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e. Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein [a] (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a ...
May 9, 2024 · Gamal Abdel Nasser (born January 15, 1918, Alexandria, Egypt—died September 28, 1970, Cairo) was an Egyptian army officer, prime minister (1954–56), and then president (1956–70) of Egypt who became a controversial leader of the Arab world, creating the short-lived United Arab Republic (1958–61), twice fighting wars with Israel (1956, 1967), and engaging in such inter-Arab policies as ...
- What was Gamal Abdel Nasser’s childhood like?Born in Alexandria, Gamal Abdel Nasser grew up in Al-Khaṭāṭibah, where he received his first schooling. He lived in Cairo with an uncle for a time...
- How did Gamal Abdel Nasser become famous?On July 23, 1952, Gamal Abdel Nasser and 89 other Free Officers, a secret revolutionary organization, staged a coup d’état, ousting the monarchy. E...
- What were some of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s major accomplishments?Gamal Abdel Nasser arranged for the construction of the Aswan High Dam, built with the help of the Soviet Union. It began operating in 1968, contro...
- How did Gamal Abdel Nasser change the world?Gamal Abdel Nasser was revered by the masses throughout the Arab world. Even the losses of two wars did not dim his popularity. In 1958 Syria and E...
Nasser was the first and last post-colonial leader of the Middle East to put the Arab nation back on the map as a concept, if not as a fact. He evoked the concept of a greater, unified Arab nation—tied by language, history, and, most importantly, religion—from the Atlantic to the Gulf, an idea that ran counter to the West’s agenda of maintaining a fractured and individualized Middle East.
Munīr al-Rayyis (1901–1992) was a prominent Syrian newspaper editor and writer. Munir was born in Damascus which was at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. He studied literature at Damascus University and in 1919 began to work for the Ministry of Education. In the same year, be began writing for the newspapers al-Ayyam (Damascus) and al ...
Jan 21, 1973 · book The Cairo Documents. The Inside Story of Nasser and His Relationship With World Leaders, Rebels, and Statesmen, by M H Heykal with introduction by E R F Sheehan, revd by E Pace; illus
Sep 30, 2022 · P.J. Vatikiotis. Taylor & Francis, Sep 30, 2022 - History - 382 pages. First published in 1978 Nasser and His Generation is one of the most important books on modern Egyptian history. It goes much further than a simple history of the Nasser regime or a psychobiography of the Egyptian ruler. It examines his personality, attitudes and beliefs and ...
The same Nasser is for millions of onlookers the man who single-handedly crushed Egypt's budding democracy, inculcated a sense of fear of the authorities among its masses, and slowly but steadily ...
