#political history
A familiar face in history, but one often overlooked in the books: Mohamed Naguib. One of the fathers of the 1952 revolution — referred to as a coup d'etat in more political cloisters — and Egypt’s first president is an enigmatic figure, overshadowed intentionally by his successor and fellow Free Officer Gamal Abd el-Nasser. Although both are considered the first Egyptian rulers since antiquity to seize sovereignty of the state, the reality is that Naguib’s legacy is a largely forgotten…
