Egypt: Life trajectory of soccer star Mo Salah in school curricula

The life trajectory of Egypt’s national pride and Liverpool football star Mohamed Salah has been added to school text books in Egypt as a role model for kids and teenagers, Arab News reports.

The life and professional career of the 29-year old soccer player are admired at home and abroad. Nicknamed “the happiness maker”, Salah is hailed at home for his exemplary life style and philanthropic works.

The career of the man who is now the leading African top scorer in the Premier League and his philanthropic activities will be taught in English-language textbooks to primary and secondary-school students across Egypt, the Saudi media notes.

Primary-school children will mainly be taught his footballing success, while secondary-school textbooks will focus on his philanthropic activities and will pose questions prompting students to ponder on what it means to be a hero.

“Salah’s desire to help others is because he wants to give young people a chance to succeed,” the secondary-school book says. “He is a role model to millions of Egyptians who give him the nickname ‘the happiness maker’.”

The Nagrig-born man has become the third Egyptian personality after Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz and UK-based cardiologist Sir Magdi Yacoub to be added to text books in the Arab country.