Word: saadist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...clock that night Egypt had a new Premier: tall, stocky Abdel Hadi Pasha, former cabinet chief to King Farouk and onetime Foreign Minister. Like his old friend Nokrashy, he is a strong nationalist and leader of the Saadist Party, is expected to push the war in Palestine and continue the clean-up of the Moslem Brotherhood...
...giant, richly brocaded drums. Behind came units of Egypt's armed forces, members of the diplomatic corps wearing bright tarbooshes and sashes, and notable sheiks in brocaded turbans and gowns glistening with gold and silver. Last of all came the vengeful members of Nokrashy's Saadist Party, carrying their leaders on their shoulders. "Dam-Bid-Dam" (blood for blood), they shouted, in rhythm with the drums...
...cried that this was a "war for Egyptian independence"-"liberating Egypt from the oppressing domination of the English." Although the Egyptians showed no particular desire to be unyoked, the Egyptian Cabinet neither declared war against Italy nor prepared its armed forces for action. But four Cabinet members from the Saadist (nationalist) Party, traditionally anti-British, resigned on the ground that the only honorable thing to do was to fight the Italian invaders...
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