Amir Khalil (born 21 November 1964 in El Fayoum) is an Egyptian veterinarian and Director of Project Development at the animal welfare organisation Four Paws International.
When he was 25, he won a scholarship to Edinburgh University but chose to move to Vienna to start working for the international animal welfare organisation Four Paws.
[19] In January 2020, Amir Khalil rescued sick lions at a zoo in Khartoum together with Four Paws, after worldwide outrage following concerning reports of the animals’ condition.
[22] Amir Khalil is featured in Ai Weiwei’s documentary film Human Flow (2017)[23] and the non-fiction books Father of Lions: One Man’s Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo (2019)[24] by Louise Callaghan, Paarden Vliegen Businessclass (2019)[25] by Olaf Koens, Magic World: Rescuing the Last Animals from the Aleppo Zoo (forthcoming 2021) by Sharon Guynup, and Dancing Bears: True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny (2014) by Witold Szablowski.
Amir Khalil’s missions have been featured on TV programmes including CNN’s Great Big Story,[26] Animal Planet and National Geographic.