Gamal Abdel Nasser

for one person to affect the lives of 7 billion people? Through the right combination of personality, opportunity, and an extreme amount of effort, a true leader can change the world, whether directly or indirectly. The current President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, started off as a student in Egypt’s national military school. After graduation, he worked his way through the ranks of the military, eventually becoming Commander of The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), which is the…

In 1956 Sudan finally achieved independence from the British colonizers. Around this same time, surrounding countries had military coups, dictators, and corrupt government developing. The question that remained in everyone’s mind was one of Sudan’s fate. Author’s used this opportunity to write excerpts, poetry, and novels to analyze the Sudanese, their government, and ultimately those who they felt were to blame for the turmoil Sudan and the surrounding areas, the British. One of those authors…

pan-Arabism and “Islamic socialism” throughout his reign. Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi 's Green Book was greatly influenced by his upbringing and political events that took place around him during his life, and with great reliance on the ideas of President Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt, Qadhafi created his own vision of what he wanted Libya to be. The Green Book outlines what he had in mind as “Qadhafi’s Libya”. Qadhafi’s upbringing and childhood contributed to his political ideological development…

Introduction In 1859 the French private company Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt. This channel connected the Read Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, opening a shorter trade route between Asia and Europe. Almost 100 years later, in 1956 the Egyptian President nationalized the canal, resulting in the Suez Crisis with military actions by Israel, France and the United Kingdom. However, the channel remained in the hands of…

Muammar Gaddafi: Libya’s Saviour From September 1st, 1969 to October 20th, 2011, Muammar Gaddafi ruled the country of Libya from his coup d'etat to the day he died. Gaddafi gained power in place of the terrible King Idris when he saw an opportunity to better his country. Although dissenters may claim that Muammar Gaddafi was a horrendous leader, he was, in reality, a benevolent figure that dedicated his life to the people of Libya and successfully transformed his country from a wasteland into a…

Five thousand years have passed, almost two centuries before to the Romans build their first mud houses, meawhile Egyptians started making buildings so huge and complex they stay right up 'til the present time among the most great structures ever constructed. For a large number of years, without the advantage of PCs, cranes, trucks or power apparatuses, the Pharaohs' architects administered the development of perfect works of art whose scale, excellence still admires the brain. This is a…

In despite the passage of 30 years on the departure of Abdel Halim Hafez, the Halim hardly be the best embodiment of the present argument absent, just like the great men of history who have their minds in all areas of life and human progress. We see in his films, and listen to the songs of like new artwork, eager to follow them avidly and love, with no distinction between generations that direct experience alive, and the generations that came after his departure, down to the current generation.…

when we were dying of hunger, we are going to take back…” This excerpt from President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s speech on July 26th, 1956 encaptures the feeling of millions of Egyptians at that moment in time. Prior to this day, the British Empire had controlled all aspects of Egyptian life, with their military presence upsetting the locals and causing conflict both domestically and globally. The day that Al Nasser gave the that speech is the day he nationalized the Suez Canal, one of Egypt’s most…

France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three countries. The result of the invasion was Israel, the UK and France withdrawing following pressure and President Gamal Abdel Nasser growing in strength due to his victory. The Suez Canal was a beacon of Britain’s power as…

that unleashed the conflict? In 1952, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser sought international funds to improve the Suez Canal. At first, Nasser solicited funding from the United Nations, World Bank, and Western democratic nations. But money continued to be a problem, so Nasser reached out more widely, cutting arms deals with communist countries, especially Czechoslovakia. An outraged U.S. State Department withdrew American funds Nasser retaliated by nationalizing the Suez Canal on July 26,…