HIS 127 (02-01-2022) - Lecture notes 1 PDF

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HIS 127-07 (02-01-2022) Egypt Under Nasser  1954-1970  Decolonization in world  Decolonization is when the West were having internal discussions on how to get world peace.  Wasn’t a smooth process on how to do it.  Colonizers fought for independence (not given)  Cold War was happening  Countries were choosing a camp  Egypt refused to side with a camp  Non-Aligned Movement: don’t want to be Soviet’s puppets. Don’t want to side  Nationalism  Movements: Feminism, Communism, Socialism  Egypt witnessed all these movements.  Third World Revolution  Think critically. Primary Source  Primary Source could be narrative that happened  Primary Sources is evidence (diaries, journals, voice recordings, etc.)  Write historical essay (final)  History is not what happened  It is the study of what happened  Focus on certain period of time/events on different perspectives  Egypt between 1954 and 1970  Learn about Naseer  **1954-1970 Documentary  Arab Socialism  Arab Socialism survive by reaching self-sufficiency  Family Planning: state overpopulation creating poverty and other problems.  State unable to deliver benefits: equal rights, education, etc.  For a state to be powerful, it has to separate itself from other authorities  Problems in adapting secularism  Inability to understand Islam the way Muslims understand it  Nasser was calling for a secular state  Believed that Muslims across the world were prosecuted  Secularism never been complete.  Always been religious  Taking from each other (adopting and adapting)  How men see themselves as masculine  Each generation is defining its own masculinities, etc.  1967 War was war between Egypt and Israel  Egyptian led to believe they would win the war but got defeated in less than 6 days.  3 years after dies of heart attack  Say was traumatic  Why is Egypt under Nasser a period of hope or fear of others.  Final Paper would be due

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