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Word: wafdist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...silence" had been ordered by Wafdist Leader Nahas Pasha, whom King Fuad recently forced to resign as Prime Minister, although he commanded 95% of the seats in Egypt's Parliament. The issue was clearly that of Democracy v. Autocracy, for King Fuad, a British puppet, was attempting to rule last week with a "Palace Premier," Ismail Sidky Pasha, who is not himself a member of Parliament and controls but three Parliamentary votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Whistles & Brickbats | 7/28/1930 | See Source »

Marching en masse to Parliament House the wafd deputies and senators found the great iron gates locked. "Unlock them!" commanded the deputies' president, a wafdist. "So sorry!" apologized the chief of the parliamentary police, "but the key is lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: King v. Country | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

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