Nasser

Examples

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• Young Qaddafi's hero was Gamal Abdel Nasser, the fiery Egyptian president who preached a heady, aggressive Arab nationalism.

  Academic text (1999)

• Upper Egyptian fellahin also benefited from Nasser's educational policies and, after the early 1970s, from opportunities to work abroad.

  Academic text (1999)

• After the war, Nasser would admit, "we never thought it would lead to what it did."

  Academic text (2017)

• The Free Officers Movement, led by Nasser, was one of these movements.

  Academic text (1992)

• That is precisely what Nasser wants for Egypt.

• Rather than addressing the issues raised, advisers to President Nasser looked for a possible trap.

  Academic text (1990)

• Today, millions of Egyptians came out on the streets... to bid farewell to President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

  The Angel (2018)

• Then, in 1952, Gamal Abdul Nasser overthrew the Egyptian monarchy, and pan-Arab nationalism became personified in Nasser's leadership.

  Academic text (1999)

• Today, millions of Egyptians came out on the streets to bid farewell to President Nasser.

• The British had been stunned when Nasser legally nationalized the Suez Canal on July 26, 1956.

Synonyms

G

Gamal Abdel Nasser

vsNasser

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An Egyptian president who led the country from 1956 to 1970 and took control of the Suez Canal

is the shorter familiar form of the full personal name

Compounds

L

Lake Nasser

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A large man-made lake in southern Egypt formed by the Aswan High Dam on the Nile

Surface Forms

Etymology