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Mohammad Tolba is an Egyptian Salafi activist and entrepreneur. He was one of the protestors in the Tahrir Square during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. In the same year, he founded "Salafyo Costa," or "Costa Salafis" an activist group that embraces cultural diversity and pluralism and strives for social justice. Tolba and other founders of the group named themselves after their meeting place ^[1]: Costa Coffee. It has evolved since into a social movement and a forum for dialogue, which brings together activists from different cultural, religious, ideological and ethnic backgrounds. Salafyo Costa has Coptic Christians, socialists, Muslim Brotherhood members and liberals. Some of the female members wear a niqāb while others sport a pair of jeans. Together they have forged a common identity and pursued common goals.

Tolba embraces teachings of Salafism albeit he rejects the term Islamist as for him all Muslims are or should be Islamists by definition. He believes that all Egyptians, including Salafis are partners in the nation, no matter how badly Salafis were treated before ^[2].
Above all he believes that if Egyptians were educated about their rights and choices, things will definitely change. They will go after those rights and fight for them Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Tolba has refrained from commenting and underlined his respect for Sheikh Abdel- Maqsoud and his religious views.,<ref name=Salafism and coffee>Salafism and coffee.

Tolba's political views are often kept personal to keep the focus on the social change he aims at making. Yet, that does not save him from being bashed by different politically affiliated groups for not taking a publicly clear stance supporting one side or another.

Tolba was born on 29 May 1979 into an upper-middle class family who lives at Mohandessin. He holds an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability and a Sales Professional Diploma from the American University in Cairo. Tolba has two brothers: Ezzat and Amr. He is married and has one son and two daughters.

He turned to God and religion at an early age after a raging adolescence when a close friend of his lost his life in a car accident. He first was picked out by a group of young members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and became close to them. He had learned a lot about Islamic teachings and practices from them before he became a disciple of a moderate mentor Sheikh of the Salafi movement.

Tolba held several high management posts at different IT companies. The last being a Sales Director at Sumerge Software Solutions, before he started his own enterprise company: Over Coffee Solutions. As the founder and owner of an IT company, Tolba creates computer-mediated environments for dialogue and activism. Tolba writes for the Atlantic Council, Al-Youm Al-Sabe'a, Masr Al-Arabia and Al- Dostor Al-Asly.