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Opinion about Nasser is sharply divided. His detractors stress his police-state methods and criticize his foreign policies, which ... involved Egypt in a war in Yemen (1962-67). Others praise his internal reforms and see him as the man who wrested Egypt from the grasp of foreigners and a decadent monarchy and gave it back to the Egyptians. Beyond doubt, he was the foremost Arab leader of his time, who restored Arab dignity after the long humiliation of Western domination.
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In 1942, an incident occurred which is said to have been the key turning point in Nasser's activities. In February 1942, the British persuaded/forced the king of Egypt, King Farouq, to accept a government that was to be headed by Nahas Pasha. At this time, Britain's power in North Africa was reaching a peak with the defeat of the Afrika Korps and this power was especially felt in Egypt. Nasser was appalled by what he considered to be the interference in the internal affairs of one country by a colonial European power. For the next seven years, he used his influence to persuade officers in the Egyptian Army that a) such interference was unacceptable and b) that all vestiges of British rule/influence had to be removed from Egypt. During this time, Nasser was stationed as an instructor in the Egyptian Army Staff College.
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By 1952, "Egypt was ripe for revolution."[12] Nasser and the Free Officers seized on this situation to launch the revolution they had long sought on July 23, 1952. That day the Free Officers seized control of all government buildings, radio stations, police stations, and the army headquarters in Cairo. The coup installed General Muhammad Naguib, a hero from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, as President. In an important move, the newly installed government immediately assured Britain that it would respect British citizens and property in Egypt, greatly diminishing the possibility of intervention against the coup.[13] Nasser and his fellow revolutionaries ... gave in to American pressure by allowing the deposed King Farouk and his family to “leave Egypt unharmed and ‘with honour’”.[14]
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In Cairo, Egyptians took to the streets to urge Nasser to remain as leader. For three more years Nasser ruled, refusing to accept an Israeli-dictated peace. In April 1969, he launched the so-called War of Attrition (1969 - 1970) in the canal zone that prolonged the Egyptian struggle against the Jewish state. At home, he announced a program that promised to revitalize the revolution. But Nasser's revolution never regained momentum. The exhausted Egyptian leader died on 28 September 1970 and was replaced by Anwar al-Sadat.
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The movie is sure to enhance the legendary stature of Nasser, a postal clerk 's son who rose to lead the country. The role is played by Ahmed Zaki, an Egyptian heartthrob whose swarthy good looks and soulful demeanor are said to be eerily reminiscent of the late president.
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