Cairo in the Cold War
The atlas holds 35 people and 56 moments here, from 1949 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Naguib Mahfouz, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
Notable people
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
in 1964
1 moment here
Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…
Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1963
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Anwar Sadat
from 1962 to 1981
3 moments here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Burhanuddin Rabbani
in 1966
1 moment here
Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…
Claudia Cardinale
in 1976
1 moment here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Dalida
from 1954 to 1976
2 moments here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1989
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1952 to 1970
3 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Garrincha
in 1960
1 moment here
Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…
George H. W. Bush
in 1990
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Hosni Mubarak
from 1981 to 1983
2 moments here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1966
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1961
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1967
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Jimmy Carter
in 1979
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Louis Armstrong
in 1961
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Maya Angelou
in 1961
1 moment here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Milton Obote
in 1964
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Mohamed Morsi
from 1975 to 1978
2 moments here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1980
2 moments here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
from 1970 to 1991
3 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Naguib Mahfouz
from 1954 to 1990
4 moments here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Nawal El Saadawi
from 1949 to 1973
2 moments here
Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…
Nelson Mandela
in 1962
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Moments
- 1949 Entered medical school Nawal El Saadawi
- 1949 Return to Cairo after the war Yasser Arafat
- 1952 Coup monitoring in Cairo Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1954 Establishes home in Agouza Naguib Mahfouz
- 1954 Departure from Egypt for Paris Dalida
- 1956 Return journey break in Cairo Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 1960 Exile in Cairo Saddam Hussein
- 1960 Brazil versus Egypt Garrincha
- 1961 Visit to the Great Sphinx of Giza Louis Armstrong
- 1961 Associate editor in Cairo Maya Angelou
- 1961 Meeting with Nasser and Tito Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1962 Cairo with Yuri Gagarin and Nasser Anwar Sadat
- 1962 Receives training in Cairo Nelson Mandela
- 1962 Cairo Law School studies Saddam Hussein
- 1963 Meeting with Gamal Abdel Nasser Richard Nixon
- 1963 Visit to the United Arab Republic Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1963 Departure for studies in Cairo Abdurrahman Wahid
- 1964 Non-Aligned summit in Cairo Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1964 National Assembly appearance with Nasser Anwar Sadat
- 1964 Visit to the United Arab Republic Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964 Non-Aligned Movement summit Milton Obote
- 1966 Al-Azhar study in Cairo Burhanuddin Rabbani
- 1966 Meeting Nasser in Cairo Indira Gandhi
- 1967 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser Simone de Beauvoir
- 1967 Meeting President Nasser in Cairo Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1967 Mutual-defense-pact meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1967 Last-minute peace mission to Cairo U Thant
- 1969 Election as PLO chairman Yasser Arafat
- 1970 Working visit to Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
- 1970 Emergency Arab League Summit and death Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1970 Emergency Arab League summit Yasser Arafat
- 1972 Tripartite federation talks Saddam Hussein
- 1972 Meeting with Sadat in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
- 1972 Final war-effort concert at Cairo University Umm Kulthum
- 1973 Research at Ain Shams University Nawal El Saadawi
- 1973 Visit to wounded soldiers Umm Kulthum
- 1974 Visit to Cairo Willy Brandt
- 1974 State visit to Cairo Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1975 Engineering degree at Cairo University Mohamed Morsi
- 1975 Death in Cairo Umm Kulthum
- 1976 Nile cruise in Cairo Dalida
- 1976 First Cairo International Film Festival Claudia Cardinale
- 1978 Master's degree at Cairo University Mohamed Morsi
- 1979 Egypt peace mission Jimmy Carter
- 1980 Return to Egypt for treatment Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1980 Death in Cairo Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1981 Assassination at victory parade Anwar Sadat
- 1981 Wounded at Sadat assassination parade Hosni Mubarak
- 1983 PLO summit with Yasser Arafat Hosni Mubarak
- 1988 Living in Cairo at Nobel announcement Naguib Mahfouz