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...Abdel Nasser's four years ago. Arab heads of state sent condolences, airlines laid on extra flights and railroads added trains to accommodate mourners. A frenzied crowd of a million people followed her funeral procession through Cairo streets, weeping and chanting "Goodbye to the lady." After rites at Sharkass Mosque, the crowd carried the coffin to the suburb of Basatin, where she was buried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Funeral for a Nightingale | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

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