Alaa Najjar

Alaa Najjar

Alaa Najjar (Arabic: علاء نجار, romanized: ʿAlāʾ 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alaa Najjar is the 619th most popular physician (up from 667th in 2019). (up from 4,548th in 2019)