Tag: Gamal Abdel Nasser

(Jan 15 is Gamal Abdel Nasser's 100th birth anniversary) By Vikas Datta, An abiding image of much of the Arab world now would be members of an indiscriminate and unconscionable violent Islamist terror group, but it was not always like that. A few decades ago, the model was a hugely charismatic and genuinely popular ruler (despite coming to power by revolution) who inspired hope and dignity in his own countrymen and the region -- but was reviled and undermined by the West. Egypt's travails may have started under the rule of Gamal...