I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.

In the Middle East, it is clear that peace will never be reached without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A two-state solution must be found and enforced.