“Nasser was the hero of the Arab world”
Fifty years ago, on September 28, 1970, the Egyptian Gamal Abdel Nasser, whose name is still associated with the nationalization of the Suez Canal, died. For the Arab street, the man embodies the freedom and regained dignity of the Egyptian people.
On July 23, 1952, a group of high-ranking soldiers calling themselves the "Movement of Free Officers" came to power in Cairo and overthrew the corrupt monarchy, the puppet of the British imperialists. Nasser, who was the junta's strong man, will rule Egypt with an iron fist for…