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Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970) was an 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 losing wars with Israel (1956 and 1967), and engaging in such inter-Arab policies as mediating the Jordanian civil war (1970).

Resources in This Category

• Egypt's Intellectuals Rediscover Nasser

  http://mondediplo.com/1997/07/egypt
  Article by Richard Jacquemond in Le Monde diplomatique, July 1997.

• Gamal Abdul-Nasser

  http://lexicorient.com/e.o/nasser.htm
  Article on the Egyptian president's life and career; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.

• Nasser and Arab Unity

  http://www.mrdowling.com/608-nasser.html
  A brief introduction to the Egyptian president and his role as a leader in uniting Arab-speaking peoples.

• Nasser Comes to Power in Egypt, Frightening Britain, France, and Israel

  http://www.wrmea.org/wrmea-archives/171-washington-report-archives-1994-1999/july-1996/2134-middle-east-history-it-happened-in-july.html
  Article by Donald Neff, in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July 1996.

 

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