For twelve years, Farouk of Egypt wandered in exile. In public he wore dark glasses and was accompanied by two bodyguards who fended off newsmen and curious bystanders. In private Farouk endlessly ...
Cairo: For most Egyptians, King Farouk, the country's last monarch, was a womaniser and a drunkard. A TV serial, produced by a Saudi satellite channel, challenges this decades-old perception of Farouk ...
CAIRO (AP) — On the eve of the 60th anniversary of a coup that started decades of military rule, Egypt’s new president said Sunday that it failed to bring about democracy. He credited last year’s ...