# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hossam-bahgat
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:36:56.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hossam-bahgat"
name: "Hossam Bahgat"
slug: "hossam-bahgat"
description: "Hossam Bahgat is an Egyptian human rights activist and the founder of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. He was an investigative journalist at Mada Masr. He was the 2011 recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award from Human Rights Watch \"for upholding the personal freedoms of all Egyptians.\""
tagline: "Egyptian human rights activist and investigative journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hossam_Bahgat_-_13._Au%C3%9Fenpolitische_Jahrestagung_(8232330072).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1978"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.17
  momentum:             1.214953271028037
  historical:           4.60432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hossambahgat"
    handle:    "hossambahgat"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/hossam.bahgat.7"
    handle:    "hossam.bahgat.7"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "حسام بهجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "حسام بهجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossam_Bahgat"
    title: "Hossam Bahgat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossam_Bahgat"
    title: "Hossam Bahgat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Бахгат, Хоссам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27057565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump