CAIRO last week wore the synthetic festive air peculiar to Nasserism. In English, Arabic and Swahili, signs and pennants screamed: “Death to Lumumba’s Murderers”; “French Killers, Hands Off Algiers”; ...
An eccentric but provocative retelling of the modern history of the Arab world, this book mixes insider accounts with sometimes far-fetched speculation to weave an entertaining story. Egyptian ...
On July 26, 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and set off a showdown with Britain, France, Israel, and the ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser, the charismatic ruler of Egypt, died 50 years ago on Sept. 28, 1970. During his 18 years in power, 1952-70, he dominated the Middle East and, even now, he remains an intense topic ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser is not the first Egyptian to covet the Sudan. The Pharaohs, the Caesars, the Turks—all who held power in Egypt—cast envious eyes to the south on the “Land of the Blacks,” which ...
In that moment and in the high tide of his rule, Gamal Abdel Nasser was to millions of Arabs a classic example of Thomas Carlyle's "hero": "the man with savage ...
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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1978, Time magazine donated ...