United Arab Republic
Americannoun
noun
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Opposition was led by Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim majority, who had supported Lebanon’s joining the United Arab Republic when Chamoun had refused to do so.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Immediately after he defeated Liston and announced that he practiced Islam, Egypt’s Supreme Islamic Council invited him to visit the United Arab Republic.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2016
For three years, Egypt and Syria, despite being on different continents, actually tried it, by merging into the United Arab Republic; the experiment disintegrated after a 1961 coup in Damascus.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2016
Gamal Abdel Nasser took from the book’s tenets his ambition to unite the Arabs, finally joining his own country, Egypt, with Syria and North Yemen in the United Arab Republic.
From Newsweek • Jul. 18, 2013
Egypt and Syria, reacting to a number of political factors, including growing American influence in the region, merged, creating the United Arab Republic.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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