Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi, photographed in Cairo on November 28 by Nadav Kander for Time magazine, December 10, 2012, issue.
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Mohamed Morsi. Photo by Nadav Kander for Time.
All eyes are on Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi. He successfully brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, winning the admiration of the world, and immediately went on to grant himself broad new powers—putting his credibility at risk and inspiring widespread protests. Where is Egypt headed? How will it affect the tenuous situation in the Middle East? The new issue of Time magazine explores these and other questions in the cover story “Morsi’s Moment,” which features portraits by Nadav Kander.
Nadav, whose portraits of world leaders include former British prime minister Tony Blair, current British prime minister David Cameron, and President Barack Obama, photographed Morsi on Wednesday at the presidential palace in Cairo. Morsi, incidentally, is in the running for Time’s Person of the Year issue…
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