Items related to 1952 revolution

"In Search for Oil and Sand" follows Mahmoud Sabit, the son of a cousin to King Farouk, as he tries to uncover the story behind a royal home movie.     Image courtesy of Middlewest Films
In Search of 'Oil and Sand' recreates an old royal home movie
Rasmus Bøgeskov Larsen 09 Jan 2013
On a warm summer evening in 1952, Cairo’s aristocracy gathered for a soiree at a palace belonging to King Farouk...
Ahmed Shafiq at the Canada Egypt Business Council at Nile Tower
Shafiq responds to Morsy's comments on 1952 revolution
Egypt Independent 23 Jul 2012
  Former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq on Monday criticized President Mohamed Morsy’s questioning of...
صورة أرشيفية لجانب من لانقلاب العسكري الذي قام به الضباط الأحرار يوم 23 يوليو 1952 ، بقيادة جمال عبدالناصر لاسقاط الملكية وعزل الملك فاروق عن الحكم .
Nasserists slam Brotherhood for ignoring 1952 revolution celebrations
Al-Masry Al-Youm 23 Jul 2012
  Political figures and Nasserist forces gathered at the tomb of late President Gamal Abdel Nasser on Monday to...
Sit in in Tahrir square on the 22th of June
Monday's papers: The army, the people and the revolutions
Mohamed Elmeshad 23 Jul 2012
Today is 23 July, the anniversary of the 1952 revolution when a ragtag group of “Free Officers” overthrew...
صورة أرشيفية لجانب من لانقلاب العسكري الذي قام به الضباط الأحرار يوم 23 يوليو 1952 ، بقيادة جمال عبدالناصر لاسقاط الملكية وعزل الملك فاروق عن الحكم .
Morsy questions accomplishments of 1952 revolution
Egypt Independent 23 Jul 2012
As Egypt marked the 60th anniversary of the 23 July 1952 revolution Monday, President Mohamed Morsy suggested that the...
Adel Emara, deputy defence minister and member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), speaks during press conference in response to the violent deadly clashes between military forces and protesters, Cairo, December 19,2011. «مجلس الوزراء»، مقر هيئة الاستعلامات، القاهرة، 19 ديسمبر 2011.
SCAF: Attacking 1952 revolution is 'delusional'
Egypt Independent 22 Jul 2012
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on Facebook Sunday that intentionally smearing and attacking the 1952...
Novelist Alaa El Deeb in his study
Lucid change
Ola El-Saket 17 Jun 2012
  Books of every genre colored the library of novelist Alaa El Deeb, but what immediately caught my attention as I...
  An exhibition titled “Gamal Abdel Nasser…The Dream,” was unveiled to much excitement Sunday night at the Picasso Gallery in Zamalek. Marketed as a depiction of the 1952 revolution through the eyes of artists from the era, an attempt to add perspective to the ongoing upheavals of 2011, audiences, however, were met with a very confusing situation on the opening night
Few insights at the Picasso Gallery's Nasser exhibition
Steven Viney 26 Sep 2011
An exhibition called “Gamal Abdel Nasser … The Dream” opened to much excitement on Sunday night at...
Revolutionary Command Council headquarters is being turned into a museum
Egypt's museums: The Revolutionary Command Council Museum
Ola El-Saket 03 Aug 2011
A presidential decree in 1996 ordered that the 1952 Revolutionary Command Council headquarters be turned into a museum...
Streets of Cairo: Turn back time through 26th July Street
Heba Helmy 26 Feb 2011
Walking down 26th July Street in downtown, scenes from black and white movies popped unbidden into my mind. I was...