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How The Mubarak Family Made Its Billions

How The Mubarak Family Made Its Billions: "A tourist in Cairo spots three photographs on the wall of a restaurant: one of Nasser, another of Sadat, and the third of Hosni Mubarak. He asks the owner who the first man is, and the owner tells him it's the man who overthrew the Egyptian monarchy and served as the country's president. 'Who's the second man?' the tourist wants to know. 'That's Anwar Sadat, our next president,' comes the reply. 'He made peace with Israel but was assassinated in 1981.' Next the tourist wants to know who the third man is. 'Him?' says the restaurant owner. 'That's my business partner's father' - A popular joke in Egypt

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