Arab Patriotism: The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt by Adam Mestyan

Author:Adam Mestyan [Mestyan, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: History, Middle East, Egypt, Turkey & Ottoman Empire, World, Political Science, Political Ideologies, Nationalism & Patriotism, General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN: 9780691172644
Google: u2-YDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-05-09T00:59:25.332000+00:00

THE ARAB OPERA

The experience of patriotism occurred in the theater again. The general discontent and the army grievances prompted Tevfik to appoint a new government in February 1882 led by the poet and soldier Maḥmūd Sāmī al-Bārūdī, and in which Aḥmad ʿUrābī became minister of war (in reality he was the strong man in the government).117 ʿAbd Allāh Fikrī became minister of education and his undersecretary was ʿAlī Fahmī. That spring saw increased struggle between the European controllers, ʿUrābists, the khedive, and constitutionalist zevat and aʿyān. Tevfik approved an Organic Law for the Assembly of Deputies in February 1882 which brought all legislation and contracts of Egypt to the power of the Assembly. While it has been regarded as a constitution, it does not regulate the status of the ruler, his dynasty, nor does it announce popular sovereignty, or deal with the status of Egypt as an Ottoman province.118

There was a conflict within the army between the “Turks” (or “Circassians”) in leading positions and the “Egyptians.” In this closing section, we continue following intellectuals and artists and their relation to power in an increasingly unstable atmosphere.

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