What must I say, we lost a brother, I do not find the words to express our sadness what I feel, we took a photo last Sunday we had spent a very beautiful day in the squires center. When I saw his name on the list I was not able to believe it. That made 3 months that I know him, he was always smiling, he is so nice so simple. It is a great loss for us all, we made prayer on him today, when I saw his coffin I did not manage to carry out all that occurred. We express our grief and sympathy for the families of all those directly affected by this senseless tragedy, we honor them through memory and reflection; and Waleed will always be smiling in our hearts. One day or another each people will die, we belong to god and we return to God (ina lilahi wa ina ilyhi eaji3oune).

I remember Waleed as a very active and nice student, I know him as one of my remarkable students at Zagazig University, Egypt.

He was very active, smiley, smart student.

May Allah grant his family and friends with patience and make it easy for all of us.

Waleed was a very kind guy and he was always smiling. I can not forget when he was kidding with me on my marriage day. When my son Omar was born he came to my home and congratulated me. We were friends in the same department in Zagazig University. He was older then me and I usually ask him about problems that may face me in studying some materials. He always help me and give me his advice. May Allah forgive you Waleed and I ask Allah to give your family the patience.

He was a 32-year-old graduate student from Egypt working on his PhD in Environmental/Civil Engineering. We had class together and did our homework together. He was a great academic mentor always pushing me and everyone to do their best. He was a perfectionist. When we got an A-minus on our work, I would raise my hand to him for a high-five; He would stare at the homework papers in absolute disappointment wondering what we did wrong to avoid getting a perfect mark. Talk about a man who appreciated life. The kind of person who everyday would go out of his way to say good morning to you with a smile on his face like he hadn't seen you in years. Now he is gone and was forced to leave behind a wife and a one-year-old son who will never meet his amazing father. What an awful thing. Waleed Mohammed Shaalan is his name and how lucky I am to have met him and call him my friend.

Waleed was known for his broad smile and wave that he gave everyone. "He was the simplest and nicest guy I ever knew.We would be studying for our exams and he would go buy a cake and make tea for us," said Fahad, Waleed's roommate. Fahad was the last person to have spoken to Waleed, he remarked "He was studying late for an exam the morning of the incident; it was about 4 am when I last saw and spoke to him. We were talking about how amazing it would be once he brought his wife and son to Tech after the summer. I could never have imagined that in 5 hours he’d be gone forever." Waleed left behind Amira, his wife for 3 years, and Khaled his one-year old son. As we express our grief and sympathy for the families of all those directly affected by this senseless tragedy, we honor them through memory and reflection; and Waleed will always be smiling in our hearts.

I had only known Waleed for a few days, since he was my friend's roommate. Me and my friend took a trip there and just got back on the Thursday before the horrible incident occurred. Waleed seemed like a very nice guy and he wasn't even a rich stuck-up kid like Cho said everybody was. My friend beat him in table tennis in the mosque basement, now he wishes he hadn't beat him. Waleed had a wife and a kid back in Egypt. What are we going to tell them??? He did not deserve what he got. What a world we live in!