Photos: Unforgotten: GREAT ARAB LEADERS

Here are pictures of various leaders throughout Arab and Islamic nations.

Picture dated 23 November 1977 of Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat (1918-1981) at the Tel Aviv airport. Sadat became president in October 1970 and sought settlement of the conflict with Israel and met with Israeli Premier Menahem Begin in Jerusalem in 1977 and at Camp David, USA in 1978. They both were awarded with the… more Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 for their attempt to find a solution of the Middle East conflict. Following critics by other Arab statemen and hard-line Muslims, he was assassinated in Cairo by extremists in1981.

Iraqi Vice-President Saddam Hussein (l) meets 05 November 1978 in Baghdad with Prince Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, deputy King of Saudi Arabia during the 5th session of the Arab summit conference. Saddam took the number two job under president Ahamd Hassan al-Bakr, began purging the army of non-Baathist officers, ridding the… more political scene of Kurds and communists. When Bakr stepped down, officially for health reasons, the stage was set for Saddam, who became president on 16 July 1979.

Saudi Arabia's King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, the third King of Saudi Arabia, smiles in May 1967 in Riyadh. Following the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Faisal was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1932 and served as Premier under King Saud. In 1964, Faisal was named regent and, a few months later in… more the same year, became king. King Faisal was reigning from 1967 to 1975. 

Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser gives a press conference in Cairo in January 1960 during the visit of German chancelor Ludwig Erhard.

Photo dated 30 November 1972 shows King Hussein at his palace in Amman during an interview with a Lebanese journalist.

Yasser Arafat,President of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).Born in 1929 in Jerusalem was educated in Cairo co-founder of Al-Fatah 1956.

Abdel-Aziz and Egyptian president muhamed nagiub.

Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan lays a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in central London on May 1, 2013 on the second day of his state visit to Britain. The UAE president was to face questions from Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting over allegations that three British men jailed in Dubai were tortured.

Hussein Ibn Talal, King of Jordan (l) is welcomed 02 August 1971 at Jeddah airport by King Faycal of Saudi Arabia.

A handout picture from the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) welcoming Jordanian King Abdullah II (R) at the airport in Cairo, 12 June 2007. King Abdullah is expected to hold talks on the situation in the Middle East. 

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak answers journalists' questions after a lunch with French president Jacques Chirac, 16 April 2007 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Mubarak arrived in Paris the eve to bid farewell to his long-time friend, outgoing President Jacques Chirac, and sound out potential successors on the future of… more France's "Arab policy." The last-minute visit represents, from Cairo's view, a chance for Mubarak to salute a fellow statesman with whom he has had at least 30 official meetings over the past three decades and countless telephone conversations.

A handout photograph released by the Egyptian Presidency, shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi delivering a speech to the Egyptian Labour and Union representatives at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, on July 25, 2012. Photo credit: AFP PHOTO/EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY.

United Arab Emirates' Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum looks on at the start of the third Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit, on January 21, 2013 in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is hosting the two day summit aimed at relaunching regional cooperation in the face of… more economic challenges which were at the root of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said attends the annual Royal Horse Race Festival in Muscat on January 1, 2013.

Qatari President Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani (R) arrives at the Elysee palace prior to a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on July 12, 2008 in Paris, on the eve of the Paris summit of the mediterrannean countries. Leaders from some 40 countries -- rich and poor, foes and friends -- meet in Paris on… more Sunday to launch the Union for the Mediterranean, a flagship project of Nicolas Sarkozy. At left stands French Foreign affairs minister, Bernard Kouchner.

A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad giving an interview to a local newspaper in Damascus on July 02, 2013. Bashar al-Assad said the massive protests against his Islamist Egyptian counterpart brought the fall of "political Islam," in statements posted on… more his official Facebook page. Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO / SANA

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad arrives at the Arabian Institute in Paris, 17 July. Assad on a three-day official visit to France declared today he would look into French requests concerning wanted Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner, suspected of living in Syria under a false name, French President's Jacques Chirac spokewoman… more said today.

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud arrives to attend the King's Cup final football match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal club in Riyadh on May 7, 2010.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi attends 01 June 2006 the annual meeting of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) which will last two days. Foreign ministers from 23 Sahel and Saharan states met in the Libyan capital today to thrash out the agenda for a summit later this week that is expected to focus on Darfur,… more Ivory Coast and Somalia.

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends the opening of the 19th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference in Kuwait City on April 9, 2013.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI speaks 08 October1999 during the opening session of the Moroccan parliament in Rabat. Mohammed VI criticized the government's administration unresponsiveness and insisted on the necessity to solve the urgent problems of unemployment and education.

The King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa attends the third Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit, on January 21, 2013, in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is hosting the two day summit aimed at relaunching regional cooperation in the face of economic challenges which were at the root of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is surrounded by supporters after turning on the pipelines to send oil toward Turkey, in Kirkuk 10 December. Turkish officials later declared a power failure delayed the start of Iraq's first crude export in six years.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) pays his respects in front of the coffin of Algeria's former head of state Ali Kafi at the People's Palace in Algiers on April 17, 2013, prior to his burial at El-Alia cemetery, the final resting place of other former presidents. Kafi, who was appointed after president Mohamed… more Boudiaf's assassination in 1992 and held office during a bloody period in the country's civil war, died on April 16, aged 85.

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh listens during his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (not pictured) in Cairo, 27 June 2007.

Sultan Muhammad ibn Yousuf (L), his son Prince Moulay Hassan (C), the future King of Morocco, Saudi Arabia's King Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz (2nd-L) and Morocco Prince Moulay Abdullah (L) walk together during King's visit to Casablanca 20 February 1957. Ibn Yousuf was recognized as the legitimate Sultan of Morocco after Sultan… more Muhammad ibn Arafa renounced the throne and withdrew in 1955 to the international zone of Tangier. Prince Moulay Hassan was proclaimed heir of the throne in July 1957 and in August his father assumed the title of King. On the death of King Muhammad in February 1961 the Prince ascended the throne as King Hassan II. He is 20the of the Filali line of sharifs, or descendants of the Prophet, who have ruled Morocco since 1631.