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40 Faces That Changed the World

Color a portrait. Discover a life. Ask a better question.

٤٠ شخصية غيّرت العالم — كتاب للتلوين والتعلّم والتفكير

40 Faces That Changed the World by Dr. Wagih Elgohary, navy cover featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Mohamed Salah, Alexander the Great and Margaret Thatcher

BY DR. WAGIH ELGOHARY · REVISED 2026

Forty lives. Many kinds of influence.

Explore science, public service, civil rights, ideas, the arts and sport through forty influential people from different places and eras.

This expanded edition combines 37 original portraits to color with three credited archival portrait studies for drawing practice. Every person has five facts, a context note and a reflection question.

Meet Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Zewail, Einstein, Curie, Mandela, Malala, Rumi, Frida Kahlo, Helen Keller and many others. Consider their achievements, collaborators, choices and contested legacies.

96 pages · English · US Letter · Printable PDF · About 1 MB · Ages 10+ and adult learners

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Includes 200 biographical facts, comparison and timeline activities, an answer key, source notes, and finished front and back covers.

من إعداد د. وجيه الجوهري. طبعة موسعة من ٩٦ صفحة باللغة الإنجليزية، تجمع الفن والسير والتعلّم، مع أنشطة ومراجع.

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For families, classrooms and curious readers

Print at actual size on US Letter paper. Use colored pencils, or print portrait pages separately for markers. Teachers can use the comparison prompts and 10-point activity rubric. The selection is an invitation to investigate influence, not a ranking or an endorsement of every action.

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