he was the charismatic young very attractive president of egypt. he had taken power in the coup in 1952. he was an extraordinary speaker in arabic able to literally lift an audience with his words. he also survived literally beyond stage having an assassin fired a bullet at him and nevere stopped speaking. and this is the charismatic. he was the winner of the 1956 suez crisis in which egypt essentially defeated the united kingdom, france and israel have a remarkable outcome in part because eisenhower had leaned towards egypt over the three tripartite progresses and nonetheless, he had come out of a winner. in february 1958, syria and egypt united together in the e arab republic as a negotiating factor but in the 1950s, the nationalism and the idea of one nation from the gulf to the ocean was one of the most powerful ideologies of the world and he was at the center of that. it's ironic because he was in many ways a protÉge of the cia. they didn't put him in office, but even before the cia was in contact with them, and the cia identified him and arab

this is the tower that nasser built it is known in egypt as roosevelt's erection. the relationship between united states and the soviet union and egypt soured over the years and nasser went to the russians and to the czechoslovakian public regime and that soured the relationship by 1958 the relationship between the united states and united arab republic had deteriorated significantly it is february 1958 egypt and syria united and the response is the monarchies in iraq to form the alternative the federation of arab monarchies. on march 3rd 1958 the king of saudi arabia between nixon and dwight eisenhower told the american ambassador saudi arabia they were underway to overthrow the syrian government to wake up the republican 48 hours later the syrian intelligence service announced they had a plot to assassinate nasser that was spearheaded by the king not only did they have evidence by blowing up his airplane they had canceled checks to the plot makers as if you overthrow the regime do not sign the check. [laughter] so now by 1958 he was ike's favorite alternative. th

egypt is safe this man says people are taking precautions everything's fine. we have to eat what else are we going to do how else will we feed our wives and children. the government rejected the criticism of its crisis management despite a shortage of hospital beds doctors and ventilators instead flashy light effect detract from the real situation whoever reports on the staggering statistics of coronavirus cases risks imprisonment or deportation that's what happened to a reporter for the british newspaper the guardian. it out journalist lena abdullah is undaunted in november she was placed under temporary arrest there is no legitimacy in controlling any flow of information. in my opinion in a moment like this. part of the citizens' rights as much as it is to have access to good basic services like health but also to have access to a free flow of information. pressure is also rising behind egypt's prison or an estimated $60000.00 egyptians are political prisoners their relatives and lawyers are forbidden from visiting them a stent simply because of the risk of

he was the charisma attic, young very attractive president of egypt. taken power in the coup in 1952. he was an extraordinary speaker and arabic able to lift an audience with his words. he also survived literally being onstage, having someone shoot a ebola adam and he never stopped speaking. this is charismatic to the nth degree. he was the winner of the 1956 suez crisis which egypt essentially defeated the united kingdoms france and israel. eisenhower leaned to egypt over the others nonetheless he came out of that a winner. in february of 1958 syria and egypt had united together and the united republic today we've kind of forgotten our nationalism as a motivating factor. in the 1950s the idea of one arab nation from the gulf to the ocean, from oman to morocco was one of the most powerful ideologies in the world. he was at the center of that. it is ironic because he was in many ways a protÉge of the cia in the 1950s. the cia did not put him in office but even before, the cia was in contact. the cia identified him and arab nationalism as a way of the fu

aggressors but nonetheless he'd come out of that winner and in february of 1958 syria and egypt had united together in the united arab republic and today we forgotten arab nationalism as a motivating factor but in the 1950s arab nationalism and the idea of one arab nation from the gulf to the ocean, from oman to morocco was one of most powerful ideologies in the world andnd nasser was at the center of that. it's ironic because nasser was, in many ways, a protÉge of the cia in the 1950s. the cia did not put nasser in office even before his coup the cia was in contact with nasser and the cia identified nasser and arab nationalism as the wave of the future and the united states wanted to be on the wave of the future and saw an arab nationalism as a very effective counter to communism in the middle east. the individual associated with this whole policy was roosevelt and then as the one holding his hand in the picture there and current roosevelt is of course the sky and of the results family and was born in argentina and his most famous to americans as the man who put the shop back in po

on the very next day 5 out of armies from jordan egypt lebanon syria and iraq immediately declared war. one young palestinian activist who was living in cairo at the time was keen to join the fight. and i thought. that. the thought that there was were stem and not to lobby for the 13 for should ban him as they mean i left school we gathered the young muslims association and we decided that whoever wanted to fight would have to bend their books. i was among those who burned their books and went and joined the army of all the struggle. that. the arab armies were defeated. the newly declared state of israel seized control of most of palestine with the exception of jerusalem the west bank and the gaza strip. where. by 949 close to 3 quarters of a 1000000 palestinians had become refugees. in the late 1950 s. in kuwait and made the popular sentiment of arab unity common in the region a group of palestinian exiles established a secret organization. they called it the palestinian national liberation movement it became known more popularly as fact that. yasser arafat was one of the ringleaders

egypt is safe this man says people are taking precautions everything's fine. we have to eat what else are we going to do how else will we feed our wives and children. or that. the government reject any criticism of its crisis management despite the shortage of hospital beds doctors and ventilators instead flashy light effect to track from the real situation whoever reports on the staggering statistics of coronavirus cases risks imprisonment or deportation that's what happened to a reporter for the british newspaper the guardian. figure out journalist lena is under in november she was placed under temporary arrest there is no legitimate in controlling any flow of information in my open. in a moment like this. part of the citizens' rights as much as it is to have access to good basic services like health but also to have access to a free flow of information. pressure is also rising behind egypt's prison walls where an estimated 60000 egyptians are political prisoners their relatives and lawyers are forbidden from visiting them as 10 simply because of the risk of

egypt has a sense of being egypt.if i have to go back through countries, iraq became independent in 1938 but back in 13th century arabic literature people talked about the concept of iraq, people talked about the concept of lebanon or syria long before they formally became independent. when it comes to states, i say that the most artificial states are jordan, qatar, emirates and kuwait and many others and we see this with how they retroactively extend back their national myths have some basis in legitimacy that really isn't going to change much. if the question is the kurds, the kurds are the largest people who have been if you will have been dispossessed and it's not world war i, the treaty of the arabs in 17th century. the problem with the kurds is are you going to have one kurdishstan. we have two romanias, albanias and you could see border adjustments, yes, was i don't think you will see a wholesale revision of the map of the middle east of somehow illegitimate because i think it's a lot less illegitimate and some

could start here and quickly spread within cairo and throughout the country and experts see egypt is poorly prepared for a major outbreak. is the executive director at the african monitor in johannesburg we asked her whether african countries might become the new epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic. i think that we are significantly concerned as the african continent that we don't have the capacity yet to manage the spread of the disease but surely there are countries that are going to experience that crisis much haida than other countries and i think that also it's good to kind of lead conceptualize that prompted to say ok right now just over 20000 people have been infected that's compared to you know 2200000 across the globe i believe that african countries have been sweet and very very specific in addressing some of the crisis that we're facing but yes africa is fragile we are at risk and the assets and said he said number of things that we should be concerned about. u.s. president donald trump has increased pressure on state governors to ease restrictions saying some of them go

more than 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the crisis there has only just begun here's a report from egypt. this. is home to him and his family. but also provides his income for euros a day from sorting trash stopping work because of the coronavirus is out of the question. but we hope that god will protect us we need every cent and we pray nothing happens to us we don't want to beg. 80000 people live and work in this garbage city on cairo's skirts 16 tons of rubbish arrive every day to be sorted and recycled by hand no gloves no masks in extremely close conditions where hygiene is nonexistent officially there's no here but there's also no testing the world health organization estimates a high number of unreported cases residents complain of fever and diarrhea the head of the garbage collector syndicate has demanded that the government supply protective equipment so far without result he hopes garbage workers exposure to the virus will make them immune the work must go on. the trash bacteria and. if we don't collect it the results would be catastrophic for egypt it's feared that a wave of i

egypt has a sense of being egypt. it only became independent in 1932.ore it became independent so when it comes to the artificiality states to jordan and kuwait but many of the others and how they retroactively expand their national myths. if the question is the kurds, they are the largest people that have been on if you will and it's not because of world war i or the treaty in the 17th century it was created order but the problem with the kurds is are you going to have one curtis can or could you have fou for ad the notion that we are going to have one, one of which is mulled over, one of which is kosovo and i think we have 22 arab states so you could see some border adjustments, yes, but i don't think that you're going to see a full scale revision in the middle east that is somehow illegitimate because i think it is somewhat less illegitimate than the grievance. >> could i add a little bit too bad aren't we already seeing an adjustment in borders, whether it is the turkish coming over the border in syria and claiming some land. we have the iranians an

egypt has a sense of being egypt. if i had to go back through any of these countries, iraq, of course, only became independent in 1932, but back in 19th century arabic literature people talked about the concept of iraq, talked about the concept of lebanon or syria long before they formally became independent. so when it comes to the artificially of states, i would say that's the most artificial states of course were jordan, qatar, the emirates and kuwait, but many of the others and we see that how they retroactively extend back their national myths have some basis in legitimacy, that's really not going to change much. if the question are the kurds. the kurds are the largest people who have been, if you will, dispossessed. it's not four countries because of world war i because of course, the treaty in the 17th century created the iran-iraq border. thele problem with the kurds, are you going to have one kurdistan or four? the notion that we have one. we have two romanians, one of am i is called moll dava. we have two--

could start here and quickly spread within cairo and throughout the country and experts see egypt as poorly prepared for a major outbreak. police in hong kong have a wristed 15 high profile democracy campaign is in connection to the massive protests there last year the rest include activist lawmakers and the owner of an anti establishment newspaper they are accused of taking part in protests or publicizing them on kong was shaken by widespread street protests in 2019 now abandoned proposal to allow extradition to the chinese mainland. the biggest crackdown on hong kong's pro-democracy movement since the beginning of mass protests last year 15 activists were arrested on charges of organizing and taking part in an unlawful assembly is in august and october among those detained are one current and one former lawmakers including veteran pro-democracy activists 81 year old martin lien the prominent founder of the democratic party was also taken into custody. i don't regret what i have done. i'm proud to have the chance to walk down our democratic road. with hong kong's excellent young peo

trash is full of bacteria and mold and if we don't collect it the results would be catastrophic for egypt it's feared that a wave of infections could start here and quickly spread within cairo and throughout the country and experts see egypt is poorly prepared for a major break. joining me now is number and nicky executive director at african monitor in johannesburg now my thanks for your time the number of infected people in africa increased by 50 percent last week the death toll increased by around 60 percent to those numbers point to africa becoming the new a.p. center for the corona pandemic. hi anthony thank you so much for having me on this evening so i think we need to be clear that when we're talking about epicenter as usually we talk about countries we talked about china eataly we talk about america so it's not possible for 54 countries to become an epicenter i think that we significantly concerned as the african continent that we don't have become passive t. yet to manage the spread of the disease but surely there are countries that are going to experience that crisis much highe

egypt has a sense of being egypt.if i had to go back through any of these countries, end of course only became independent i think in 1932 but in 13th century arabic literature people talked about the concept of iraq . people talked about the concept of lebanon or syria long before they formally became independent so when it comes to the artificiality of states i'd say the most artificial state of course are jordan, qatar, the emirates and kuwait. but that many of the others and we see this with how they retroactively extend back their national myth have some basis in legitimacy that really isn't going to change much. if the question is the kurds, the kurds are the largest people who have been if you will dispossess and is not 4 countries was because of world war i because of the treaty in the 17th century is what created the iran iraq border problem occurred is are you going to have one to stand or could you have for thisnotion that we're going to have one , we have two romanians, one of which is called mold a lot, t

each of has a sense of being egypt.if i had to go back to any of these countries, iraq alda became independent i think in 1932. but back in 13th century arabic literature people talked about the concept of iraq. people talked about the concept of lebanon or syria long before they formally became independent. when it comes to the artificiality of states, , i wod say the most artificial states are jordan, qatar, the emirates, and kuwait. but then many of the others and we see this with have retroactively extend back their national myth, have some basis in legitimacy that really isn't going to change much. if the question is the kurds, the kurds are the largest people who have been, if you will, dispossessed. it's not four countries because the world war i. because of course the treaty in the 17th century is what created the iran-iraq border. but the problem with the kurds is are you going to have one kurdistan or could you have a mac? this notion we will have one, we have two romanians, one which is called mobility of, i

i saw on the news that egypt had closed its airspace.y cancelled. i looked on the tui website and it confirmed all holidays to egypt were cancelled. so that's howl holidays to egypt were cancelled. so that's how i found out. elaine, you also had your holiday to egypt cancelled but he won't hold either, is that right? i was in the same position as lucie, actually. i had to wait until i heard it on the news. it was also on social media that egypt had shut their borders. so, obviously, i knew then that my hotel and my flight would not go ahead. lucie, how long have you been waiting for a refund ?|j ahead. lucie, how long have you been waiting for a refund? i contacted them on the 16th of march. they sent me an e—mail saying yes, we will refund you straightaway because i saidi refund you straightaway because i said i didn't want to rebook for next year. the 16th of march obviously didn't get the money then, ithen obviously didn't get the money then, i then contacted them again on the 5th of april. as i hadn't heard anything. they sent me ano

in pakistan from egypt or baghdad, tell me about 1979. 1979. out came all their memories and emotions and everything. to comee to terms were analyzed what you're going through. let me tell you how that wrecked by a courier or my marriage or my children's education and why i had to go into exile at that time and how i have to lose my job after 1979 and why. even people who were not born before 1979 had a story because they are in the beginning of an understanding of the region about what that year has done to us. it felt like i was conducting national figure they sitting in people's studies with their living rooms as they sort of poured their hearts out to me. i am a journalist, not an academic that this is more than the reported narrative i relayen my interviews with people in these countries we dug deep into the archives with my research assistants. we looked at old footage and read articles, academic articles written at the time, because it is very interesting to see how perspectives change with time when you look back at economic articleshe

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one of the un's top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypt's anti-terrorism laws could lead to more rights abuses by the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the death penalty on those found guilty of funding terrorism the u.n. says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances it's called on egypt's government to comply with international rules . all right back to our extensive coronavirus coverage in the u.k. his death toll has risen to nearly 8000 with more than 60000 confirmed cases among the infected is the prime minister boris johnson who remains in intensive care government ministers say his condition is improving the number of new deaths on thursday fell slightly compared to the day before the foreign secretary dominic rob people to stick to the quarantine measures. just take a moment to think of the progress that we've already made following the garden staying at home denying the virus what it needs to spread more easily and to kill more people it's been almost

in egypt, and other countries of the region. dictators who us preconceived is of the region. they safety their means, the modernizing man looked in a suit or the fundamentalist crazies. that is a not the minor choice that is available in the region. i think we need to have more faith in the region. >> were pastor do in terms of time we were going to have this talk together, i would like to thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much for having me, this is the center of the united states but the rest of the country does not know is lawyerly see it this way. we appreciate you coming all the way from washington or beirut. >> thank you so much for having me, it was a pleasure being here tonight.

you have the state which is currently leading the global counter-terrorism strategy review process egypt as one of the 2 cold facilitators of that process and in a context where we need global leadership on the fundamental reality that countering terrorism will only be effectively done when we fully protect and enforce the rule of law and human rights these regulations that taken human rights defenders in opposition parties and journalists as we well know here at al-jazeera who are already under the cautions that were needed. indeed so there have been numerous as this letter indicates they skim unification indicates there have been numerous communications from the mandate i hold from the mandate on the independence of judges and lawyers from the mandate on human rights defenders from the freedom of expression mandate documenting explicitly and in detail ways the ways in which these laws are used against civil society activists journalists people who are expressing their fundamental rights in ways that produce and sustain open societies and these are these individuals are disproportionate

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aliko: no, i went in egypt. david: egypt, all right. and what did you study? aliko: business.: you graduated at what age? aliko: i graduated at about 20 years old. david: you went from egypt back to nigeria? aliko: yes, i went back. david: did you get a job? what did you do? aliko: i started work with my uncle for a few months, and then i went to lagos and i started my own business. buying cement. it was a low-key business. david: you are 20, 21 years old . you are buying cement. you are a trader. you are not making cement. you are trading it. aliko: i was trading. cement is your main business. why is cement such a big part of africa's wealth, and nigeria? aliko: cement is what builds infrastructure. we need a lot of infrastructure. in nigeria alone, we have about 17,000 deficit of housing. it is all over in africa. when we started cement in nigeria, we realized the majority was imported. that is why we went and we started. it is a long story. david: so you ultimately were trading cement, and was it hard to get the money to keep that business going? aliko: no, it was not reall

muslims around the world begin marking the holy month of ramadan and unprecedented restrictions we go to egypt to see how people are managing to celebrate and pray together while still following the rules. as welcome to the program brazil's health care system is on the verge of collapse according to its own manages many clinics there are already too overwhelmed by coronavirus cases to take in any new patients more than 53000 people have contract to cope with 19 in brazil fears it could become one of the world's pandemic hotspots president joe you're both in our oath still maintains it's a relatively minor disease. also now is also facing a fresh blow to his political authority is just as minister has resigned accusing him of meddling. with the police. oh. noisy protests rang out across brazil on friday dragging out the president's televised address to the nation. shy of also not grow defended his sacking of the federal police chief amid accusations that he was trying to interfere in the country's justice system it'll be jilted also i don't have to ask for authorization from anyone to change an

to egypt down where the number of confirmed coronavirus cases may be a low but the need for information on tackling the virus is huge getting that information to society's poorest and youngest can be a challenge. a student who's using his acting skills to educate a few last practice moves before slipping into character transitioning from engineering student to clown has become 2nd nature for. for 5 years now the 22 year old has been performing as a mine at events as a side to bolster his studies but the corona crisis put into that now often it has found a new angle he's taking his act to cairo's poorest neighborhoods to educate children about the virus. it's our duty to educate kids because they don't really have access to information while they watch cartoons on t.v. they're not that interested in what's going on in the world. op ed is setting off to cairo's city of the dead it's a good hour's drive away but since the universities are closed he's got plenty of time on his hands the corona crisis hasn't visibly impacted cairo's traffic packed mini buses as millions of people commute to

and in egypt there a naval laboratory since world war ii. here's always been a stropng health component of american diplomacy. initiatives ber of but smaller problems. coordinate this and there was not a post i was ambassador or other role that didn't have a strong relationship with the health ministry. this is pretty much standard procedure for u.s. embassies. that it seems like omething has happened i'm sure harry has the same experience in africa it has been a huge made huge nd we have process particularly on maternal mortgage ohio -- mortality. the state department is the embassy that leads this but we have always had this in the embassies that do this very well. yes, to bring you in, harry, you have been director general the foreign service of the state department executive secretary as well. is the sort of coordination mechan should look like in embassies in a kraoufs like this? crisis like this? >> first of all you have to have a plan and it can not be run and hide. coordinate with the u.n. and how younor agencies for are going to get

around the world begin marking the holy month of ramadan under unprecedented restrictions we go to egypt to see how people are managing to celebrate and pray together while still following the rules . tonic spicer welcome to brazil's health care system is on the verge of collapse say administrators many clinics are already overwhelmed by coronavirus cases and there are fears brazil could become one of the world's pandemic hotspots despite the warnings of his health officials president i are both in our maintains it's a relatively minor disease he's also facing a fresh blow to his political authority also in our us justice minister resigned after the president fired a top police official i'm. noisy protests rang at a cross per se on friday dragging out the president's televised address to the nation. i have also not defended his sacking of the federal police chief and made accusations that he was trying to interfere in the country's justice system. it'll also i don't have to ask for authorization from anyone to change any official or anyone else but both scenarios still provided no reason

shutdown in nigeria the president's chief of staff has died from coronavirus travel to germany and egypt early last month before falling ill he was in his seventy's and had underlying health problems and the world health organization is warning that africa could become the next happy center of the pandemic so father few have been fewer than $1000.00 deaths across the continent a much lower rate than in the u.s. and europe but the united nations says it's likely the virus will kill at least 300000 people in africa in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own going to and africa and a 60 percent increase in the number of reported diseases with the current job doing testing kits it's likely that the real numbers are higher than reported. in ecuador the city of quiet is reading from a huge over 1000 deaths officially around 400 people have died in the country so far doctors say the number of deaths. far higher the government test started using giant refrigerated containers bodies and guatemala's president says several migrants and a u.s. dep

one of the un's top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypt's antiterrorism laws could lead to more rights abuses the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the death penalty on those found guilty of funding terrorism the u.n. says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances fionnuala nailon is a un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism and she says in order to effectively combat terrorism it's fundamental to respect the rule of law and human rights. egypt has been in a permanent state of emergency for a number of years so we've had the occasion of the consistent use of exceptional law which is of course having a significant effect on the protection of human rights layered on top of that are a series of legislative anakin starting into 2015 some of which directly relate to terrorism but many of which build on that 2015 terrorism law and essentially expand the ambit of counter-terrorism regulation in ways that are extensive they're far reaching they rel

in egypt, we had a naval laboratory that had been there since world war ii. there's always been a strong health component of american diplomacy. we have the global health initiative, but smaller programs too. our job was to coordinate this and there wasn't a post i was in either as ambassador or in any other role that didn't have a strong relationship with the health ministry. this is pretty much standard procedure for u.s. embassies, and now it seems like something that has happened in outer space. it has always been a huge component and we've made huge progress, particularly on child mortality in the last 20 years. the embassy leads this, but we've always done this sort of thing and very well, frankly. >> ambassador, just to bring you in here, harry, director general of the whole foreign service at the state department, executive secretary, as well. what is the coordination mechanism look like -- or should look like across embassies in a crisis of this sort? >> thank you, ted. first of all, you have to come up with a plan and the plan cannot be to run and h