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Shafi'i finds a contracting company and builds a camp for...Read more British forces. Barakat evades being arrested, Jalal works as a lawyer, and Hoda El Shamshargy is a journalist like her mother, Raifa.
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The Hoops
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Sidqi takes over the ministry, and Al Nahhas leads the...Read more delegation, and a secret newspaper is issued demanding Sidqi’s removal, which leads to the arrest of Hoda El Shamshargy.
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Sins of the Honorable
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The American ambassador holds a party for Sidqi Pasha, under...Read more army protection, but an attempt to assassinate him with poison by Abdel Aal and Barakat fails, and the group is arrested.
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Circles of Torment
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As the confidence in Sidqi's government is withdrawn, Abdel...Read more Aal is arrested and then released, Ali Salem escapes from the court, and a new attempt to kill Sidqi on the train is foiled, and the perpetrator is killed.
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Bitter Harvest
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Abdel Aal Zidan revolts against Nahhas Pasha because of his...Read more marginalization in political life, while he continues to be monitored by the political police.
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The Nightmare
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Al Nahhas Pasha is subjected to an assassination attempt,...Read more and Sidqi abolishes the 1923 constitution and issues a new one. Businesses are closed. The army is deployed to confront the demonstrations, and the Wafd and the Liberal parties submit a protest to the king.
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Over the Thorns
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A Moscow delegate arrives secretly to meet with Al Saidi to...Read more form a communist cell and appoint Haroun as party leader. Youssef, Abdel Aal's son, kills the dancer Zeinat, and the British army's ammunition depots in Al-Muqattam are blown up.
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Oh My Homeland
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Sidqi Pasha resigns from the prime minister's post, and Al...Read more Nahhas Pasha takees over the formation of the new government.
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Against Who?
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The Jew Isaac Levi and his daughter Rachel arrive in Egypt...Read more disguised as antiquities enthusiasts and incite the Jewish Agency to carry out operations inside the country. A new ministry is formed, headed by Muhammad Mahmud, while Murad plots with the Communist Party to destroy the British command center.
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Hor Falls
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Demonstrations erupt demanding the restoration of the...Read more constitution, and Isaac Levi fuels discord between the parties. Despite the objections, Al Nahhas meets with the High Commissioner, who rejects the restoration of the constitution and threatens to restore the protectorate.
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Constitutional Revolution
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The communists are arrested, and Nessim Pasha demands the...Read more reinstatement of the 1923 Constitution. Isaac seeks to gather weapons for Palestine, and Haroun cooperates with the peace activists. Abdel Aal plans to kill the delegate, and then the 1923 Constitution is reinstated by royal decree.
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Negotiations
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King Fouad dies, and Farouk assumes power. The Jewish...Read more community burns Jewish shops in Ismailia to encourage them to emigrate to Palestine. On the other hand, Abdel Aal Zaydan Pasha resigns from the Wafd Party.
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The King Is Dead - Long Live the King
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Shafi'i enters the parliament, and Youssef Zidan faces his...Read more father, Abdel Aal, in the elections and wins. At the same time, Mourad obtains English weapons with the help of a major, a friend of his wife, Farida Hanem.
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New Testament
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Isaac's weapons are handed over to Palestine, and Farouk...Read more demands Ford's expulsion to appease the people. The railway workers go on strike, and Abdel Aal attacks the 1936 Treaty. Farouk rejects his mother's relationship with Hassanein, and Al Gazar is kidnapped by Free Egypt.
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Blackmail
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Mourad blackmails Abdel Aal into keeping quiet, and Shafi'i...Read more kidnaps his son to force him to sell. Isaac tries to infiltrate the Brotherhood, and Farida discovers Mourad's diaries. Al Gazar is released through Youssef Zaidan's mediation.
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Royal Coronation
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Parliament rejects the king's desire to hold the coronation...Read more in the citadel and insists on holding it inside. Al Nahhas assigns the Aswan Dam project to an English company, the communists are arrested, Al Gazar is dismissed, and the decision to partition Palestine is issued.
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The Crisis
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Mosaad is appointed Imam instead of Al Gazar, and the...Read more British ambassador threatens the king not to dismiss Al Nahhas. Ahmed Maher takes over, then Al Nahhas returns, so the king dismisses him and appoints Muhammad Mahmoud, and the Queen Mother marries Hassanein.
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Al Wafd's Downfall
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The king arms the Brotherhood and Young Egypt, and Jewish...Read more property is burned to force them to emigrate. Some members of "Free Egypt" are arrested, tortured, and then put on trial. In the meantime, the Jews assassinate Ali Salem.
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The War
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Free Egypt blows up a gas station in El Alamein, and Ali...Read more Maher's government is formed. Egypt demands evacuation and sovereignty over Sudan, but Britain refuses to negotiate before the end of the war. Aziz al Masri is dismissed, Hassan Sabri's government is formed, and Al-Nuqrashi takes over the Interior Ministry.
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Against the King
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Haroun's collaboration with Isaac is exposed despite his...Read more leadership of the Communist Party, and Al Saidi proposes an alliance between the Communists and the Wafd against the Jews. Rommel promises the Egyptians independence, and Free Egypt publishes scandals about the king.
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Go Ahead Rommel
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Hussein Sedki resigns, and the king accepts his resignation....Read more Pro-German demonstrations erupt, led by Young Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood. Farida Hanem and her family cooperate with German intelligence, and Mourad Thabet returns to head the political police.
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Fateful February
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The Brotherhood refuses to accept Al Nahhas as minister and...Read more informs the king. Free Egypt plots to assassinate Mourad, intensifies its attacks on the occupation and the Zionists, and steals army supplies to distribute to the people. The British ambassador requests the formation of a government headed by Al Nahhas.
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Al Nahhas Falls
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English forces surround the palace to force the king to...Read more appoint Al Nahhas or abdicate. Anwar El-Sadat sends a coded message to Rommel, and demonstrations erupt against Al Nahhas. Farida and the English officer are arrested.
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The Black Prophecy
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As Hassan al-Banna cooperates with King Farouk, Anwar Sadat,...Read more and Aziz al-Masry are arrested, and Esmat El Shamshargy and Mourad Thabet's son die during a confrontation with the political police, accused of spying for the Germans.
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The Black Book
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Queen Nazli and the princesses leave for Palestine, and...Read more Farouk refuses the British ambassador's request for asylum in Sudan. Yaqoub al-Jawahirji, a member of the Zionist organization, is killed by the Free Egypt group.
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Churchill's Statue
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Farouk's motorcade collides with a British car, and Britain...Read more is accused of trying to kill him. Mourad sells defective weapons. Abdel Aal and his companions infiltrate Egypt in British uniforms and plant explosives. The king demandes the abrogation of the 1936 treaty at the 179th Allied Conference.
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Britain refused to pay 400 million pounds to Egypt, and...Read more Cairo refused to attend the peace conference. The Nahhas government was dismissed, Ahmed Maher formed a coalition government, and the editors of the Voice of Palestine were arrested.
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The Punishment
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The Prime Minister calls for war with the British, and the...Read more Zionists plan to kill Mourad at a party. Ahmed Maher is killed in Parliament by a Muslim Brotherhood member, and Mourad is killed by his wife in prison.
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Bloody Evacuation
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Al-Nuqrashi tasks Al Nahhas with the memorandum for...Read more evacuation and the unity of Egypt and Sudan. Proof of Zidan's lineage is rejected. The king plans to kill Amin Osman, and the assassin escapes. The evacuation is rejected, Hassanein is killed, and the Abbas Bridge is ordered to be opened to the demonstrators.
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The Abyss of Loss
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Weak governments and a corrupt monarch prevail, and the Free...Read more Officers begin planning a revolution. The Sidqi-Bevin Treaty is signed without mentioning Sudan. Sheikh al-Maraghi refuses to prohibit Farida's marriage, and Amin al-Husseini is hosted in Egypt.
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Time of Defeat
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Free Egypt escalates its operations against the occupation...Read more in Suez and Ismailia. Abdel Aal disagrees with Curiel over the communists' support for the partition of Palestine. A royal decree is issued declaring war and requesting Egypt's command of the Arab armies.
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Running In the Void
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The Free Officers ask Al Sadat to join the Iron Guard....Read more Jewish forces surround the Egyptian brigade near Fallujah. The arms embargo forces the king to purchase inferior weapons from brokers. Queen Farida is divorced.
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The king sends the dancer Qismat to Germany to mediate with...Read more the Führer to train Egyptian officers. Shubra workers go on strike under communist incitement, and a military order is issued to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The Last Darkness
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Al-Nuqrashi is killed by the Brotherhood amid martial law,...Read more and Hoda El Shamshargy is arrested for an article about defective weapons. The communists are arrested, and a truce with Israel is declared. Hassan al-Banna is killed, and the king receives the officers returning from Fallujah.
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