Egypt Quotes - page 8

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt. (Jehane Noujaim)
Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. View quote
John Henrik Clarke
Ever since the destruction of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, the Muslim world has been in slow decline relative to the west. With Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the creeping British annexation of Muslim India, that decline took on a malign aspect. View quote
James Buchan
Egypt is the oldest, largest and most important Arab country in the region. What happens there affects them all. View quote
Kathleen Troia McFarland
I am dying, Egypt, dying. View quote
Mark Antony
Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science. View quote
Magdi Yacoub
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries. View quote
Cynthia P. Schneider
I've always really, really wanted to go to Egypt and go inside some pyramids and just hang out there. I don't know why. I don't like hot weather, and I don't like the desert, but something about the pyramid and the mummies and all their history there, I'd love to go check it out. View quote
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar. View quote
Mary McFadden
We in Israel certainly have a great interest in seeing peace, stability, and security restored to Egypt. We want nothing more than peace for the Egyptian people. We're not going to get involved in how Egypt, how the Egyptians should run themselves. That's an internal Egyptian affair. View quote
Michael Oren
I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon and the U.A.E. (Nadia Ali)
Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us. View quote
Pope Shenouda III
We pray for this beloved country, Egypt, for God to protect her safety, security, stability; to protect her unity and more so, her image. View quote
Pope Theodoros II
When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. View quote
Robert Wilson
The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players. View quote
Roger Milla
I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model. View quote
Rashid al-Ghannushi
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to fight a jihad against American forces in Iraq. View quote
Richard Engel
The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. View quote
Shereen El Feki
Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections. View quote
Suzanne Fields
If you look at the Nile on a map of Egypt, you don't think it has moved very much, but the river is very violent and has moved over time. View quote
Sarah Parcak
Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand years ago. The site is located in the Faiyum of Egypt, and the site is really important because in the Middle Kingdom there was this great renaissance for ancient Egyptian art, architecture and religion. (Sarah Parcak)
My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996. View quote
Tea Obreht
The Arab spring confirmed that peaceful change is possible and so reinforced the vision of political Islam. The impact of this went beyond the Brotherhood to include the Salafist tendency in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya that had questioned the democratic path. View quote
Wadah Khanfar
The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now. View quote
Priscilla Shirer
Because of thee thy Egypt never sues for showers, nor does the parched blade bow to Jove the Rain-giver. View quote
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