Word: makram
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...from disturbing was the political situation which exploded in the midst of Rommel's advance. Premier Mustafa El Nahas Pasha and his old friend and Finance Minister, Makram Ebeid Pasha, broke up in a thunderous...
Nahas and Makram, No. 1 and No. 2 men in the Wafd Party which dominates Egypt, had loved each other for 20 years. The cause of their quarrel was profound. Shrewd, 66-year-old Nahas felt that he needed to concentrate authority in one hand-his own-to get his country through the impending crisis. So he took back from Finance Minister Makram certain powers which he had once bestowed. Makram, hurt, became so obstreperous that Nahas kicked...
People leaped to the conclusion that the upheaval spelled new anguish for the British. They thought Makram might join anti-Nahas groups. They thought of an Egyptian convulsion right at the moment Rommel was eating his way toward the Nile...
Cried Wafd General Secretary Nahas Makram Ebeid: "Britain in her behavior toward Egypt makes Mussolini appear comparatively benevolent...