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Sadat & Gaddafi always act like two feuding high school girls that were once friends

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Hussain Abdul-Hussain

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In 1954, he published his personal manifesto, "The Philosophy Of The Revolution," which became a authoritative account of the Free Officers rise to power and Nasser's personal imprint on the movement. Readers around the world were introduced to the young patriot's education in the streets, barracks and battlefields and his vision of a dramatic leadership role for Egypt in the overlapping Arab, African and Muslim spheres. The text is romantic; some say naive, but to Britain's ambassador in Cairo, it reflected a "breadth of vision, humanity and idealism." His American counterpoint judged Nasser "selfless and icily intelligent," an authoritarian but honest leader of "uncompromising realism."

Joel Gordon, “Nasser: Hero Of The Arab Nation” (2006).

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The flag of Sudan was adopted in 1970. The flag is based on the Pan-Arab colors, which in turn were derived from the flag of the 1916 Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during WWI. The Sudanese flag rearranges the colors of the flag, and uses a different aspect ratio. In the context of Sudan, the red represents the nations many struggles, including the struggle for independence. White represents peace, light, and optimism, as well as the 1920's nationalist group, the White Flag League. Black represents Sudan, as in Arabic the word Sudan (السودان‎) means black. Green represents Islam, and the prosperity of the land.

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At the height of Saddam Hussein’s power, members of the Ba’ath party in Iraq planned a tribute in his honor. They commissioned a golden statue in his likeness, to be propelled into space where it would orbit Earth for all eternity, gazing upon his pan-Arabic lands and its enemies with the eye of God.

For the Ba’athists, Saddam was celebrated as a hero whose actions in favor of pan-Arabism marked him as the second coming of the mythical Saladin, who fought the Crusaders in Palestine and delivered them to justice. The rise of Saddam’s personality cult followed with colossal stone effigies erected throughout Iraq. One of these featured Saddam’s stoic gaze crowned with the holy shrine of the Dome of the Rock–conflating his rule with divine mandate and cloaking him under the mantle of the Prophet.