Egypt national team head coach Hossam Hassan: “We are living through a time where, in Europe, around the world, and in America, if an animal is mistreated or harmed, human rights organizations, animal rights groups, and everyone else speak out. But every single day, thousands of human beings are being killed, including children and women, while we sit comfortably in air-conditioned homes with food in front of us, and entire families are forced to live in tents through winter and summer. How can we not feel for children who cannot find food and are suffering from disease and epidemics?”… “If I cannot feel this as a human being, then there is no point in me living. Any person who does not feel what is happening in Palestine, regardless of whether they are Muslim, Christian, or Jewish, has lost their humanity.”… “It is a disgrace for all of us. A disgrace for the entire world, not only the Arab or African world. It is a disgrace for those in positions of power who allow people just like us to be killed. We are all the same; we all have eyes, faces, heads, and bodies.”… “I am speaking about humanity, regardless of religion. I am not talking about Islam, Christianity, or Judaism. I am speaking from my heart because I am a human being before anything else—before my identity, my religion, or my nationality.”… “Please, through football—the world’s greatest soft power—and through athletes and journalists of every religion and every country, send one message: Let the Palestinian people live. They are not asking for anything except the chance to live. We want respect for every human being’s right to live, and we want fairness in life.” كل يوم يطلع بني آدمين بالآلاف يتقتلوا، وأطفال وستات، وإحنا قاعدين في تكييف وقاعدين في قصور وشقق وعاملين الأكل قدامنا، وفي شعوب قاعدة في خيام في الشتاء والصيف، ما بيصعبش علينا الأطفال اللي مش لاقيين ياكلوا والمرض والوباء؟”… “أنا لو ما حسيتش كبني آدم، يبقى ماليش لازمة إني أعيش، وأي بني آدم على وجه الأرض ما حسش باللي بيحصل في فلسطين.