الباقر إبراهيم (مؤسس معهد النور)

Dr El Baghir Ibrahim Abdel Magid was born on 1914 in Berber. He graduated rom KSM in 1936.

In 1950, Dr El Baghir was the first Sudanese to obtain the Diploma of Ophthalmology (DO) from London University and the third Sudanese doctor to join this specialty in SMS. Dr El Baghir became later the Senior Ophthalmologist in Ministry of Health and Director of the Eye Hospital from 1962-1965).

With the help of the Lions Club, he established the first Institute for Teaching of the Blind (معهد النور) in Sudan. The buildings of this institute are situated east of the Naitonal Cinema in Khartoum North. Dr Baghir was the first director for this institute and chairperson of the national committee for care of the blind in Sudan. Dr Baghir died in 1978.