Word: nasserism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Syrians have been the self-appointed standard bearers of Arab nationalism for more than 60 years. Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser tried twice to achieve federation between Syria and his own country, only to see the links dissolve in bitter mutual recriminations. Possibly Syria became a nation of intransigents because it has been a land of frustrated promise. Its present frontiers were imposed by the Allies after World War I; today's Syria is a truncated version of a country that for more than 2,000 years included what are now Lebanon, Israel and Jordan...
...Rashad Rushdi, 55, is a popular playwright whose none-too-subtle allegories on corruption infuriated Cabinet ministers in Nasser's day. Rushdi, who spent a year of postdoctoral study at the Yale School of Drama, is an artist whose plays incorporate elements of opera, dance and musicals. His latest play, Habibti Shamina (My Beloved Shamina), is an allegory based on the Song of Solomon, in which Egypt is the lover of Palestine (Shamina...
Abandoning Nasser. This new freedom will dramatically affect Egyptian women. Until recently, most girls stayed uneducated at home, in keeping with Islamic tradition. There is still a Moslem bloc that favors keeping women in this state. When the National Assembly recently debated a divorce bill, students from the 1,000-year-old Al Azhar University demonstrated in protest. But the liberation of women in Egypt's increasingly open society is inevitable. One-fourth of Egypt's 200,000 university students are coeds, and 74% of all women graduates are working. More pantsuits than veils are seen these days...
...measure of the change that Sadat has already wrought in Egyptian society is that some of his policies are being openly criticized by the intellectual fringe of what is still a very loyal opposition. Some complain that he is abandoning Nasser's vision of Egypt as an Arab socialist community. Others charge that he has built up excessively high hopes based on what Kissinger's diplomacy may achieve, and is risking a bitter backlash. Even American diplomats have gently tried to warn him that U.S. aid may not be forthcoming in quite the amount he expects. Tacitly, Sadat...
EGYPTIAN PRIDE. Nasser was the first true Egyptian to rule this country in more than 2,000 years. But in spite of all that foreign domination, our personality never dissolved. One of the principal elements in the success of our battle last October was the faith of every Egyptian, the pride he feels for his land, and the very name Egypt itself...