Political Assassination in Egypt, 1910-1954

Abstract

Every Englishman in Egypt became a candidate for execution and for joining his colleagues who had preceded him to the hereafter. The name of a new candidate came up a few days later.... The Ministry of Education had issued a decree that law be taught in Arabic at the School of Law, after having been taught in English and French.... But Mr. Robson, the English professor at the School still gave his lectures in English.... And the English professor was a fanatic for the occupation, detesting Egyptians, haughty in his scorn as though he were the one who had founded the British Empire: If you have the strength, fight us on the battle field and beat us and seize your independence with arms. This was sufficient justification to send the good professor to his eternal resting place. We began to observe him as he came out of the School of Law every day at 1 p.m., riding his bicycle to his house in Garden City via Giza Street, crossing the bridges over the Nile ... I was one of the students who listened to the last

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