In Photos: A Century of Visitors

C. David Welch, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
Black and white old archival photos, scans, Visit Religious Leaders Pope Shenouda
Sir Magdi Yacoub, cardiothoracic surgeon, Imperial College London, Heart of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation
John Casson, former UK UK Ambassador to Egypt
Ahmed Okasha, Psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University
Muhammad Tantawi, former Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar
Mohamed Farid, Executive Chairman, The Egyptian Exchange
Yoon Soon-Gu, former South Korean Ambassador to Egypt
Helen Keller, American author, political activist and lecturer
Helmy Fauzy, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
Sanjay Bhattacharyya, former Indian Ambassador to Egypt
Louis Greiss '55, Egyptian journalist and writer
Edith Piaf, French singer and actress
Thomas Friedman (ALU '74), Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Fadwa El Guindi '60, award-winning international anthropologist
Omar Sherif, iconic Egyptian actor
Former Egyptian President Mohammed Naguib
Charles Elachi, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and planetary science, California Institute of Technology
Taha Hussein, literary scholar and former Minister of Education
Edward Said, professor of English and comparative literature, Columbia University
Noam Chomsky, professor Emeritus of linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gro Harlem Brundtland, sustainability movement founder
David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Youssef Chahine, award-winning film director
Amre Moussa, former Secretary-General of the Arab League; Egypt's former Foreign Minister
Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States
Ahmed Kamal Aboul Magd, law professor, Cairo University
Fekry Abaza, Egyptian journalist and political activist
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry
Om Kolthoum, legendary Egyptian singer
Frank G. Wisner, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
Yahya Haqqi, Egyptian writer and novelist
Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz
Richard W. Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador
Yusuf Idris, Egyptian playwright and novelist
Youssef El-Sebai, Egyptian novelist and former Minister of Culture
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State of the United States
Muhammed El-Sa'di, former President of Al Azhar University
Boutros Ghall, sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations
Abbas Ammar, Egypt's Former Minister of Education
Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Laureate and AUC Trustee
Don Cheadle, American actor
Michael Dukakis, former U.S. presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor
Stephen Walt, professor of International Affairs, Harvard University
Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and seventh Secretary General of the United Nations
Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Ahdaf Soueif (MA '73), Egyptian novelist
John Prendergast, New York Times bestselling author, former Director of African Affairs, U.S. National Security Council
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
Hans Kung, Swiss theolgian
Shibley Telhami Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
James Zogby, founder and President of the Arab American Institute
Mary Robinson, first female president of Ireland
Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European Studies, University of Oxford