The Wafd Party was a nationalist liberal political party in Egypt. It was said to be Egypt's most popular and influential political party for a period from the end of World War I through the 1930s. During this time, it was instrumental in the development of the 1923 constitution, and supported moving Egypt from dynastic rule to a constitutional monarchy, where power would be wielded by a nationally-elected parliament. The party was dissolved in 1952, after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution.
Saad Zahgloul, the party's founder and Prime minister from 1924-1925. He was the most prominent leader of the 1919 Egyptian revolution
Saad Zaghloul Pasha with members of the Wafd party.
Party leader and Prime minister Mustafa El-Nahas pasha with Secretary-general and Finance minister Makram Ebeid Pasha, and other prominent cabinet and party members during his leadership.
Blue Shirts parade at Abdeen Palace in 1936.
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état and 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. This group of army officers was led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Revolution ushered in a wave of revolutionary politics in the Arab World, and contributed to the escalation of decolonisation, and the development of Third World solidarity during the Cold War.
The leaders of the Revolution, Mohamed Naguib (left) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) in a Cadillac
King Farouk I of Egypt in Parliament listening to Mustafa el-Nahhas Pasha's speech.
Poster from the Egyptian nationalist Ahmed Hussein for complete independence
Egyptian police fighting in the Battle of Ismalia
