Shokeir explains the reason behind his wish as follows: Usually there are those people whom we get to know from television, or from a book or newspaper, but we do not have chance to meet them in person when in fact those people may have a great effect on us.
Shokeir explica la razón de su deseo: A veces hay personas a quienes conocemos de la televisión, o de un libro o diario pero que no tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer en persona.