President

🇪🇬Hosni Mubarak

Politics

1928–2020

"We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or dangers of weapons of mass destruction."

🇺🇸Laura Bush

Politics

b. 1946

"A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning."

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Military

Arab nationalism

1918–1970

"We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us."