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English
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From Gamal Abdel Nasser to Anwar Sadat, to Hosni Mubarak, "The Pharaohs of Modern Egypt" follows the path of the successive regimes in power, and reveals their common goal to carefully lay the basis of a solid independence, but which, on the other hand, led to the revolution on Tahrir Square in 2011. President Hosni Mubarak rose to power after Sadat's assassination, seeking stability and security-the foundation of a regime rooted in the alliance of...
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Pub. Date
[2014], c2007
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English
Description
A group of Serbian nationalists were determined to kill the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Two of the assassins had bombs and one, a student named Gavril Princep, had a pistol. When the bombs failed, the Archduke's car took another route and almost stopped outside the café where Princep was sitting. Within seconds, the Archduke and his wife were mortally wounded. The events of that day on Sunday 28 June led to the outbreak of World War I. This...
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English
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In this September 30, 2004 ABC News debate, presidential candidates President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry respond to Jim Lehrer's questions about their positions on preventing terrorist attacks, the Iraq invasion, strategies to achieve freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan, strengthening national security, nuclear proliferation in North Korea and Iran, the Darfur genocide, and Vladimir Putin's policies. Kerry criticizes Bush's failure to exhaust...
6) Egypt
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Egypt.
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
Anwar Sadat became the president of Egypt in 1970 following the death of president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Both Arab nationalists opposed to the British presence in Egypt, Sadat and Nasser met while cadets at the Royal Military Academy. There they formed the Free Officers Organization, a secret society intent on expelling the British from Egypt and overthrowing the Egyptian royal family. They staged a bloodless coup in 1952, after which Nasser and Sadat...
Pub. Date
[2013], c2005
Language
English
Description
For anyone seeking insight into how and why a long-outlawed group rose to power in Egypt, this program serves as an enlightening historical snapshot. Viewers explore the tenuous period in which President Mubarak promised "free and honest and transparent" elections in a vain attempt to forestall a whole scale uprising; in which the main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, remained illegal while preparing to begin its protracted journey to power;...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2010
Language
English
Description
After a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt in 2010, President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed over power to the military. So how did it happen? How did unarmed civilians end decades of despotic rule in a matter of days? What sparked the historic political uprising? CBC journalism looks at the surprising new power of the Arab street and internet organization strategies?
10) Empress of the Nile: the daredevil archaeologist who saved Egypt's ancient temples from destruction
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time-an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs' rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the feisty French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane...
11) Jimmy Carter
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Jimmy Carter including his early political career and key events from Carter's administration including a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and the Emergency National Gas Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
They took over a city square - and in 18 days, they brought down a regime. Shot in the center of Egypt's Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration, In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution brings viewers into the streets of Cairo to share the sights, sounds and passion of a modern day revolution. On January 25, 2011, thousands of Egyptians began gathering in Cairo's Tahrir Square to peacefully...
Pub. Date
[2014], c1956
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English
Description
This documentary looks at the African side of the 1956 Arab-Israeli conflict-the British-French attempt to safeguard their economic interest in the Suez Canal. It explains the Anglo-French intervention of 1956, rapidly and forcefully put to an end by President Eisenhower; it also goes back in time to explain Britain's role in the Suez area, its history in Egypt, and its condescending view of Egyptian competence.
Pub. Date
[1973]
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English
Description
The 1973 war between Israel, Egypt, and Syria - known as the Yom Kippur War - marked a turning point in Israel's relationship to the Arab countries surrounding it. The success of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria helped to dispel the myth of Israel's military invincibility, while the failure of Egypt to reacquire its past land holdings through military means convinced Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.
Pub. Date
[1960]
Language
English
Description
Until 1956 the Suez Canal Company, a private corporation backed by Britain, operated the Suez Canal. In 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the waterway, putting it under government control. In response to the shut down, Israel attacked, backed by Britain and France. The United States, hoping to avoid war in the region, worked with the United Nations to broker a cease-fire and withdrawal of British and French forces. The canal,...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments--drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes. Stuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White House, where he served as Chief Domestic Policy Adviser. He was directly involved in all domestic and economic decisions as well as in many foreign policy ones....
Pub. Date
[2010], c1945
Language
English
Description
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. President Roosevelt is visited aboard a ship by Ibn-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia; Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; and King Faruk I of Egypt. 2. Units of the 8th Army, 6th Army (37th Infantry Division), and the 1st Cavalry Division; troops participate in the liberation of Manila; jungle and urban combat, massive fires in the city, captured collaborators, and pro-Allied Philippine...
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
On October 6, 1981, religious extremists murdered Egyptian president Anwar Sadat while he reviewed a military parade in Cairo. Sadat alienated Egypt from the rest of the Arab world in 1979 when he signed the Camp David accords, which established peace between Egypt and Israel. He also became deeply unpopular in his own country where his western policies and personal lifestyle clashed with those of the mostly conservative Muslim population.
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