NES 2674 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nasserism, Arab Nationalism, Fokker E.Ii
5 Jan 2017
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What are some of the reasons for nasser"s tremendous popularity with the egyptian and arab masses: egypt becoming arab , nasser"s anti-imperialist stance increases his popularity in egypt and the arab. World: egypt officially becomes arab in 1956 constitution, nasser made egypt center of arab world, arabism and pan-arab unity gained currency in the arab streets, united arab republic 1958-1961, syria. 46-"58 politically unstable: ba"ath party, pan-arab orientation, unity, freedom, and socialism , ba"thists in syria invite political union with egypt (feb 1958, union dominated by egyptians. Syrian revolt in 1961 uar dissolved: cultural pan-arabism, voice of the arabs (radio, broadcast from cairo, contained nasserite propaganda. Popularized the notion of pan-arabism: egyptian movies and music. Egyptian cultural products were seen and heard from morocco to iraq: umm kulthum (thursday nights) Limited the number of acres a family could own: legislating minimum wages, retirement benefits, healthcare, ect, women"s suffrage (1956, nasser"s reforms, educational reform.
