Notable Alumni of American University in Cairo [Sorted List]

1. Paul Peters

1982-. (aged 44)

business executive

Paul Harvey Peters is an angel investor and podcast host working in the scholarly communications industry. He is currently the non-Executive Board Chair of online conference software provider ExOrdo, co-founder of the Scholarly Angels investment syndicate, and host of the podcast Midnight at the Casablanca.

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2. Hala Elkoussy

1974-. (aged 52)

visual artist film director video artist video installation artist

Hala Elkoussy is an Egyptian artist and film director.

3. Fadi al-Hadami

1977-. (aged 49)

politician economist

Fadi al-Hadami is a Palestinian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Jerusalem Affairs in the Palestinian Authority since April 2019. He has also served as Director-general of the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce and Investment.

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4. Tarek ElKazzaz

1980-. (aged 46)

business executive

Tarek El Kazzaz is an Egyptian digital entertainment expert who is also the CEO and founder of QSoft Holding, one of the leading new media companies in the Middle East. El Kazzaz is best known for creating and producing Al-Bernameg with Bassem Youssef, the first and top political satire program in the Middle East.

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5. Zeina Toukan

politician

Zeina Toukan is the Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. She was appointed as minister on 27 October 2022.

6. Michel Barsoum

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher materials scientist

Michel W. Barsoum is a materials scientist and Distinguished Professor at Drexel University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He is known for his work with MAX phases, and for pioneering research that led to the development of MXenes, a family of two-dimensional materials derived from MAX phases.

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7. Taghreed El-Khodary

journalist

Taghreed El-Khodary is a Palestinian journalist who is a visiting scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment, where her research focuses on the future of Gaza. She is also a 2010 Heinrich Boell Fellow. She is editor at fanack.com,

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8. Rana al-Tonsi

1981-. (aged 45)

novelist poet writer

Rana al-Tonsi is an Egyptian writer and poet.

9. Yousef Gamal El-Din

1985-. (aged 41)

writer news presenter journalist discussion moderator

Yousef Gamal El-Din is an Egyptian-Swiss news anchor, entrepreneur and author. Since 2016, he was the host of Bloomberg Television's Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East. Previously he worked for CNBC, gaining global TV recognition as the host of CNBC's Access: Middle East and the channel's regional correspondent, based in Dubai. Gamal El-Din was also a co-host of CNBC's Capital Connection from...

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10. Dan Stoenescu

1980-. (aged 46)

diplomat

Dan Stoenescu is a Romanian career diplomat, political scientist and journalist. He was a minister in the technocratic government of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș.

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11. Abu Bakr Shawky

1985-. (aged 41)

screenwriter writer film director

Abu Bakr “A.B.” Shawky is an Egyptian-Austrian writer and director. His first feature film, Yomeddine, was selected to participate in the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and was screened in the Main Competition section and compete for the Palme d'Or. The film also won the Silver Tanit Award for Best Feature Film at the Carthage International Film Festival.

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12. Roger Valhammer

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Roger Valhammer is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as chief commissioner of Bergen from 2019 to 2022, and previously served as city commissioner for schools, kindergartens and sports between 2018 and 2019.

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13. Nadeen Ashraf

1998-. (aged 28)

women's rights activist

Nadeen Ashraf is an Egyptian feminist activist. Her use of social media instigated the #MeToo movement within Egypt. She is part of the BBC's 100 Women of 2020 list.

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14. Mervat Tallawy

1937-. (aged 89)

diplomat politician

Mervat M. Tallawy is an Egyptian diplomat and politician.

15. Khaled al-Qazzaz

1979-. (aged 47)

human rights defender

Khaled Al-Qazzaz is an educator, philanthropist, and human rights activist based in Egypt and Canada. Al-Qazzaz graduated from the University of Toronto with a master's degree in mechanical engineering in 2003.

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16. Nora Armani

1956-. (aged 70)

actor screenwriter film director

Nora Armani is an actor and film-maker. She was born in Giza, Egypt of Armenian parents, educated and trained in England and as an actor has appeared on stage and screen worldwide performing in different languages. She has also directed a number of plays, a feature film and short film. She holds a master's degree in theatre from Hunter College...

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17. Iman Issa

1979-. (aged 47)

installation artist

Iman Issa is an Egyptian multi-disciplinary artist whose work looks at the power of display in relation to academic and cultural institutions at large.

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18. Yussef El Guindi

1960-. (aged 66)

writer

Yussef El Guindi is an Egyptian-American playwright. He writes full-length, one-act, and adapted plays on Arab-Muslim experience in the United States. He is best known for his 2005 play Back of the Throat and has been called "the most talented Arab American writer of political plays."

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19. Zeina Soufan

journalist television presenter

Zeina Soufan is a Lebanese journalist and television host based in Dubai. Soufan is senior business editor at Dubai Media Incorporated and host of "Money Map" show on Dubai TV. She is also an independent author and digital content creator.

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20. Rashad al-Shawa

1909-1988 (aged 79)

politician

Rashad al-Shawwa was the Palestinian mayor of Gaza for eleven years from 1971 to 1982. Before becoming mayor he was an outgoing local activist in the city. He was known by Israelis and Palestinians as the pro-Jordanian "father figure" of the Gaza Strip. He is the father of artist Laila Shawwa.

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21. Christopher Fabian

1980-. (aged 46)

engineer

Christopher Fabian is a technologist who works for UNICEF. He founded technology and finance initiatives in both the public and private sector, including the creation in 2006, of UNICEF's Innovation Unit.

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22. Kassim al-Rimawi

1918-1982 (aged 64)

politician

Kassim al-Rimawi was a Jordanian politician and statesman who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Jordan from 3 July 1980 to 28 August 1980. He was born in Beit Rima under Occupied Enemy Territory Administration.

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23. Mamie Locke

1954-. (aged 72)

university teacher politician

Mamie Evelyn Locke is an American politician and educator. A Democrat, she was a member of the Hampton, Virginia city council 1996–2004, and mayor 2000–2004. Since 2004, she has been a member of the Senate of Virginia from the 2nd district. She currently represents parts of the cities of Hampton, Newport News and Portsmouth, plus part of York County. She...

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24. Getatchew Haile

1932-2021 (aged 89)

linguist philologist

Getatchew Haile was an Ethiopian-American philologist widely considered the foremost scholar of the Geʽez language and one of its most prolific (he published more than 150 books and articles). He was acknowledged for his contributions to the field with a MacArthur Fellows Program "genius" award and the Edward Ullendorff Medal from the Council of the British Academy. He was the...

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25. Merera Gudina

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Merera Gudina is an Ethiopian professor and politician. He is the leader of the Oromo People's Congress (OPC), a political party representing the Oromo people. The organization is opposed to the previous ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front and the current authoritarian ruling Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party. He has been described as Ethiopian "leading opposition politician".

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26. Ahmed Hassan Said

1961-. (aged 65)

businessperson

Ahmed Hassan Said is a prominent Egyptian businessman in the IT sector and has become a leading political figure as a result of the Arab Spring uprising and the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak. Said was at Tahrir Square when the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 started.

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27. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin

1964-. (aged 62)

economist lawyer politician

Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin is an Egyptian economist, commercial lawyer and politician.

28. David M. Malone

1954-2025 (aged 71)

diplomat

David M. Malone was a Canadian author on international security and development, as well as a career diplomat. He was a president of the International Peace Institute, and a frequently quoted expert on international affairs, especially on Indian Foreign Policy and the work of the UN Security Council. He became president of the International Development Research Centre in 2008 and...

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29. Kabiné Komara

1950-. (aged 76)

politician minister

Kabiné Komara was Prime Minister of Guinea from 30 December 2008 to 26 January 2010. Until the end of 2008 a director at the African Export-Import Bank in Cairo, Egypt, Komara was announced as the new prime minister in a government radio broadcast on 30 December.

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30. Mostafa Alnagar

1980-. (aged 46)

politician writer journalist

Mostafa Alnagar / Mostafa Alnajjarمصطفي النجار; is an Egyptian politician, writer, and dentist who rose to prominence as a key figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. A co-founder of the Al-Adl Party, he served as a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt (parliament) in 2012, representing the Nasr City district.

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31. Ángeles Moreno Bau

1968-. (aged 58)

diplomat

Ángeles Moreno Bau is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as ambassador of Spain to the United States since 2024. She is the first woman to serve in this position. Previously, Moreno served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the second government of Pedro Sánchez from 2021 to 2023 and Secretary of State for International Cooperation from...

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32. Hossam el-Hamalawy

1977-. (aged 49)

writer trade unionist journalist human rights defender photographer

Hossam el-Hamalawy is an Egyptian journalist, blogger, photographer and socialist activist. He is a member of the Revolutionary Socialists and the Center for Socialist Studies.

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33. Sara Sabry

1993-. (aged 33)

astronaut engineer

Sara Sabry is an Egyptian engineer, citizen astronaut, and entrepreneur. In 2022, as part of the Blue Origin NS-22 mission, she became the first Egyptian to travel into space, as well as the first African and Arab woman. She is also the founder and CEO of the Deep Space Initiative, a non-profit organization.

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34. Gihan Ibrahim

1988-. (aged 38)

human rights defender writer journalist

Gigi Ibrahim is an Egyptian-American citizen journalist and activist. During the Egyptian revolution in 2011, she reported events about the protests and became a face of the events for much of the Western media.

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35. Lina Attalah

1983-. (aged 43)

activist writer journalist

Lina Attalah is an Egyptian media figure and journalist. Attalah is co-founder and chief editor of Mada Masr, an independent online Egyptian newspaper and was previously managing editor of the Egypt Independent prior to its print edition closure in 2013. She is active in the fight against the restriction of honest journalism. Time recognized her as a "New Generation Leader",...

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36. Nabil Fahmi

1951-. (aged 75)

diplomat politician

Nabil Fahmi is an Egyptian diplomat and politician who served in the government of Egypt as minister of foreign affairs from June 2013 to July 2014.

37. Maya Morsy

politician

Maya Morsy is an Egyptian political scientist, specialist in public policy, and advocate for woman's and human rights. She is an elected president of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) on 1 February 2016. She is the third, and youngest, President of the NCW since it was established in 2000, by a ministerial decree. Morsy previously served as regional gender...

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38. Maggie Gobran

1949-. (aged 77)

nun

Maggie Gobran or Mama Maggie is a Coptic Orthodox consecrated servant and the founder and CEO of the non-profit charity Stephen's Children in Cairo, Egypt. She was also professor of computer science at the American University in Cairo, is married and has a son and a daughter. She was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 and 2020.

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39. Jonathan Schanzer

journalist

Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars.

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40. Khaled Bichara

1971-2020 (aged 49)

entrepreneur

Khaled Bichara was an Egyptian businessman and entrepreneur who served as the chairman of link.net and chief executive officer of Accelero Capital. Prior to joining Accelero Capital, Bichara was chief executive officer of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology OTMT, group president and chief operating officer of VimpelCom Ltd., and executive chairman of Global Telecom Holding. Bichara played a pivotal role...

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41. Nonie Darwish

1949-. (aged 77)

journalist writer

Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian-American author, writer, founder of the Arabs for Israel movement, and director of Former Muslims United. Darwish is an outspoken critic of Islam. The Southern Poverty Law Center has described her as an anti-Arab and anti-Muslim activist.

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42. Juan Cole

1952-. (aged 74)

historian blogger university teacher

John Ricardo Irfan "Juan" Cole is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Cole was one of the first American scholars to produce specialized works on the thought and history of the Twelver Shiite branch of Islam that predominates...

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43. Farouk Kaddoumi

1931-2024 (aged 93)

diplomat politician

Faruq al-Qaddumi or Farouk al-Kaddoumi, also known by the kunya Abu al-Lutf (Arabic: أبو اللطف), was a Palestinian politician who served as the Secretary-General of Fatah until 2009 and Chairman of Fatah's central committee and the Palestine Liberation Organization's political department, operating from Tunisia, between 2004 and 2009.

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44. Rana el Kaliouby

1978-. (aged 48)

computer scientist

Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian-American computer scientist. She is the co-founder, with Rosalind Picard, and CEO of Affectiva.

45. Yasser Abed Rabbo

1945-. (aged 81)

politician

Yasser Abed Rabbo also known by his kunya, Abu Bashar (Arabic: ابو بشار) (born 1944) is a Palestinian politician and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee.

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46. Nesrine Malik

1975-. (aged 51)

journalist writer

Nesrine Malik FRSL is a Sudanese-born journalist and author of We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent. Based in London, Malik is a columnist for The Guardian and served as a panellist on the BBC's weekly news discussion programme Dateline London.

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47. Asaad Kelada

1942-. (aged 84)

television director

Asaad Kelada is an Egyptian-American television director of many American television sitcoms.

48. Mona Baker

1953-. (aged 73)

university teacher writer researcher linguist translator

Mona Baker is former professor of Translation Studies and founder of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies of the University of Manchester in England.

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49. Yehia El-Deraa

1995-. (aged 31)

handball player

Yehia Mohamed Yehia El-Deraa is an Egyptian handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Egyptian national team.

50. Sadek Wahba

1965-. (aged 61)

businessperson

Sadek Wahba is an American economist and businessman. He is the founder and managing partner of the Miami-based global infrastructure investment company I Squared Capital, and the author of Build: Investing in America's Infrastructure. In 2022 he was appointed by President Biden to the President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

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51. Monir Fakhri Abdelnur

1945-. (aged 81)

businessperson politician

Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour is an Egyptian businessman and politician.

52. Karim Kassem

1986-. (aged 40)

television actor producer actor film actor

Karim Ahmed Kassem is an Egyptian actor.

53. Jonathan A.C. Brown

1977-. (aged 49)

university teacher

Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown is an American scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has served as a professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He holds the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University. Brown is an advisor to the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, where he formerly served as Director of...

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54. Sahar Nasr

1964-. (aged 62)

economist civil servant politician

Sahar Nasr is an Egyptian politician who served as the Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (2015–2019).

55. Rania Al-Mashat

1975-. (aged 51)

politician economist

Rania A. Al-Mashat is an Egyptian economist who is currently the country's Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation. She previously served as the country's Minister of International Cooperation from December 2019 to July 2024 and former Minister of Tourism from 2018 until December 2019. She previously held high level positions at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC...

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56. Yosra El Lozy

1985-. (aged 41)

television presenter film actor ballet dancer fashion model television actor

Yosra El Lozy is an Egyptian actress. She has received many awards from regional and international film festivals. She has won various awards for her acting in Qobolat Masrouqa (2008), Bel-Alwan el-Tabe'eya (2009), Heliopolis (2010) and Microphone (2011). She has also provided voice dubbing in Arabic for several films and television series.

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57. Ramy Imam

1974-. (aged 52)

actor film director

Ramy Imam, also known as Rami Imam, is an Egyptian director, and producer.

58. Alaa Mubarak

1960-. (aged 66)

entrepreneur businessperson

Alaa Mohammed Hosni El Sayed Mubarak is an Egyptian businessman and the elder of two sons of Hosni Mubarak, the former President of Egypt who served from 1981 to 2011, and his wife, Suzanne Mubarak.

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59. Mona el-Shazly

1973-. (aged 53)

television presenter

Mona El Shazly is an Egyptian talk show host. She is known for her talk show Al Ashira Masa'an (10 O'Clock) where she discussed news of the day and interviewed Egyptian and foreign politicians and scientists.

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60. Anoushka

1960-. (aged 66)

singer actor

Vartanoush Garbis Selim (Arabic: ڤرتانوش جاربيس سليم; better known by her stage name Anoushka (Arabic: أنوشكا), is an Egyptian singer and actress.

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61. Tamim al-Barghouti

1977-. (aged 49)

poet university teacher

Tamim Al-Barghouti is a Palestinian-Egyptian poet, columnist and political scientist. Nicknamed the "poet of Jerusalem" (شاعر القدس), he is one of the most widely read poets in the Arab World. He received his PhD degree in political science from Boston University in 2004. He grew up in a family interested in Arabic literature. His father was the Palestinian poet Mourid...

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62. Lobna Abdelaziz

1935-. (aged 91)

actor

Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Lobna Abdelaziz is an Egyptian actress.

63. Lawrence Wright

1947-. (aged 79)

screenwriter novelist writer journalist playwright

Lawrence Wright is an American writer and journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.

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64. Moez Masoud

1978-. (aged 48)

humanities scholar television presenter preacher

Moez Masoud is an Egyptian scholar, public intellectual and international producer who focuses on the fields of existential questions, challenges to global co-existence, and identity in the modern world.

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65. Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni

1908-1948 (aged 40)

militant politician

Abdul Qadir al-Husayni was a Palestinian revolutionary and Arab nationalist guerrilla military leader. In late 1933, he founded the secret militant group known as the Organization for Holy Struggle (Munathamat al-Jihad al-Muqaddas), which he and Hasan Salama commanded as the Army of the Holy War (Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas) during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt and the 1948 war.

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66. Mona Eltahawy

1967-. (aged 59)

women's rights activist non-fiction writer journalist

Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian-American freelance journalist and social commentator. Based in New York City, she has written essays and op-eds for publications worldwide on Egypt and the Islamic world, on topics including women's rights, patriarchy, and Muslim political and social affairs. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and the Miami...

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67. Amina Khalil

1988-. (aged 38)

actor

Amina Khalil is an Egyptian film and television actress who has gained prominence in the late 2010s and early 2020s in the Arab world. Her advocacy for female rights granted her an honorary ambassador title by The United Nations Population Fund (UPFA) in Egypt.

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68. هشام عباس

1963-. (aged 63)

actor singer

Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas, commonly known as just Hisham Abbas ([heˈʃæːm ʕæbˈbæːs]), is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song "Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and his religious song "Asmaa Allah al-husna".

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69. Wael Ghonim

1980-. (aged 46)

computer scientist politician

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship.

70. Gamal Mubarak

1963-. (aged 63)

businessperson politician

Gamal Al Din Muhammad Hosni Sayed Mubarak is the younger of the two sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and former First Lady Suzanne Mubarak. In contrast to his older brother Alaa, Gamal had pursued an active public profile and was starting to wield some influence on political life in the country before the revolution of early 2011.

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71. Asser Yassin

1981-. (aged 45)

film producer actor writer

Asser Ashraf Fouad Yassin is an Egyptian actor, writer, and film producer. He has been awarded Best Actor for several of his works. Yassin began his career on the stage of the American University in Cairo spotted by Director Khairy Beshara to play his first role on TV in Qalb Habiba in 2006, followed by the blockbuster The Yacoubian Building...

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72. Mohamed Hassanein Heikal

1923-2016 (aged 93)

politician writer journalist

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and was a commentator on Middle East affairs for more than 50 years.

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73. Queen Rania of Jordan

1970-. (aged 56)

queen consort

Rania Al Abdullah is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II.

74. Yuriko Koike

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician who has served as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. Previously, she also served as a member of the House of Councillors from 1992 to 1993, a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2016, Minister of the Environment under Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 to 2006, and Minister of Defense under Shinzo...

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75. Reza Pahlavi

1960-. (aged 66)

musician human rights defender amateur photographer aircraft pilot politician

Reza Pahlavi, formerly addressed as Prince Reza Pahlavi, is an Iranian political activist and dissident in exile in the United States. A member of the Pahlavi dynasty, he is the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, and his wife the empress Farah Diba. He is described as one of the most prominent figures in the...

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76. John Owen Brennan

1955-. (aged 71)

intelligence analyst civil servant intelligence officer

John Owen Brennan is an American former intelligence officer who served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from March 2013 to January 2017. He served as chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. president Barack Obama, with the title Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President. Previously, he advised Obama on foreign...

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77. Mikie Sherrill

1972-. (aged 54)

naval officer helicopter pilot politician prosecutor

Rebecca Michelle Sherrill is an American politician, former naval officer, and former federal prosecutor serving since 2026 as the 57th governor of New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected governor in 2025, defeating Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli. Sherrill is New Jersey's second female governor (after Christine Todd Whitman) and first female Democratic governor, as well as...

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78. Amr Waked

1973-. (aged 53)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Amr Waked is an Egyptian film, television and stage actor. He is best known to international audiences and in Hollywood for his role in the 2005 film Syriana. Other prominent roles include a Yemeni sheikh called Muhammad in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Pierre Del Rio in Luc Besson's Lucy and Farouk Hassan in Ramy.

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79. Mohammad Emam

1984-. (aged 42)

actor

Mohamed Emam is an Egyptian actor. He is descendant of a prominent family of filmmakers; his father is Adel Emam, one of Egypt's most famous actors and his brother is director Ramy Imam.

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80. Suzanne Mubarak

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Suzanne Saleh Mubarak is the widow of Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak and was the First Lady of Egypt during her husband's presidential tenure from 14 October 1981 to 11 February 2011. She has served as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and founded the Cairo Child Museum in collaboration with the British Museum.

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81. Minouche Shafik

1962-. (aged 64)

economist

Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik, commonly known as Minouche Shafik, is a British-American academic and economist. She served as the president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics from 2017 to 2023, and then as the 20th president of Columbia University from July 2023 to August 2024. She was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor to the UK...

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82. Amina Wadud

1952-. (aged 74)

women's rights activist Islamicist university teacher

Amina Wadud is an American Muslim theologian. Wadud serves as visiting professor at 4 Consortium for Religious Studies and was also a visiting scholar at Starr King School for the Ministry. Wadud has written extensively on the role of women in Islam.

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83. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

1937-. (aged 89)

politician

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is a Maldivian politician, statesman and diplomat who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978, and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. Gayoom is the longest-serving president in Maldivian history.

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84. Haifaa al-Mansour

1974-. (aged 52)

screenwriter director film director

Haifaa al-Mansour is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and one of the first female Saudi filmmakers.

85. Anne Aly

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher political scientist politician

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