Alaa Najjar (Arabic: علاء نجار, romanized: ʿAlāʾ Najjār, pronounced [ʕalaːʔ nadʒːaːr]) is an Egyptian physician,[2] Wikipedian and internet activist.

[2][3][1][4] Najjar is an active contributor to WikiProject Medicine and a volunteer administrator in the Arabic Wikipedia and a Wikimedia steward.

[1] [10] He spearheaded the COVID-19 project on the Arabic encyclopedia and majorly contributes to the WikiProject Medicine.

Najjar's work helps to combat medical misinformation and confront the pandemic with reliable, fact-checked information.

[12][3] Because of travel restrictions, Wales could not personally deliver the award to Najjar as per standard practice, but instead spoke to him in a surprise Google Meet call.