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ESSAY January 1955 Issue The Egyptian Revolution 105 4 F OR a century and a hal the Arab world has been following a negative policy. It has known what it wanted to do away with, but it has not known what it wanted to build. The Western conquest o the Middle East was mental no less than physical. Overwhelmed and unsettled, Eastern minds lost almost all national values, yet could not absorb Western values. Misapplication of Western patterns o government brought a confused mixture o political s ystems and philosophies. Democracy was only a veil for dictatorship. Constitutio ns framed in the interest o the people o the Middle East became instruments for t heir exploitation and domination. Egypt's story in these years centers upon the effort to free the country from a foreign yoke and to find a policy capable o eradicating the evils accumulated by feudalism and compounded by misuse o governmental power. It was a long and painful search. Egyptians hoped for leaders to champion their cause and defend their interests, but politicians and factions for the most part made themselves COURTESY REUTERS By Gamal Abdel Nasser ☰
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