Like everywhere in the world, people of the Middle East aspire to liberty and justice. They wish to have a better life and a decent education for their children.

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.

On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim.

From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks.

Despite differences of faith or even the occasional collisions between them, Egypt is united.

In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those who decide to die?

If pain is a pot of boiling water, humor can be the rising steam.

I wish the army had taught us how to navigate feelings as easily as they did a starless night sky.

even I get angry, as I see something lovable, immediately I want to hug him indeep love .anger takes a place of flowof breathing in peace

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

I'm always on the quest for something delicious and healthful.

Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?

I suffer with you. I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life!

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope.

we didn't have much, but we had love.