of former Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He is considered one of the most important road experts in Egypt. He studied engineering at <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B3">Ain Shams University</a> , then obtained a master’s degree from the same university, after which he moved to continue his studies in Germany and obtained a doctorate. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1177/658;" src="https://on-msr.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/17401652995868202405150723512351.jpg" alt="The death of Dr. Hisham Arafat, former Minister of Transport.. The date of the funeral - On Egypt - On MSR" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> During his career, he held a number of positions, including advisor to the Minister of Transport for tunnels and roads, and then he was appointed Minister of Transport in February 2017.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He submitted his resignation after <a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AB_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B7%D8%A9_%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1_2019">the Ramses train station accident</a> , and also supervised many engineering and national projects. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:550/309;" src="https://www.copts-united.com/uploads/5547/69_20240515200221.jpg" alt="Copts United - The Council of Ministers mourns Dr. Hisham Arafat" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> His wife is an engineer and he has two sons who are also engineers and graduated from a German university.</p>