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Word: nasserism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...needed measure of self-esteem that had been absent since the humiliating defeat of 1967 and provided a breakthrough to peace negotiations. Nor will they argue that the war made Egypt's Sadat-who had been judged the indecisive, second-rate successor to the great Gamal Abdel Nasser-the most prestigious leader of the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat Opens the Door | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

Sadat has already begun what he describes as a "liberalization in all fields," meaning a far-reaching political and economic overhaul of Egyptian society. His predecessor, Nasser, tried to build Arab socialism by turning the country into a police state: newspapers were censored, telephones tapped and xenophobia was so encouraged that uncomfortable foreign businessmen went home. Today the concentration camps are empty. Moreover, fewer telephones are tapped, and the secret police are at least less visible. The new editor of the semi official Cairo daily al Ahram is Ali Amin, a journalist who spent nine years in exile during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat Opens the Door | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...must correct them." There were a number of fresh corrections last week. The government, for the first time in 25 years, abolished the requirement that Egyptians obtain exit visas to travel abroad. The Council of State ruled that it was illegal for the government to seize individual property, as Nasser did. As a result of the verdict, at least 1,000 Egyptian citizens stand to recover property taken from them during the Nasser years. This week there will be a national referendum to approve Sadat's "October working paper," a broad-sweep charter that outlines the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat Opens the Door | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...balmy new atmosphere was demonstrated by President Nixon's request to Congress last week for $250 million in aid for Cairo. The last time Egypt received such a sizable American grant was nearly two decades ago, before Washington abruptly canceled its promised financial support for Gamal Abdel Nasser's favorite project, the High Dam at Aswan, which was ultimately bankrolled by the Soviets. If Congress approves Nixon's request for money, which seems likely at the present time, $25 million will be used to clear the Suez Canal and $80 million to buy U.S. grains. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat's American Connection | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...harshest critic of Sadat's pro-American policies is neighboring Libya and its President, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Last week Egyptian-Libyan relations hit a new low when Cairo implied that Gaddafi-a Moslem zealot who fancies himself Nasser's heir as the champion of the Islamic world-was personally linked to a plot to topple Sadat. As Egyptian officials tell it, a 38-year-old fanatic named Saleh Abdulla Sareya (a Palestinian with an Iraqi passport) led a group of youths armed only with knives in an attack against the Egyptian army's Technical Military Academy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Sadat's American Connection | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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