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Gamal Nasser Research Paper

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Egypt was a nation under British rule until a young colonel name Gamal Abdel Nasser took power. He became a national hero by leading a coup that became a revolution. He was the first leader to defeat Britain. During Nasser’s years in power, Egypt led the Arab world. Nasser’s biggest error was his failure with democracy. The people in Egypt are still paying for that mistake. To this day his revolution remains unfinished. Many people would attribute all Egyptian problems to Nasser and many people would say if only somebody like Nasser would come back. Nasser’s coup wasn’t just about ceasing power for himself and his colleagues, but about modernizing Egypt and changing its political culture so that Egypt could keep up with the west. The Suez

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