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Masri Effendi
Masri Effendi ( , Mr. Egyptian in Arabic) was a national personification of the Kingdom of Egypt created by Alexander Saroukhan for Ruz al Yusuf in 1930. Masri Effendi is a short man with a fez and sibha (prayer beads) along with Western trousers and a jacket glasses, often giving some witty remark over the political situation as a government bureaucract. He represented the effendi, the professional middle class of Egypt during its liberal period. He fell out of favor by the 1952 Egyptian revolution, as his character became archaic for modern Egypt. History Masri Effendi was created by Ruz al Yusuf to rival al-Kashkul, a competitor satirical newspaper. Masri Effendi was meant to represent the modern Egyptian man who dressed in western jackets and pants but still wore his fez and carried his prayer beads with pride. The term 'effendi' originally referred to an old Ottoman title, evolved to mean the new nationally conscious society of lawyers, university graduates and small m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Personification
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. In the first personifications in the Western World, warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength and power of the nation. Some personifications in the Western world often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province. Examples of this type include Britannia, Germania, Hibernia, Hispania, Lusitania, Helvetia and Polonia. Examples of personifications of the Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma, a female deity who personified the city of Rome and her dominion over the territories of the Roman Empire. Roma was probably favoured by Rome's high-status Imperial representatives abroad, rather than the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akher Saa
''Akher Saa'' (Arabic: آخر ساعة; ''the Last Hour'') is an Arabic-language weekly consumer magazine published in Egypt. The magazine is also described as a photo magazine. Launched in 1924 it is among the oldest publications in the country. History and profile ''Akher Saa'' was established by Mohamed El Tabii in 1924. During its initial period the magazine was one of the publications supporting the Wafd Party. It was relaunched by Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin in 1944. Then, it became part of '' Akhbar El Yom'' which is also the publisher of the magazine. ''Akher Saa'' has been owned by the Egyptian government since 1960. Based in Cairo, ''Akher Saa'' covers social events, women's interests and sports. The magazine, published on Saturdays, also includes political, economic and social news. The memoirs of Gamal Abdel Nasser was published in the magazine in Spring 1955. Mohamed Heikal was the editor-in-chief of ''Akher Saa'' in the 1950s. From 1970 to 1976 Egyptian author Ani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Personifications
A national personification is an anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. In the first personifications in the Western World, warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength and power of the nation. Some personifications in the Western world often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province. Examples of this type include Britannia (emblem), Britannia, Germania (personification), Germania, Hibernia (personification), Hibernia, Allegory of Hispania, Hispania, Lusitania#Legacy of the name, Lusitania, Helvetia and Polonia (personification), Polonia. Examples of personifications of the Liberty (goddess), Goddess of Liberty include Marianne, the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), and many examples of United States coinage. Another ancient model was Roma (mythology), Roma, a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American University In Cairo
The American University in Cairo (AUC; ) is a private research university in New Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, along with a continuing education program. The AUC student body represents over 50 countries. AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries. AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education in the United States and from Egypt's National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education. History The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by the American Mission in Egypt, a Protestant mission sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church of North America, as an English-language university and preparatory school. University founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor of Germany#Nazi Germany (1933–1945), the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of Holocaust victims, about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to German Empire, Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919 he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne
Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls and law courts. She is depicted in the ''Triumph of the Republic'', a bronze sculpture overlooking the Place de la Nation in Paris, as well as represented with another Parisian statue on the Place de la République. Her profile stands out on the official government logo of the country, and appears on French euro coins and on French postage stamps. She was also featured on the former franc currency and is officially used on most government documents. Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc. As a national icon Marianne represents opposition to monarchy and the championship of freedom and democracy against all fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bull
John Bull is a national personification of England, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man. He originated in satirical works of the early-18th century and would come to stand for English liberty in opposition to revolutionaries. He was popular through the 18th and 19th centuries until the time of the First World War, when he generally stopped being seen as representative of the "common man". Origin John Bull originated as a satirical character created by John Arbuthnot, a friend of Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Bull first appeared in 1712 in Arbuthnot's pamphlet ''Law is a Bottomless Pit''."AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion," Metropolitan Museum of Art (2006), exhibition brochure, p. 2. The same year Arbuthnot published a four-part political narrative ''The History of John Bull''. In this satirical treatment of the War of the Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Election
The following elections occurred in the year 1936. Africa * 1936 Egyptian parliamentary election Asia * 1936 Ceylonese State Council election Europe * 1936 Belgian general election * 1936 Bielsko municipal election * 1936 Danish Landsting election * 1936 Finnish parliamentary election * 1936 French legislative election * 1936 German election and referendum * 1936 Greek legislative election * 1936 Liechtenstein general election * 1936 Lithuanian parliamentary election * 1936 Norwegian parliamentary election * 1936 Spanish general election * 1936 Swedish general election United Kingdom * 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election * 1936 Greenock by-election * 1936 Preston by-election * 1936 Ross and Cromarty by-election North America Canada * 1936 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election * 1936 Edmonton municipal election * 1936 Manitoba general election * 1936 Ottawa municipal election * 1936 Quebec general election * December 1936 Toronto municipal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Kashkul
''Al Kashkul'' () was a weekly political satire magazine in Cairo, Egypt. It was in circulation for twenty years between 1914 and 1934. Both ''Al Kashkul'' and its rival '' Rose Al Yusuf'' played an important role in the establishment of cartoon-based political journalism in the country. History and profile ''Al Kashkul'' was established in 1914 by Sulayman Fawzi and was renamed as ''Al Kashkul Al Musawwar'' () in 1921. ''Al Kashkul'' was published on a weekly basis in Cairo. It supported the independence of Egypt from the British rule and was in fact started to support the anti-British policies of the Wafd Party. However, over time the magazine became a critic of the party. The cartoons published in ''Al Kashkul'' were produced by a Spanish teacher, Juan Sintes, who was working at the new Royal School of Arts. Its target audience was local people since it did not attempt to have an international readership. The magazine favored the use of the Cairene dialect which was implied a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Egypt
The Kingdom of Egypt () was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until the abolition of the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan in 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Until the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, the Kingdom was only nominally independent, as the United Kingdom retained control of foreign relations, communications, the military, and Sudan. Officially, Sudan was governed as a condominium of the two states, however, in reality, true power in Sudan lay with the United Kingdom. Between 1936 and 1952, the United Kingdom continued to maintain its military presence, and its political advisers, at a reduced level. The legal status of Egypt had been highly convoluted, due to its ''de facto'' breakaway from the Ottoman Empire in 1805, its occupation by Britain in 1882, and the re-establishment of the Sultanate of Egypt (destroyed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Egyptian Revolution
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état () and the 23 July Revolution (), was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952, the revolution began with the toppling of King Farouk in a coup d'état by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. It ushered in a wave of revolutionary politics in the Arab world, and contributed to the escalation of decolonization, and the development of Third World solidarity during the Cold War. Though initially focused on grievances against King Farouk, the movement had more wide-ranging political ambitions. In the first three years of the Revolution, the Free Officers moved to abolish the constitutional monarchy and aristocracy of Egypt and Sudan, establish a republic, end the British occupation of the country, and secure the independence of Sudan (previously governed as a condominium of Egypt and the United Kingdom) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberalism In Egypt
Liberalism in Egypt or Egyptian liberalism is a political ideology that traces its beginnings to the 19th century. History Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (also spelt Tahtawy; 1801–1873) was an Egyptians, Egyptian writer, teacher, translator, Egyptology, Egyptologist and renaissance intellectual. In 1831, Tahtawi was part of the statewide effort to modernize the Egyptian infrastructure and education. He undertook a career in writing and translation, and founded the School of Languages (also knowns as ''School of Translators'') in 1835, which become part of Ain Shams University in 1973. The School of Languages graduated the earliest modern Egyptian intellectual milieu, which formed the basis of the emerging grassroots mobilization against British colonialism in Egypt. Three of his published volumes were works of political and moral philosophy. They introduced his Egyptian audience to Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment ideas such as secularism, secular authority and political rights and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
