Word: fellahin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Egypt, owing to the ignorance of the fellahin (peasants) who form a majority of the population, the students have acquired influence through being the only part of the population that can voice intelligent criticism and play upon the feelings of the uneducated masses. In Cairo, which has long been the chief centre of Moslem learning, they have become the loudest protagonists of nationalism and the most active in agitating against Britain...