Cairo in the Space Age
The atlas holds 39 people and 73 moments here, from 1960 to 2021. The most recorded lives are Naguib Mahfouz, Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak.
Notable people
Naguib Mahfouz
from 1988 to 2006
8 moments here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Nawal El Saadawi
from 1973 to 2021
5 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,…
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…
Pope Francis
in 2017
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
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.…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
Suharto
in 1998
1 moment here
Indonesian army officer and politician who served as acting president from 1967 and president of Indonesia from 1968 until his resignation in 1998.…
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…
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…
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…
Yasser Arafat
from 1969 to 1970
2 moments here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Moments
- 1992 Friday literary salon at Casino Kasr el-Nil Naguib Mahfouz
- 1992 Meeting at Al-Ahram office Naguib Mahfouz
- 1992 Solo tour of Egypt Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1994 Assassination attempt outside Agouza home Naguib Mahfouz
- 1994 Hospital recovery after stabbing Naguib Mahfouz
- 1998 G-15 summit visit Suharto
- 2001 Personal-status court case Nawal El Saadawi
- 2001 Meeting Egyptian officials Akhmad Kadyrov
- 2006 Death in Agouza Naguib Mahfouz
- 2011 Tahrir Square protests Nawal El Saadawi
- 2011 Opening of criminal trial Hosni Mubarak
- 2012 Victory speech in Tahrir Square Mohamed Morsi
- 2012 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Cairo Mohamed Morsi
- 2012 Transfer from Tora Prison Hosni Mubarak
- 2013 Meeting with U.S. officials Mohamed Morsi
- 2013 House arrest at Republican Guard barracks Mohamed Morsi
- 2014 Detention in Cairo military hospital Hosni Mubarak
- 2015 At home in Cairo Nawal El Saadawi
- 2017 Visit to Cairo Pope Francis
- 2017 State visit to Egypt Edgar Lungu
- 2019 Death at Tora Prison Mohamed Morsi
- 2020 Death in Cairo military hospital Hosni Mubarak
- 2021 Death in Cairo Nawal El Saadawi