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Born October 7, 1943 • Ṭanṭā • Egypt
Died July 5, 2010 (aged 66) • Cairo • Egypt
Subjects Of Study Qurʾān
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al-Suyūṭī
Egyptian author
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
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Ibn Taymiyyah
Muslim theologian
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Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī
Muslim theologian
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Ahmed Ali
Pakistani writer
Palmer, E.H.: The Desert of the Exodus
E.H. Palmer
British linguist
Nöldeke, Theodor
Theodor Nöldeke
German linguist
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
president of Tunisia
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Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
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Emad Fayed
Egyptian film producer
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Origen
Christian theologian
Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum.
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a suit and gold tie, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian statesman
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, wearing a suit and tie, speaks at a podium labeled Clinton Global Initiative with a microphone in front of him.
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt