HIS 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Civil Society, Fuad I Of Egypt, Saad Zaghloul

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 2160
• Professor: Ryme Seferdjeli

Document Summary

France, great britain and arab politics until 1948 in egypt. World war i: november 1918 nationalist movements wafd (leader saad zaghlul) for egyptian independence. Request in 1918 = go to paris conference and represent egypt: tours and committees around egypt. The king kept the majority of the power. Society and economy: political chaos and economic depression due to economic struggles, demography, explosion of birth rates, overpopulation in egypt which proves extremely difficult in the time period, education. Increased budget for education: 1910 3% to education ,11% in 1930, elementary education became compulsory in 1925. British refused and forced the king to abdicate the throne and put the prime minister that they wanted in power: origin of 1952 revolution left a strong mark of who was in control in egypt. Egypt after wwii: consequences of 4 feb. 1942 incident, rise of nationalism, wafd seen as corrupt and pro-british, rise of the muslim brotherhood.