Which Egyptian heart surgeon, a protégé of Christiaan Barnard, directed the team that performed the first successful heart transplant in the Middle East?

• A Mohamed Ghoneim
• B Hossam Mowafi
• C Ahmed Shafik
• D Magdi Yacoub ✓

Sir Magdi Yacoub is a world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon who performed the UK's first successful heart-lung transplant and founded the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation in Aswan, providing free, world-class cardiac care to children from across Africa and the Arab world.