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

  1. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

  2. Richard Nixon

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  3. Saddam Hussein

    from 1960 to 1988

    4 moments here

    Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…

  4. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…

  5. Simone de Beauvoir

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…

  6. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

    in 1963

    1 moment here

    Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…

  7. Tunku Abdul Rahman

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…

  8. Umm Kulthum

    from 1972 to 1975

    3 moments here

    Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

  9. U Thant

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971). Born in Pantanaw, he taught and served in Burma’s government before…

  10. Willy Brandt

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…

  11. Yasser Arafat

    from 1949 to 1970

    3 moments here

    Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…

Moments

  1. 1988 First presidential visit to Egypt Saddam Hussein
  2. 1989 Meeting Yasser Arafat Desmond Tutu
  3. 1990 Morning routine at Tahrir Square Naguib Mahfouz
  4. 1990 Visit to AUC Press offices Naguib Mahfouz
  5. 1990 Persian Gulf consultations in Cairo George H. W. Bush
  6. 1991 Meeting with Mubarak in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi

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