Mohamed Salah's wife: an engineer who shuns the spotlight
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- Mohamed Salah's wife, Magi Sadeq, maintains a very private life, eschewing social media and interviews.
- She is described as the antithesis of a "botinera" (WAG), focusing on her role as a wife and mother.
- Despite living in Europe, the couple remains connected to their Egyptian roots, returning annually for charitable donations during Ramadan.
Mohamed Salah, the celebrated Liverpool FC star and Egyptian icon, leads a life in the public eye, but his wife, Magi Sadeq, cultivates an intensely private existence. Unlike the typical WAG persona, Sadeq is described as the "antibotinera" – she has no social media presence, has never granted an interview, and avoids the spotlight.
She is, one might say, 'the antibotinera'.
Her public appearances are rare, typically limited to accompanying her husband from the stands and occasionally stepping onto the Anfield pitch at the end of the Premier League season, always maintaining silence before microphones. Sadeq, 32, was born in Basyoun, in the Nile Delta, and met Salah, who is two years her senior, at school where their parents were teachers. While Salah pursued his football career, Sadeq studied at Alexandria University, graduating as a biotechnology engineer.
She limits herself to accompanying her husband from the stands and only steps onto the Anfield pitch at the end of each Premier League season. But always in silence in front of the microphones.
The couple married in 2013 in their hometown of Nagrig, an event that was a large community celebration. Their journey together has followed Salah's career moves, from Switzerland to Italy and finally to Liverpool. They have two daughters, Makka, born in London in 2014, and Kayan, born in Liverpool in 2020.
No tiene redes sociales. Jamás concedió una entrevista. No vende nada. Cultiva un perfil extremadamente bajo.
Sadeq, a practicing Muslim, always wears a hijab. Despite their long residence in Europe, the couple maintains a strong connection to their Egyptian heritage. Each year, during the holy month of Ramadan, they return to Nagrig to make charitable donations, demonstrating their commitment to their community. In a rare glimpse into their personal life, Salah once described his wife in an interview as the one who "suffers the most" amidst his demanding career.
No matter how much I say, I won't be able to give her all the credit she deserves, because she is the one who suffers the most amidst all the events I go through.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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