Tarek Ali Hassan (Arabic: طارق على حسن, born 19 October 1937 in Cairo), is a professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. He is also a composer, musician, writer, painter, and philosopher. His music, in a modern polyphonic style, has been performed in Egypt and in many countries. Hassan has published major dramatic works in English and in Arabic."Dr. Tarek Ali Hassan Articles". December 2017.