Word: nasserism
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Maybe it was and maybe it was not. In the swirling Middle East struggle, Cairo would flex its muscles where it could. The successful coups in Yemen, Syria and Iraq were no surprise to Gamal Abdel Nasser. He knew they were coming, if not precisely when and how. He knew the conspirators involved in each, though he claims to have pulled no strings. Cairo is thickly populated by exiles from every corner of the Arab world, ranging from Syria's tough Abdul Hamid Serraj, who originally failed Nasser in Damascus, to obscure Tunisians, Yemenis, Saudis, Jordanians and refugees from...
Abdullah Tariki is in and out of Cairo frequently, helping organize arms shipments to Saudi Arabian dissidents by air and across the long, empty border with Kuwait. Nasser has won over Saudi Ara bia's Ambassador to West Germany, who resigned a fortnight ago in protest at his country's failure to institute reforms. At least six other Saudi ambassadors are sympathetic to Nasser's cause...
Accented Voice. All the Arab world is influenced by Nasser's genius as a propagandist. Rising to share Cairo's skyline with the huge dome of the Mohammed Ali mosque is a forest of transmitting antennas that carry Radio Cairo's message to all the world. Cairo's voice bears many accents. There is the overt Voice of the Arabs, and a whole concatenation of '"Voices" (Voice of the Arab Nation, Free Voice of Iran, Voice of Free Africa, etc.), which bleat incitement to rebellion with no identification of their Egyptian origin. The transmitting complex...
Egyptian TV, the liveliest in the Middle East, manages to keep three channels busy 20 hours a day, while kinescopes subtly loaded with Nasser propaganda are shipped out to Algeria, Kuwait and Lebanon. Nasser has collected the best entertainers in the Arab world, and uses them superbly. When Um Kalsoum sings We Revolutionists, the Bedouins in the desert are deeply stirred. One of the most popular songs among Arab kids is How We Build the High Dam at Aswan. Every transistor radio in the Middle East is a Nasser agent. When Yemen revolted against the Imam, Nasser sent them arms...
Fire Striker. But Nasser's triumphs are not solely the result of subversion and pop singers. His very example is an inspiration. He has been the uncontested ruler of Egypt for almost a decade, ever since February 1954, when he put down a revolt of cavalry officers and consolidated his regime. During that time, the old political remnants such as the Wafdists have disappeared and even been forgotten. It is Nasser whose personality stands above all others in Egypt and the Arab world, and no other name strikes fire like...