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'''Maggie Gobran''' ([[Arabic]]: ماجي جبران) or '''Mama Maggie''', is a [[Copts in Egypt|Coptic]] Orthodox lady,consecrated isservant and the founder and CEO of the non-profit charity [[Stephen's Children]] in [[Cairo]], Egypt. She was also professor of computer science at the American University in Cairo, is married and has a son and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/259275.aspx |title=بالصور.. ماجي الأم تريزا المصرية لـ بوابة الأهرام : ضحكة طفل عندى أهم.. لا يشغلني الفوز بنوبل |trans-title=In pictures.. Maggie Mother Teresa of Egypt to Al-Ahram Gate: A child's laugh is more important to me.. I don't care about winning a Nobel Prize |website=بوابة الأهرام |language=ar |access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref> She was nominated for the 2012 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 2012 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-jdpz0.html |title=«"Mama Maggie»" leder Nobel-kampen |lasttrans-title="Mama Maggie" leads the Nobel race |location=USA |firstauthor=Kristoffer Rønneberg Aftenpostens korrespondent i |website=Aftenposten |date=10 September 2012 |language=nb-NO |access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaker |first1=Nada |title=Egypt's Coptic philanthropist nominated for Nobel Prize - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2020/03/egypts-coptic-philanthropist-nominated-for-nobel-prize.html |website=www.al-monitor.com |access-date=23 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>

Maggie Gobran, often referred to as the [[Mother Teresa]] of Cairo, is a [[Coptic Christian]] lady who once lived an affluent lifestyle, sheltered from the poverty and misery.<ref name="Memoir Biography">{{cite book|last1=Vaughn|first1=Ellen|last2=Makary|first2=Marty|title=Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums|date=10 March 2015|publisher=Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio|isbn=978-1501222276}}</ref> Despite this, she still experienced persecution as a Christian in Egypt. In 1989, she gave up her academic career to become a [[Coptic Orthodox]] [[Christians|Christian]] consecrated servant and set up the charity Stephen's Children, whose aim is improving the lives of the children of Christians and families living in Cairo's slum quarters and impoverished communities in rural [[Upper Egypt]]. She also offers help to impoverished Muslim and Bahá'í children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://itsasocialthing.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/mama-maggie-gobran/ |title=Mama Maggie Gobran: The Mother Teresa of Cairo <!--|last=October 12 |first=PR BONFACE TOROREI {{!}}|last2=Reply|first2=2011 at 9:11 pm {{!}}-->|date=2011-10-03 |website=BLOOM |language=en |access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref><ref>

{{Cite web |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2011/fall/mamamaggie.html |title=The Fire Within Mama Maggie |last=Shelley |first=Marshall |website=CT Pastors |language=en |date=2011-10-17 |access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref>

In 2019, she was awarded the [[International Women of Courage Award]] by the [[United States Department of State|Department of United States]] and the [[United States|US]] [[First Lady]] [[Melania Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/bio/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305220533/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2019/bio/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards|website=www.state.gov|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> Gobran was on the list of the BBC's [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]] announced on 23 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-23|title=BBC 100 Women 2020: Who is on the list this year?|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55042935|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref>

* {{cite web|title=A Profile: The Mother Teresa of Cairo|date=16 FebFebruary 2020|website=Scoop Empire|language=en|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/middleeast/a-profile-the-mother-teresa-of-cairo/ar-BB102DJT?ocid=spartandhp}}

* {{cite web|title=Maggie Gobran: “Mama”"Mama" to Thousands of Children in Egypt |language=en |date=14 JanJanuary 2019 |format=Video |website=USC Dornsife College |url=https://crcc.usc.edu/maggie-gobran-mama-to-thousands-of-children-in-egypt/}}