![]() The city’s markets offer his image on everything from bed linen to lanterns, traditionally given as a gift during Ramadan. A mural of him outside a cafe in downtown Cairo has become a tourist attraction. His face adorns countless walls in Cairo. Salah, grinning deliriously, was carried around the stadium in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on fans’ shoulders. ![]() In Egypt, his status as a national treasure was confirmed in October last year, when his nerveless last-minute penalty kick secured the country’s national team a place in this summer’s World Cup, its first appearance at the tournament since 1990.
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