Mohammed Shegewi or Sheghewi was amongst the first Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

n high-school graduates and an educator at the 'Madrasa Al-Islamiya Al-Alia' of Old Tripoli. He was a key contributor to the initial development of Libya's educational system and was also a Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the days of the Kingdom of Libya

Kingdom of Libya

The Kingdom of Libya, originally called the United Libyan Kingdom came into existence upon independence on 24 December 1951 and lasted until a coup d'état led by Muammar Gaddafi on 1 September 1969 overthrew King Idris of Libya and established the Libyan Arab Republic.- Constitution :Under the...

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Mohammed also founded several Libyan community projects, including being one of the founders and the person who named the very popular Al-Ittihad (Tripoli) football club in 1944

He is the son of resistance leader Omar Shegewi

Omar Shegewi

Omar Shegewi or Sheghewi was a Libyan resistance leader who fought against Italian colonization. Shegewi came from the town of Hun in central Libya...

 and famous Libyan educator Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awjio and had two brothers sportscaster Hassan Shegewi

Hassan Shegewi

Hassan Shegewi or Sheghewi is a well-known Libyan radio sportscaster who covered most of the local and international Libyan Football Federation matches throughout the later half of the 20th century....

, and Idris Shegewi. He had eight children, including Omar Mohammed Shegewi

Omar Mohammed Shegewi

Omar Mohammed Shegewi , was a distinguished U.S. educated Libyan petroleum geologist. Omar is best known for his work on the Onshore & Offshore Basins of Northeast Libya and The Paleozoic Sandstones of the Rub Al Khali Basin....

 and died in 2007.

Pictures

• Mohammed with colleagues at 'Al-Madrasa Al-Islamiya Al-Alia'
• Portrait