Interview by Sameeh Nan
The struggle has its joy. When a person reaches success during the journey of his struggle, then his life has real value.
When you know that you are giving your life as a sacrifice for the lives of others, and you believe that saving them from the clutches of fear, disease, hunger, and humiliation is worth sacrificing for it.
In an interview with Dr. Onsi Matar, The first Arab psychiatrist in Sydney, who is currently retired, Al-Nujoom magazine moved to his house to meet him and reveal his struggle since he graduated from the university until now.
Dr. Onsi Matar obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and rose in scientific positions until he became a psychological advisor to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the sixties, President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Dr. Onsi Matar told us that he was the one who provided psychological advice to the President of the Republic, and one day he advised him to have a personal relationship with the people and to go down the street and mingle with people.
It was one day that he was accompanied by President Abdel Nasser on a tour of the streets of Egypt, and the president saw young men in the street, he met them and sat with them on the sidewalk and imitated them.
Dr. Onsi Matar mentions that Gamal Abdel Nasser lives in the heart of every authentic Egyptian.
It is worth noting that he referred to the current President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and said that he is an extension of Abdel Nasser because he is a humble, honest person and loves everyone.
We checked with Dr. Onsi about the Encyclopedia of Egyptian Celebrities and found the page that tells about him personally that he was a psychological advisor to the President of Egypt.
Dr. Onsi also told us about his emigration to Australia and that he was the first Arab psychiatrist in Australia. He came to Australia in the mid-eighties and obtained his doctorate from the University of Sydney and became the head of the Committee of Psychiatrists in Sydney.
He also mentioned that he often helped people and gave some free advice to those who needed advice, and how many times he saved people from committing suicide and changed the course of their lives.
Although Dr. Onsi is retired at home, he said that he is still practicing his profession as a psychologist by phone calls, and still provides advice to those who need it.
And Dr. Onsi famously said: My religion is to help people as much as I can and not to harm anyone at all.
May God touches Dr. Onsi’s body with healing so that he may continue to advise people.