Mohamed Hassona
Horticulturist at Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG)
Mohamed Hassona is the horticulturist at Qatar Foundation’s Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), where he manages the horticultural operations, including all living collections of plants mentioned in the Holy Qur'an and hadiths, and the flora of Qatar.
Hassona has been working closely and passionately in conserving genetic resources through various scientific partnerships, regionally and globally, and through constant collaborations with other botanical gardens and stakeholders.
Hassona authored many materials and co-edited the Proceeding of the Second International Forum of the Qur’anic Botanic Garden: Islamic Perspectives in Ecosystem Management (2014), in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Hassona graduated from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Education at Benha University, Egypt. He also trained on the genetic diversity of plant resources and their intellectual property rights, plant breeding, and seed production at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden.