Mohamed El-Sawy is the son of , a
novelist and former Minister of Culture as part of the
Shafik Cabinet He founded the El Sawy Culturewheel as a cultural centre in 2003, naming it after his father. In February 2011, shortly after disavowing interest in the position, Mohamed El-Sawy was appointed minister of culture. Later in 2011 he founded the
Civilization Party (El-Hadara). In March 2012 he became one of the 50 parliamentarians elected to the
Constituent Assembly of Egypt, and kept his place in the Constituent Assembly when it was revamped in June 2012. ==References==