HIST 3400 FALL SEMESTER 2022
17 October 2022
Cast thy Bread: Israeli Biological Warfare During 1948
Egypt 1948-1952
Gamal 'Abd Ac-Nasser
O 1952-1970
*1967- Israel Event
O Ideas were revered in the region
Pan Arabists, Nasser-its
Now regarded as fools gold
O Charismatic
Rejected European influence
Cult of personality effect
Swept away an old ruling elite
o Promoted hope
Wanted to preserve Arab independence
O Since 1882 GB occupied Egypt
British denied Egyptian independence despite renouncing India
o GB wanted to keep Suez Canal
O 1952 .4% held 30% of Egyptian land
Ruling class dominated politics
o Anti-working class
O 1952 Coup
O Muslim Brotherhood
Founded by Hassan AI-Banna (1928)
Viewed as a conservative solution to wealth inequality and the
fractured Egyptian identity
By the 1940's MB has thousands of followers
Provide social services
Fills vacuum of failing government
In 1948, assassinations and violence demonstrated clash
between MB and Egyptian state
o MB rejects secular and European institutions
O King Faruq attempted to call elections
Waft party was anti imperialist
Conflict with Great Britain erupts
Riots and killings unfold
Black Saturday, 1/26
Protests of civilians erupted
O Looted and destroyed theaters and businesses
Overthrown 1952 in July
O Coup by military officers (Free Officers)
O Next military regime ruled for 29 years
Planned by junior military officers
Headed by Gamal Nasser
O Father was a rural villagers
O Mother died when he was 8
O Was Anti-British
O Sought to avenge the Arab
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identity after the Nakba
General Naguib served as an acceptable face of the
Revolution
O Older, presented as a voice of reason and
experience
1951 points
O Destroy GB colonialism
O Remove sympathetic politicians
O Eliminate feudalism
O End foreign monetary influence
O Establish social justice
O Form a national army
O Create a healthy democratic life
1953 Declared a republic
O Parliament dissolved
Kerr
The Arab Cold War
O Soviet Union and United States
Radical Republicans v Gulf Monarchies
Gulf Monarchies outlived the Republic
O 1954
Prohibited old politicians from reelection
0 Elevates lower class
O Assasination attempt on Nasser
RCC outlawed Muslim Brotherhood
Driven underground