Omar Mansour

Omar Mansour is the first Egyptian, Arab and native African that attempted to travel worldwide with his motorbike transmitting the Egyptian cultural heritage
1. BIOGRAPHY
Omar Mansour was born in 24/07/1973 in Alexandria and he is from the famous Bedouin tribe (Awlad Ali ).
He graduated from the faculty of Law of Alexandria in 1997.
Omar Mansour is a persistent controversary adventurous personality more than proud of his nationality and that’s why since he was a child set as target of his life to travel all around the world with his motorbike spreading the Egyptian spirit and inviting all the people around the world to visit his country, Egypt.
As a child, he was initiated at the secrets of the desert, since he was raised in a tribe; he knows how to camp and survive alone in the desert under difficult weather conditions,
proud of being a Bedouin, Omar honors the traditional Bedouin values of honesty, hospitality and generosity.
At the same time his favorite habit was reading, mostly history and travel books, declaring always that "reading is the food of the brain". The magic worlds of the books and his queries about the different civilizations around the world made him declaring with childhood artlessness and spontaneousness that" one day i will visit the entire world with my motorbike”. This internal need for travelling was reinforced by the study of the pioneer travelers, Ibn Battuta and Mohamed Idrissi that were Arabs and Omar was admiring their experiences.
He was too excited from the fact that one human being can impart his culture to different civilizations by travelling.
He started practicing with a bicycle, at 6 he rode for first time a motorbike, at 12 he aquisited his own motorbike a 50 c.c and in 2002 he made his first trip showing his persistence for the dream.

Finally the childish dream came true showing that if you really believe, you can

2. HIS TRIPS-ADVENTURES
2.1 2002 Egypt-Jordan Syria - Turkey - Greece- Italy and finally France
2.2 2003 France- Luxembourg- Belgium - Germany- Holland and back to France
2.3 2004 France - Spain - Portugal and back to France
2.4 2007 The east coast of USA from the Canadian Border, Vermont State to the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
2.5 2009 - 2010 CAPE TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA TO CAIRO
His biggest record till today
Approximately 22.730 kilometers without a support crew.
All alone with his motorbike, two jeans trousers, three t-shirts, a jacket, a short and cooking utensils he crossed 13 countries promoting the message "ONE AFRICA", showing to everyone that Africa is a safe peaceful continent. He started 25th of July and accomplished his mission on January 24th.
After completing 22730 kilometers, and after 4 days of his successful trip, on the way for an interview with Mofeed Fawzy, the careless behavior of a car driver caused a serious accident for Omar Mansour. He spend totally 12 days in the hospital of Alexandria, 125 days at home without moving covered in casts and this unfortunate fact bequeathed him a totally destroyed motorbike, both broken legs, a bad knee until today, a damaged left hand and although he is a left handed, he still has 12 metal screws and 2 metal sheets in his left arm
He wouldn’t be able anymore to continue his dream. This unfortunate moment seemed as the end of the dream. His fighter spirit and his persistence, the courage and the support of the people that were sharing his dream, media such as CNN BBC Herald Tribute, Guardian that hosted and supported his venture, and one year full of strict and painful treatments made him don’t give up his dream and prepare his next trip in 2011.
HIGHLIGHT OF THIS TRIP
The meetings with all the Egyptian ambassadors in 13 countries
The statement of the Egyptian ambassador Wail Nasr when Omar arrived in Dar es Salaam
The meeting with Sarah and Marsat Obama, mother and aunt of the president of the USA, Barack Obama

STATEMENT Of the Egyptian Ambassador Wail Nasr for Omar Mansour promoting the message "ONE AFRICA" is a very bold initiative and intended to take this road to promote the Cape town-Cairo route to show the world that it is safe to travel in Africa and trying to promote peace, cultural exchange and security among African nations. I really admire his bold initiative and hope that other African young people will do the same and serve the propose he first set out to do."
THE GUARDIAN -OCTOBER 23, 2009
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD- DECEMBER 18, 2009

3. 2011

For 2011 Omar Mansour feeling more than ever proud of being Egyptian and after the greatness of the Egyptian people considering the facts that took place in Egypt, is ready to travel again in order to convince and bring back the tourism showing the real aspect of Egypt, the aspect of the friendly safe, full of hope with all its contrasts Egypt that can absorb and embrace all those who want to feel the magic of the Egyptian spirit.
His trip for 2011 will cover the 80% of the tourism that visit Egypt every year 20 countries with his motorbike in approximately 3-5 months. This trip will be a totally professional organized trip with a team working with Omar Mansour, support crew that will accompanying him and companies will support his passion for Egypt.
A trip within 20 countries Italy-Austria-Czech Republic-Poland-Lithouania-Latvia-Estonia-Russia-Finland-Norway-Sweden-Denmark-Germany-Holland-Belgium-Luxembourg-France-United Kingdom-France-Switzerland-Italy and back to Egypt
"Egypt is people with dreams and hopes ready to fight and win for their rights as they proved. I’m going one more time to transmit the aspect of the friendly full of hope continent and the majesty of our civilization."
"WE CHANGED THE HISTORY".

"THIS TRIP IS EGYPT AND ITS ALL ABOUT US, I WANT YOU ALL WITH ME"

Favorite expressions
"Share the Egyptian dream"
"When you really believe, dreams can come true"
“I wish for peace”

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