Bakos, Alexandria Explained

Bakos
Native Name:باكوس
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Alexandria
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:31.2356°N 29.9572°W

Bakos (باكوس), also known as Bacus, is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.

The former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in 1918 in Bakos.[1]

Gamal Abdel Nasser

The neighbourhood was the birthplace of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who lead the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 to topple a line of kings in Egypt, later ousting his associate Mohammed Naguib and consolidating absolute power. He issued a number of wide-reaching reforms in Egypt and his popularity enjoyed a large boost due to his adept and skilful managing of the Suez Crisis. During the Cold War, he was a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement and frequently used the nations (namely the Soviet Union and the United States of America) who wanted his support in the Arab World to his advantage. Despite resigning after a defeat by Israel in the Six Day War, he was reinstated by popular demand and when he died, there was an outpouring of grief in the Arab World. He was succeeded by Anwar Sadat. Even today in Egypt, there is a large amount of nostalgia for him and his policies, called Nasserist.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Biography . nasser.org.