tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13433228.post274598650595248826..comments2023-12-29T15:17:14.941+01:00Comments on the human province: Leaving for East Africaseanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692290924543236943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13433228.post-43434840230602388412008-07-08T14:35:00.000+02:002008-07-08T14:35:00.000+02:00This garbage needs to be discredited. Al-Kitaab's...This garbage needs to be discredited. Al-Kitaab's maps either DO show Israel or depict time periods that predate its existence. The offending passage on Nasser that he decries as "propaganda" translates as follows:<BR/><BR/>"Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in Egypt in 1918 and spent his childhood in Alexandria where his father worked in the post office. When his mother died, his father sent him to his uncle in Cairo. After his graduation from high school, he joined the Egyptian army and became an officer. He and a group of young officers called the 'Free Officers' ejected King Faruq from Egypt on 23 July 1952 and thus Egypt became a republic. In 1954 Abdel Nasser became the first president of Egypt, and remained<BR/>president until his death in 1970. Afterwards, Anwar al-Sadat assumed the presidency of Egypt. Nasser's most noted achievements included the nationalization of the Suez Canal, the United Arabic Republic, and the High Dam in Aswan."<BR/><BR/>This is nothing but a lame attempt to intimidate Middle East studies departments with a call for governmental interference and should be denounced as such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com