Egypt's Magdi Yacoub on life as the maverick surgeon who came in from the cold

A mural by artist Hany Gendy in the Nile delta province of Sharqia immortalises Egypt’s favourite sons, Magdi Yacoub and footballing great Mo Salah. The Egyptian actor Omar Sharif, left, with Magdi Yacoub during a Chain of Hope event in London. Aswan Heart Centre The Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation’s Aswan Heart Centre in Cairo. Magdi Yacoub with, from left, his son Andrew, daughters Lisa and Sophie, wife Marianne, and brother Jimmy at a restaurant in 1987. A percentage of royalties will go to the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation myf-egypt.org