Hosni Hadhad earned a master’s degree at age 83 and was keen to pursue a doctorate too. Death, however, intervened. He recently passed away at the age of 85, according to news reports.
Hadhad was thought to be Egypt’s oldest graduate student. When others his age were joining the “retirees’ café,” he preferred the hardships of continuing to learn.
Hadhad was born in the village of Tellin, in Minya el-Qamh, in the Sharqia Governorate, east of the Nile Delta.
After obtaining a teacher training diploma early in life, he worked in the education sector. He advanced in jobs until he became an “education grade director” in the Minya el-Qamh educational administration.