Omar ElHussieny has described Mohammed Salah as a huge inspiration to Egyptian society following his stellar season at Liverpool.
"He had hurdles throughout his career, but he managed to overcome them and now he has reached an important stage in his career," Elhussieny said to timesofmalta.com.
Elhussieny hopes that Egypt can perform well in Russia because it has been a long time since they have been in the World Cup.
"Everyone in Egypt is excited and I think we can do very well in our group against Russia, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia," he said.
Egypt's Mohamed Salah and Abdallah Said during training.