Nasser Research Paper

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Introduction
Egypt has gone through a long journey and sometimes it seems as though it repeats the same path over and over again. Whether its Mubarak, Sadat or Nasser, Egypt has not had its luck with any of the presidents nor kings for that matter. Under these presidents, Egypt went through oppression, discrimination and inequality for its citizens. Religion and gender played a big role in creating this discrimination, especially towards the Muslim brotherhood members. However, these presidents had more than simply discrimination, they had bad policies. Whether it was asking the wrong countries for aid or joining the wrong wars, they all made mistakes. Nasser is one of the most controversial presidents because although he did make some accomplishments he made many more sacrifices in the freedom of the Egyptian people than should have …show more content…

The right to live with dignity was taken away the moment Nasser and the free officers sent King Farouk of Egypt and his family for years into exile. The revolution of 1952 marked a huge transition in the ways foreigners viewed Egypt as well as how Egyptians started to live. Since, 1922 till 1952 Egypt was a monarchy ruled by the same royal family and before that it was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Thus, the revolution changed a lot within Egypt, especially once Nasser took the presidency from Mohamed Naguib. The creation of the Suez Canal and the new constitution created by Nasser all led to the suppression of the Muslim brotherhood, freedom of press and speech conflicts in the country, and human rights issues. However, Nasser is still to this day regarded as a wonderful president and not acknowledged for the bad policies he had. But in fact, Nasser's policies were considerably unjust

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