C. David Welch, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt 
Black and white old archival photos, scans, Visit Religious Leaders Pope Shenouda 
Sir Magdi Yacoub, cardiothoracic surgeon, Imperial College London, Heart of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation 
John Casson, former UK UK Ambassador to Egypt 
Ahmed Okasha, Psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University 
Muhammad Tantawi, former Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar 
Mohamed Farid, Executive Chairman, The Egyptian Exchange 
Yoon Soon-Gu, former South Korean Ambassador to Egypt 
Helen Keller, American author, political activist and lecturer 
Helmy Fauzy, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia 
Sanjay Bhattacharyya, former Indian Ambassador to Egypt 
Louis Greiss ’55, Egyptian journalist and writer 
Edith Piaf, French singer and actress 
Thomas Friedman (ALU ’74), Pulitzer Prize-winning author 
Fadwa El Guindi ’60, award-winning international anthropologist 
Omar Sherif, iconic Egyptian actor 
Former Egyptian President Mohammed Naguib 
Charles Elachi, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and planetary science, California Institute of Technology
Taha Hussein, literary scholar and former Minister of Education 
Edward Said, professor of English and comparative literature, Columbia University 
Noam Chomsky, professor Emeritus of linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Gro Harlem Brundtland, sustainability movement founder 
David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 
Youssef Chahine, award-winning film director 
Amre Moussa, former Secretary-General of the Arab League; Egypt’s former Foreign Minister 
Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States 
Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd, law professor, Cairo University 
Fekry Abaza, Egyptian journalist and political activist 
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry 
Om Kolthoum, legendary Egyptian singer 
Frank G. Wisner, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt 
Yahya Haqqi, Egyptian writer and novelist 
Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz 
Richard W. Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador 
Yusuf Idris, Egyptian playwright and novelist 
Youssef El-Sebai, Egyptian novelist and former Minister of Culture 
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State of the United States 
Muhammed El-Sa’di, former President of Al Azhar University 
Boutros Ghall, sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations 
Abbas Ammar, Egypt’s Former Minister of Education 
Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Laureate and AUC Trustee 
Don Cheadle, American actor 
Michael Dukakis, former U.S. presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor 
Stephen Walt, professor of International Affairs, Harvard University 
Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and seventh Secretary General of the United Nations 
Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State 
Ahdaf Soueif (MA ’73), Egyptian novelist 
John Prendergast, New York Times bestselling author, former Director of African Affairs, U.S. National Security Council 
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States 
Hans Kung, Swiss theolgian 
Shibley Telhami Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland 
James Zogby, founder and President of the Arab American Institute 
Mary Robinson, first female president of Ireland 
Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European Studies, University of Oxford 
Amitav Hgosh, Indian anthropologist and author 
Seymour Hersh, leading investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author 
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, leading Egyptian journalist, former Editor-in-Chief, Al Ahram newspaper 
Cornel West, professor emeritus, Princeton University 
Naomi Wallace, international playwright, screenwriter and poet 
George Clooney, American actor and filmmaker 
Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author 
Sir Allistair Horne, British historian 
Bernard Kouchner, former French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs 
Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature 
Jeremy Greenstock, former British Ambassador to the United Nations 
Karen Armstrong, world-renowned author 
Mona Eltahawy ’90, ’92, award-winning New York-based journalist, commentator and international lecturer 
Tarek Amer ’80, governor, Central Bank of Egypt 
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah ’91, Queen of Jordan 
Lubna S. Olayan, CEO and deputy chairman, Olayan Financing Compan 
Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian law scholar and diplomat 
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics 
Abdel Halim Hafez, legendary Egyptian singer and actor 
Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
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