This is adapted from Norman Fernandez.
WHY SHAKESPEARE NOT INVITED?
Egypt today (Monday October 13th 2025) will host an international peace summit on Gaza in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, co-chaired by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
According to the official Egyptian News Agency, leaders and officials from 27 countries will take part in the summit.
The list *includes:
- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi – Host
- US President Donald Trump
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Jordan’s King Abdullah II
- Kuwait’s Prime Minister Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
- Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
- French President Emmanuel Macron
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
- Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store
- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani
- United Arab Emirates Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi
- Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishanka
- Japan’s Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke
- Greek Cypriot Administration leader Nikos Christodoulides
The summit will also be attended by heads of various international and regional organizations including:
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
European Council President Antonio Costa
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
It is sad the organisers overlooked him and failed to put him on the list. Lo and behold ! The list even includes leaders from India, Azerbaijan (why Azerbaijan) and Pakistan, not to mention Indonesia. What did these countries and their leaders do for Gaza that Shakespeare did not do.
*Kurang molek lah*
*(Norman Fernandez)*
The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.

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