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Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni

(Encyclopedia) Mubarak, Muhammad HosniMubarak, Muhammad Hosnihōsˈnē m&oomacr;bəˈrək [key], 1928–2020, president of Egypt (1981–2011). Air force commander (1972–75) and vice president (1975–81) of…

Tantawi, Hussein

(Encyclopedia) Tantawi, Hussein (Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman), 1935–, Egyptian field marshal. Joining the army in 1956, he became defense minister (1991) and commander-in-chief of the armed…

Hosni Mubarak

Muhammad Hosni Mubarak was the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt for 30 years, from 1981 until he was forced to resign by mass protests on 11 February 2011. Hosni Mubarak was trained as a…

Al Aswany, Alaa

(Encyclopedia) Al Aswany, Alaa, 1957–, Egyptian author, b. Cairo. The son of a novelist-lawyer, he was trained as a dentist at Cairo Univ. (grad. 1980) and the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (M.S.,…

Sisi, Abdul Fattah El-

(Encyclopedia) Sisi or Sissi, Abdul Fattah El-Sisi or Sissi, Abdul Fattah El-äbˈdəl fätˈtä ĕ-sēˈsē [key], 1954–, Egyptian military officer and government official, b. Cairo, grad. Egyptian Military…

Morsi, Mohamed

(Encyclopedia) Morsi, MohamedMorsi, Mohamedmôrˈsē [key], 1951–2019, Egyptian engineer and political leader, grad. Cairo Univ. (B.A. 1975. M.A. 1978), Univ. of Southern California (Ph.D. 1982). He…

ElBaradei, Mohamed

(Encyclopedia) ElBaradei, MohamedElBaradei, Mohamedĕlbäräˈdā [key], 1942–, Egyptian lawyer and United Nations diplomat, b. Cairo, grad. Univ. of Cairo (1962), New York Univ. School of Law (1974). He…

Turabi, Hassan Abdallah al-

(Encyclopedia) Turabi, Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi, Hassan Abdallah al-häˈsän äbdäˈlä äl-t&oomacr;räˈbē [key], 1932–2016, Sudanese religious and political leader, b. Kassala, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (…