1st Edition

Political Violence in Egypt 1910-1925 Secret Societies, Plots and Assassinations

By Malak Badrawi Copyright 2001
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

The murder of the Prime Minister, Butrus Ghali, in February 1910, was the first incident of its kind to take place in Egypt for over a century, and it reflected the mood of Egypt's youth at the time. It also set a precedent, as some of the more extreme elements of the population henceforth came to regard assassination as the only way to rid the country of those who were regarded as 'traitors',... Read more
Chapter 1 The Mood of the Times; Chapter 2 Ballad For a Patriotic Hero; Chapter 3 Wardani’s Secret Society; Chapter 4 More Angry Young Men; Chapter 5 The “Treacherous” Sultan; Chapter 6 Bombing the “Traitors”; Chapter 7 Killing the “Enemy”; Chapter 8 The Two Aimed at Zaghlul; Conclusion;

Biography

Malak Badrawi

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