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Nasser's Egypt - A Westerner's Revisionist's ViewReader comment on item: Nasser Died Fifty Years Ago: He Lives on in Egypt Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Sep 28, 2020 at 13:01 As contentious as the Middle East Has been for the ages, Egypt being swept up in the signs of the times by the ambitions of an apparent nationalist movement in order to disrupt the status quo of a colonial existence, is, in retrospect, anticlimactic. Egypt under the auspices of British rule moved into the twentieth century as a pawn of the ambitions of others, whether Ottoman or British, eventually settling for yet, still, non-Egyptian rule after Allenby entered Jerusalem to the north and European influence replaced the Ottoman's. Decidedly, this is a simplistic and altered perception of what happened; but Nasser's ascendency to power in Egypt makes more sense as a faltering idea of 'westernizing' what was essentially a secularist regime in a religious setting of the former Islamically controlled government. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Reader comments (14) on this item
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