Editing Osteopathy (section)

=== Egypt and the Middle East ===
Hesham Khalil introduced osteopathy in the Middle East at a local physical therapy conference in Cairo, Egypt in 2005 with a lecture titled "The global Osteopathic Concept / Holistic approach in Somatic Dysfunction". Since then he has toured the Middle East to introduce osteopathy in other Middle Eastern and North African countries, including Sudan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait and Oman.
In December 2007 the first Workshop on Global osteopathic approach was held at the Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment, sponsored by the Faculty of Physical Therapy, University of Cairo, Egypt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://egyptianpt.blogspot.com/2007/10/26-osteopathy.html |title=Osteopathy |first=Mohamed |last=Rizk |year=2007 |publisher=Physical Therapists of Egypt Blog |access-date=30 July 2014}}</ref> On 6 August 2010, the Egyptian Osteopathic Society (OsteoEgypt) was founded. OsteoEgypt promotes a two-tier model of osteopathy in Egypt and the Middle East. The event was timed to coincide with the birthday of A.T. Still.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://osteoegypt.org/about-us/history/ |title=The History of the Egyptian Osteopathic Society |first=Hesham |last=Khalil |year=2014 |publisher=OsteoEgypt |access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://digital.ahram.org.eg/Community.aspx?Serial=1515679 |script-title=ar:هشام خليل: الاستيوباثي علاج يستهدف العرض وليس المرض |title=hisham khalil: aliastiubathiu eilaj yastahdif aleard walays almarad |trans-title=Hisham Khalil: Osteopathy is a treatment that targets the symptom, not the disease |year=2014 |publisher=alahram newspaper |access-date=30 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053426/http://digital.ahram.org.eg/Community.aspx?Serial=1515679 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2014}}