British Imperialism In Egypt

Imperialism has been around for many years. Throughout history, countries have extended their rule and government to other countries. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, imperialism became an important issue in many countries in Africa. These imperialistic movements in Africa and other locations have had varying effects, some with positive repercussions, while other effects ended negatively. An example of mostly negative imperialism is shown in Egypt’s long history of colonization. Egypt was home to one the greatest kingdoms on the planet, the Ancient Egyptians. However with their fall Egypt has been in constant control by other peoples. The Mamluks, Napoleon, and the Ottomans all had their share of rule. Then the British

Britain left Egypt in disarray and many Muslims blamed this on Britain which left to the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hassan al-Banna was Islamic scholar that witnessed his region fall into a mess from British occupation, so in 1928 he formed the Muslim Brotherhood to restore Islamic traditions. It aimed to instate the Quran in Egyptian individual and communities. As years past and Egypt was still in terrible conditions the Muslim Brotherhood grew bigger and more violent. In 1952, when the British finally left, the Muslim Brotherhood did its best to eliminate British presence. It destroyed 750 British and foreign buildings, along with the killing of all British supporters. As it grew in size and strength the Muslim Brotherhood surpassed the Egyptian government in political force. It became the largest, most organized, and most disciplined force in Egypt. Since the brotherhood became so powerful and radical it was banned by the government in 1948. Its members escaped to Saudi Arabia but those who didn’t were arrested by the Egyptian government. Later in the 1950s after the death of the president, Abdel Nasser, the new president supported the brotherhood and built a safe haven for them. Throughout the present day the Muslim Brotherhood has been switching between banned and having power, but in the revolution in 2011 the brotherhood gained power and gained seats in parliament. The brotherhood

Its goal was to rid of all corruption in African and Middle Eastern countries. Also it wanted to put an end to wars and create peace between fellow Muslims. Beginning with the Tunisian Revolution, which caused uprising and social violence, the spring wanted to place strong but fair governments on several countries. These countries included Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Iran, and Morocco all of which were colonies of European countries. When they were dumped weak and corrupt governments were in power, and the Arab Spring aimed to fix this. However the Arab Spring took severe measures to gain their goal. With the peaceful demonstrations, there were many violent outbreaks. On April 6, 2008 3,000 workers in Egypt went on strike against their factory because of low wages. More and more outbreaks occurred but some became very violent. In 2011 the Egyptian government was overthrown and country wide crisis began. The major cause for all these uprising and the spring was the poor jobs and failing governments left in these countries since they had no help since their