Shaker Abdel Hamid Suleiman (June 20, 1952 – March 18, 2021) was the Egyptian Minister of Culture from 2011 to 2017. He served as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Culture, then Minister of Culture at the Ministry of Kamal al-Ganzuri in December 2011. He was also a Professor of Creative Psychology at The Egyptian Academy of Arts.
He was director of the Talent Education Program at the Graduate School of the Arab Gulf University (Kingdom of Bahrain / 2005 -2011). He served as Dean of the Higher Institute of Art Criticism at the Academy of Arts in Egypt and later as Vice-President of the Academy from 2003 to 2005. Suleiman's academic works contributed to literary and plastic criticism. He specialized in the study of artistic creativity and taste in children and adults.
Academic achievement
Ph.D. major in creative psychology from Cairo University (1984) Held a master's degree in creative psychology from Cairo University (1980) Held a diploma in applied psychology specializing in clinical psychology from Cairo University (1976) Held a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cairo University (1974)
Awards
Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scholars in the Humanities, presented by the Abdul Hamid Shoman Foundation in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 1990. State Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, Egypt, 2003. Sheikh Zayed Prize for Art Writers -2012 for The Book of Art and Godmother
Contributions to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture
Participated in many conferences and seminars of the Supreme Council of Culture, the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, the Writers' Authority and the fine arts sector through research, chairing sessions or participating in discussions during the period from 1990. He chaired several cultural series published by the Ministry of Culture, particularly the "First Book" series of the Supreme Council of Culture, the "Critical Writings" series, "Translation Horizons", "Arab Horizons", at the General Authority for Cultural Palaces. Participated in several magazines published by the Ministry of Culture, including, but not exclusively, magazines: "Chapters", "Creativity", "Psychology", "Folk Arts", "New Culture". And so on. Previously contributed to the activities of the Supreme Council of Culture, he was a member of the founding committee of the National Translation Project and a member of the Committee on Fine Arts. He was also a member of committees: "The First Book", "Education and Psychology", among others. Reviewed several books published by the Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Served as agent and dean of the Higher Institute of Art Criticism, Dean of the Higher Institute of Popular Arts, General Supervisor of the Language and Translation Center of the Academy of Arts and Vice-President of the Academy of Arts from 2003 to 2005. He also served as director of the Talent Research and Innovation Research Center of the Academy of Arts. With the former presidents of the Academy of Arts, Dr. Hani Mutawa and Dr. Medkur Thabet contributed to the follow-up and development of the academy's major projects, including the Plato Film Project, as well as the project of new institute buildings within the Academy. Chairman of the Committee for the Evaluation and Development of The Academy's Admissions Systems from April 17, 2005 to 2005. Chairman of the Visualization Committee for the Development of the Academy's Alexandria Unit.
Published research and studies
Mental illness and literary creativity, a study published in the Journal of The World of Thought in Kuwait, Volume 18, 1987. The progressive differences in children's performance on directed drawing and free drawing (an up-to-date study on children between the ages of 3-12) research presented to the Fourth Conference of Psychology in Egypt Cairo: Faculty of Arts, Eid Shams University, 1988. The relationships between painting and creativity (an up-to-date study on children aged 3–12 years) research presented to the first annual conference of Egyptian children. Raised and cared for in Cairo: Center for Children's Studies at Ain Shams University in 1988. Study the nutritional characteristics of the different stages of childhood, especially those related to the processes of upgrading creativity and intelligence, in: Shaker Abdul Hamid (editor), childhood and creativity, the first three parts, Kuwait, Kuwait Association for the Advancement of Arab Childhood 1989. Study the analysis of the content of children's drawings by color, shape, number of shapes ... In general, Shaker Abdul Hamid (editor), Childhood and Creativity, Part 4, Kuwait, Kuwait Association for the Advancement of Arab Childhood, 1989. Logical thinking and its relation to child painting activity in (Journal of Psychology) issue 1989 13.1 (in association). The relationship between curiosity and creativity at primary school is a study of gender comparison. (In partnership with Dr. Abdul Latif Khalifa) 6th Annual Conference on Psychology in Egypt. 1990. Love of exploration and creativity an up-to-date study at the primary and middle levels within the research of the Third Egyptian Children's Conference Center for Childhood Studies University of Ain Shams 1990, 769 750. The relationship of the socio-economic level of the parents to both the love of the survey and the eternity of a sample of the preparatory school students (Journal of Psychology) issue of September 15, 1990. The relationship between creativity and thinking in images and words was presented to the 7th Congress of Psychology in Egypt in 1991 (in partnership with Najib Khazam). Methods of developing artistic abilities in children (Journal of Psychology) Cairo, 1993. Imagination, curiosity and creativity in the primary stage (as part of the research of the second scientific conference of the Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Port Said Egypt under the title "The Arab Child creatively" on December 28, 1993. Flexibility as a fundamental variable in children's thinking (as part of the research of the 10th Congress of Psychology in Egypt) January 1994, p. 316.285. The relationship of accreditation independence from the field to creativity in the book (Studies in Personality and Creativity) "Edited by Faisal Younis and Shaker Abdel Hamid" Cairo House of Culture Publishing and Distribution 1994. The relationship of technical preference to some cognitive methods and some personality traits within the research (Conference of Art and Environment Faculty of Education) Helwan University 1994. Style and Creativity, Cairo University Faculty of Arts Magazine 27, 2.55 1995. A practical study of Piaget's tasks in logic thinking (joint) Journal of the Faculty of Arts Cairo University, accepted for publication. Learning methods and thinking and their relationships motivated by achievement (Journal of the Faculty of Arts) Cairo University 1995. Psychological Studies and Literature (Think tank) Kuwait 1995, 3, 2, 23 p. 211250 The relationship of independence from the field and visual/verbal thinking by adapting and choosing specialization among university students (in association) "Journal of Educational Sciences" Institute of Educational Studies Cairo University. 1995, 1, 2 130 146. Popular tales and their role in raising the aesthetic sense of children (study presented to a scientific symposium on popular heritage and creativity among children held at the National Center for Children's Culture Egypt 1996). Psychological studies of aesthetic behavior. In Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef, Psychological Studies in Artistic Taste Cairo: The Strange Library 1997, 3-73. Gender differences in aesthetic preference (in photography in particular) in Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef (editor) p. 75,98 (in conjunction) psychological studies in the art tasting Cairo: The Library of Ghrib 1997. The relationship between aesthetic preference and some personality traits (in photography in particular) in Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef (editor) psychological studies in artistic taste Cairo: Strange Library 1997–99, 142 (in association). Gender differences in aesthetic preference (in literature in particular) in Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef (editor) psychological studies in artistic taste Cairo: Strange Library 1997 188, 143 (in association). The relationship between aesthetic preference and some personality traits (in literature in particular) in Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef (editor) psychological studies in artistic taste Cairo: Strange Library 1997 189, 225 (in association). Dimensions of Aesthetic Preference Exploratory Study in Shaker Abdel Hamid, Moataz Abdullah and Juma Youssef (Editor) Psychological Studies in Artistic Taste Cairo: Gharib Library 1997, 277, 285 (in association). Gender differences in teaching and thinking methods are a comparative study of university students in Egypt and Oman. Psychological studies, 1998, 8, 2, 3, 229-359. Psychology and Literature. Children's Drawings.
Works
Creative Process in Photography Kuwait World of Knowledge Series No. 1987, 109. Al-Arrow and Shihab (Studies in The Arabic Story and Novel) Cairo and Tanta Egypt Publications Al-Rafii, 1987. Childhood and Creativity (five-part series) issued by the Kuwait Association for the Advancement of Arab Childhood Kuwait 1989. In General Psychology (in conjunction with others) Cairo Strange Library 1989. Psychological studies in artistic taste (a book that includes six researches on the taste of literature and the taste of fine arts, in addition to a theoretical introduction) Cairo Strange Library 1989. The psychological foundations of literary creativity in the short story, especially the Egyptian General Authority for Writers Cairo 1993. The scientific ally of the Arab Development Office of the Gulf States Riyadh 1993. Literature and Madness, The General Authority for The Palaces of Culture Cairo 1993. The Psychology of Creativity Cairo Strange Library 1995. The plastic vocabulary symbols and semantics of Cairo, the General Authority for The Palaces of Culture Egypt 1997. Discovery and talent development. 1995, Cairo: General Authority for Cultural Palaces. Dream, symbol and legend. Cairo General Authority of Egyptian Writers 1998. Studies in curiosity, imagination and creativity in partnership with AD. Abdul Latif Khalifa Cairo. Dar Ghraib Printing, Publishing and Distribution 2000. Aesthetic preference study in the psychology of technical taste Kuwait World of Knowledge series 2000. Humor and Laughter Series World of Knowledge Kuwait January 2003. Age of image, pros and cons. Kuwait: National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature - World of Knowledge Series, January 2005. Humor and social criticism mechanisms (in association). Cairo. Center for Social Studies at Cairo University 2004. Mechanisms of creativity and its constraints in the social sciences. Cairo Academy of Scientific Research. (2007). Visual arts and cognitive genius. Cairo: Al Ain Publishing, 2007 and a special edition of the Family Library. Fantasy from cave to virtual reality. Kuwait: World of Knowledge Series 2009. Art and strangeness. Cairo: Merritt Publishing and Distribution 2010 and a second edition of the Family Library 2010. The concept's strangeness and its manifestations in literature series World of Knowledge No. 384, January 2012. Art and the Development of Human Culture (2015), Cairo, Merritt Publishing and Distribution. Co-author of a book on talent and creativity by writing a chapter entitled "Talent, Creativity, Innovation and Invention: Relationships and Problems", published by the Hamdan Prize for Education and Education, UNITED Arab Emirates. Psychological Interpretation of Extremism and Terrorism (2017), BA, Egypt.