Alaa Najjar

Alaa Najjar
علاء نجار
Najjar in 2022
EducationAlexandria University (MB BS)
Occupations
AwardsWikimedian of the Year (2021)

Alaa Najjar (Arabic: علاء نجار, romanizedʿAlāʾ Najjār, pronounced [ʕalaːʔ nadʒːaːr]) is a physician, Wikipedian and internet activist. He was named the Wikimedian of the Year at Wikimania in August 2021 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales for his pioneering role in the development of the Arab and medical communities as well as for his role in the development of COVID-19 topics.

Najjar is an active contributor to WikiProject Medicine and a volunteer administrator in the Arabic Wikipedia and a Wikimedia steward. He is a board member of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group and an editorial board member of the WikiJournal of Medicine.