Saad Zaghloul
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Saad Zaghloul Pasha was an Egyptian revolutionary and statesman. He was the leader of Egypt's nationalist Wafd Party.
Zaghloul in 1925
Signature of Saad Zaghloul as Head of the Egyptian Delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, Versailles 1919.
Saad Zaghloul before exile
The Saad Zaghloul Pasha statue in Alexandria.
1919 Egyptian revolution
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The 1919 Egyptian revolution was a nation-wide revolution in the Sultanate of Egypt against British occupation that lasted from November 1918 to July 1919. Occurring right after the end of World War I
Saad Zaghloul
…Party. He led a civil disobedience campaign with the goal of achieving independence for Egypt (and Sudan) from British rule. He played a key role in the Egyptian Revolution of 1919, as well as played a role in prompting the British Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence in 1922. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt from…
Demonstration in Egypt in 1919
Saad Zaghlul Pasha
Protesters during the Egyptian revolution of 1919
Egyptian and British soldiers on standby during the riots