The Arab Contractors, known locally as Al Mokawloon Al Arab (Arabic: المقاولون العرب, romanized: al-Muqāwilūn al-ʿArab), is an Egyptian regional construction and contracting company.
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History
It was established in 1955 by Osman Ahmed Osman, an Egyptian entrepreneur and politician who served as Egypt's Housing Minister under Sadat's presidency. It was nationalized in 1961 following the Egyptian revolution of 1952. It has been involved in the construction of several government buildings in Egypt. The company also owns a football club, El Mokawloon SC, that plays in the Egyptian Premier League.
Since the late 1970s, the company has diversified its business to include banking, insurance, agriculture, food processing, hotel services and health care. Today, El-Mokawloon El-Arab is one of the largest companies in the Middle East and North Africa with projects not only in Egypt, but also Morocco, UAE, Algeria, Libya, Uganda, Lebanon, Kuwait.
Infrastructure projects
Aswan High Dam
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Cairo-Alexandria desert road
Luxor International Airport
Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
Hurghada International Airport
Nador International Airport - Morocco
Borg El Arab Stadium
Yasser Arafat International Airport - Gaza Strip (destroyed in 2001)
Julius Nyerere Hydropower Station
6th October Bridge
Nador International Airport
Smart Village, Egypt
Rod El Farag Axis Bridge
Nouakchott Tramway - Mauritania