Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes


The gap between rich and poor is widening dramatically. There's a hangar at the Cairo airport for private jets, billionaires are on the Forbes list, and Egypt's annual per-capita income is two thousand dollars. How can you sustain that?


Citations

ElBaradei, Mohamed. Interview by Wendell Steavenson. "The Shadow of the Pharaoh." The New Yorker, Condé Nast, 15 Feb. 2010.

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Mohamed ElBaradei
Mohamed ElBaradei
  • Born: June 17, 1942
  • Nationality: Egyptian
  • Profession: Scientist

Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who served as Vice President of Egypt on an interim basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013.