Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

The Nobel Peace Prize is a powerful message. A durable peace is not a single achievement, but an environment, a process and a commitment.

Managing a country is like managing a company in many ways. It maybe involves more complicated issues, but its the same skills.

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East.

I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share.