In today's episode, we recount the situation in Egypt in 1952, go through the very anticlimactic 1952 revolution and discuss its aftermath, and conclude with the 1956 Suez Crisis and Gamal Abdel Nasser's coming out party on the world stage. Enjoy!
Foreign Exchanges: the Podcast
Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.
Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.Listen on
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