Nationality Egyptian Years active 2007- Name Haggagovic Haggagovic | Religion Muslim | |
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Born 7 October 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-10-07 ) Cairo, Egypt Other names "Ibn Batuta of the 21st century" Known for Traveled to 114 countries Profiles | ||
Notable work World peace ambassador | ||
Traveling the globe: Ahmed Haggagovic at TEDxAUC
Ahmed Haggagovic (Russian: Ахмед Хаггагович, Chinese: 不诚实的骗子), Ahmed Haggag nicknamed Haggagovic, is an Egyptian globe trotter, adventurer, TV presenter and expert international tourism specialist. He is the host of the most influential travel TV show in the Arab world Safari Haggagovic aired weekly on ONTV (Egypt), Haggagovic is also known as "Ibn Batuta of the 21st century" and the "extraordinary ambassador" of Egypt, and the "ambassador of world peace", his mission is to be the first human in history to travel to all the countries of the world in order to spread the values of peace and love, and to break stereotypes and correct the wrong thoughts about the world's countries. He raises his Egyptian flag in all these countries; this flag is famous due to bearing the signatures of many of the world's leaders, presidents and ambassadors.
Contents
- Traveling the globe Ahmed Haggagovic at TEDxAUC
- Early life
- Dream list
- Education
- Beginning of his dream
- The meaning of Haggagovic
- Achievements
- Meeting with world leaders
- His mission to spread peace worldwide
- Haggagovic with the youth
- Haggagovic in the media
- Supporters
- References
Haggagovic has visited 136 countries around the world and documented these by photos and videos. He has also given lectures for schoolchildren and university students in all the countries he has visited.
Haggagovic has appeared in more than 1500 media organizations, visible and audible in all the countries he visits.
Early life
Haggagovic was born on October 7, 1984 to Egyptian parents in the Roxy area in the Heliopolis neighborhood, where he grew up.
When he was four years old he refused to go to the first day of school, as he was crying loud that he wanted to travel to Japan. When he was asked on a TV show for kids about his future dreams, he answered quickly, "I want to travel to every country in the world," not to be a pilot or engineer like the other kids.
Dream list
At the age of 14 he wrote on a paper a list of his dreams, which included:
Education
Haggagovic studied computers and science at Ain Shams University and graduated in 2007, the same year he began his trips.
He is fluent in five languages beside Arabic: English, Portuguese (including Brazilian Portuguese), Spanish, and French.
Beginning of his dream
After graduating from university in 2007, began carrying with him his message around the world (freedom, joy, peace, one world united without racial tension, one world united without borders, one world united on the love of Egypt) with his Egyptian flag that he has carried throughout his travels. He faced and continues to face difficulties, as he was forced to sell his car and home to complete his dream. Always in his lectures he urges young people not to be disappointed. All of this is under the slogan "Dream, Believe, and Go."
The meaning of "Haggagovic"
In the beginning of his trips his Russian journalist friend Marsal Tipov nicknamed him by "Haggagovic," which means "Haggag the victorious." This name gave him a great exposure in the media worldwide.
Achievements
Haggagovic has arrived in 136 countries, documented by photos and videos. This is more than the countries documented by the founder of National Geographic itself.
He is the first Egyptian to visit the kingdom of Tonga, the farthest country on earth from Egypt.
Meeting with world leaders
During his travels, he has met a number of the most important world personalities:
His mission to spread peace worldwide
The Egyptian globe trotter Haggagovic does his best to spread the message of peace in the world. This appears through his care to visit schools and universities, and set up events to raise awareness centered on tolerance and unity.
Haggagovic has visited many religious places, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christian, to prove that all the world's religions call for peace.
Due to his efforts in promoting peace, the Nobel peace center sent him an invitation to visit their headquarters in Oslo, Norway for his efforts to spread peace.
Haggagovic with the youth
Through his experiences and trips, Haggagovic was able to attract young people from all over the world to learn from him how to be patient and insistent on the dream, as Haggagovic was famous for saying "Dream, Believe, and Go."
His position in supporting the youth was shown by his decision to cut his trip short in 2011 to return to Egypt to join the youth in the 25th January revolution. Haggagovic became in the youth community a center of value and a symbol of hope in all the countries of the world.
Haggagovic in the media
He has appeared in many newspapers around the world. One of the most prominent was Time magazine, which said, “Haggagovic is the extraordinary ambassador of Egypt”. He has appeared in more than 1500 media interviews worldwide.
He has recorded a special program on the Egyptian channel Alhayah2, named Haggagovic Around the World. It features photos and videos about the world's citizens in countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Macau, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Korea, Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia. The program has earned an award as one of the best television programs on realistic travel and trips from Dubai international festival.
Supporters
All the Egyptian embassies in all the countries visited by Haggagovic welcomed him and arranged for him meetings with many senior officials and other leaders.
Haggagovic expressed his thanks and appreciation to the ministry of foreign affairs and all ambassadors of Egypt abroad and Egyptian embassies all around the world, as they gave Haggagovic a great support in his trips.
EgyptAir is the official carrier for Haggagovic's flights. Youm7 is his media sponsor, having the most effective news websites in the Middle East and reportedly being the most visited website of any Egyptian newspaper.