Wafd
noun
a nationalist party in Egypt.
Wafdist
-
a word derived from
Wafd.
Example Sentences
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With fine oriental flair old King Fuad managed, with British assistance, to maintain himself in power without kowtowing to Egypt's majority Wafdist party.
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Prices were still skyhigh, favoritism was still common in government promotion lists, and Wafdist politicians plotted to overthrow the new regime.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such funds are appropriated by most European governments, but Farouk was suspicious that the money was intended for the coffers of Premier Nahas' Wafdist & Blueshirt organizations.
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Old Nahas Pasha and other former Wafdist enemies of the new regime remain in their homes, which, in most cases, they have been allowed to keep.
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He also sacked the Wafdist leader twice, only to be forced to make him Prime Minister again.
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