SEKEM
Sign in to savethumb|SEKEM-Logo The organization SEKEM (Ancient Egyptian: 'vitality from the sun') was founded in 1977 by the Egyptian pharmacologist and social entrepreneur Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish in order to bring about cultural renewal in Egypt on a sustainable basis. Located northeast of Cairo, the organization now includes: biodynamic farms; trading companies for produce and processed foods (Hator and Libra), herbal teas and beauty products (ISIS Organic), medicinal herbs and medicines (ATOS Pharma), and organic cotton products (NatureTex); a medical center; a school based on the principles of Waldorf ped
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SEKEM is an organization established in 1977. It is located in Cairo, Egypt. The entity is currently active.
Its primary title is "SEKEM – Sustainable Development since 1977." The organization is categorized under the type "other."
Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, SEKEM is referenced by 112 other articles, and connects out to social entrepreneurship, Anthroposophical Society and Turkey.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1977 establishments in Egypt, Anthroposophy and Coordinates not on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1977
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.463617.1 · ISNI 0000 0004 0411 1015
Official website
SEKEM – Sustainable Development since 1977
sekem.com →Link to the official site · 18,029 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Markaz Belbis
- Headquarters
- Egypt
- Legal form
- privately held company
- Official website
- www.sekem.com
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- inception
- 1977-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Social connections
- See also
- References
- Books and articles about SEKEM
- External links
[Skip to content](http://www.sekem.com/#content)
[SEKEM News](http://sekem.com/en/news/) [Support SEKEM](http://sekem.com/en/support-sekem/)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SEKEM” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations