Word: hosni
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Since he became President of Egypt 15 months ago, following the assassination of Anwar Sadat by Muslim extremists, Hosni Mubarak, 54, has tried to re-establish his country's position of leadership in the Arab world. Though he has had his differences with Israel, particularly since the Israeli invasion of Lebanon last summer, he remains committed to the Camp David peace treaty with Israel and the U.S. Before leaving for the U.S. for discussions with President Reagan this week, a clearly worried Mubarak talked for 80 minutes with TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Robert C. Wurmstedt about the problems...
...likes to probe deeper into the area's culture by trying to understand its people. Visits to Iraqi prison camps, remote Saudi villages and Egyptian homes are as much a part of her job as interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
...trial of the Muslim fanatics, which may continue for months, underscores the severity of the problems facing Hosni Mubarak, the taciturn former air force commander who became President when Sadat was slain. Largely because of the threat of Muslim extremists, the People's Assembly has extended the state of emergency for another year at Mubarak's request, giving security forces more power to arrest and detain suspects. But while he strives to maintain order at home, Mubarak is also caught up in a wide range of complex diplomatic questions. He must uphold the strong commitments that Sadat made...
...Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. On many occasions Sadat would send Mubarak as a direct emissary to see me. Sometimes Mubarak would deliver a handwritten message in an unsealed envelope; Sadat was trying to show me he trusted him. I have never detected any inclination in Mubarak to do anything contrary to what Sadat would have done had he survived. I think Mubarak has pledged his life and honor to continue the basic Sadat policies...
...proposal for American-mediated negotiations aimed at withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from Lebanon. Begin was incensed that Reagan's letter, outlining his proposals, was delivered only on Tuesday, a day after it had been transmitted to King Hussein of Jordan, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. American officials justified this procedure on the ground that before they could communicate it to Israel, they had to have some indication that the Arab countries would at least discuss the plan...