Memoir of a Psychiatrist

About the Book

This memoir is the story of my life, which, as a practicing physician, covered several thousand miles in travel and living among people different from each other, and regions in the same country different from each other. The anthropology and medical experiences were different from one place to another.

About the Author

My name is Ahmed. I was born in Cairo, Egypt on March 17, 1927, reared and received all my education – primary, secondary and medical school – in Cairo. After I graduated from Cairo Medical School, I practiced my profession in Egypt for about eight years, after which I worked in the Sudan for five years. Then I went to England to do my post-graduate studies and obtain my degree to practice psychiatry from “The Maudsley Institute of Psychiatry.” After I obtained my degree, I worked in England for about seven years, after which I left London for Chicago, “Port of Entry.” I left Chicago for St. Louis, Missouri, where I worked as a psychiatrist for some thirty years. I retired when I was seventy years old. During my practice as a physician, I worked in a Mediterranean country – Egypt, Sudan (African), England (European) and America (North American).