In a novel whose sole source is Mustafa El-Fiqi ... and half a century has passed
Prince Philip expressed his dissatisfaction with the "Arabism of Egypt"
Prince Philip told the Egyptian ambassador that Egypt is not Arab in the presence of Queen Elizabeth.
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Mustafa El-Feki: “The late Prince Philip expressed his public dissatisfaction with calling Egypt the“ United Arab Republic ”at a diplomatic ceremony, without any regard for diplomatic norms, and in the presence of Queen Elizabeth, who was embarrassed by the prince's behavior.
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The current Secretary of the Library of Alexandria, former President Hosni Mubarak's Secretary for Information Affairs, Dr. Mustafa El-Fiqi, attributed to the late British Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, his public expression of his dissatisfaction with calling Egypt the "United Arab Republic" in a diplomatic ceremony, without any regard for diplomatic norms, In the presence of the British Queen Elizabeth, who is embarrassed by the Prince's behavior.
El-Fiqi said in an article published in the Cairo newspaper, “Al-Masry Al-Youm”, the day before yesterday, under the title “Prince Philip and Egypt,” that the prince said at a diplomatic ceremony hosted by the Queen of Britain in 1970, to foreign diplomats, with the participation of the Egyptian ambassador to Britain at the time, Kamal Rifaat: “ What is the name of your country? ”When the ambassador responded by saying“ The United Arab Republic, ”the Emir responded in a spontaneous manner and with a loud voice, according to al-Fiqi's description:“ You are not Arabs, you are Egyptians, then unity with whom? ”And Al-Fiqi commented that the Queen“ was sweating. From the prince’s inappropriate behavior. ”However, the prince, according to al-Fiqi, repeated the question at the diplomatic ceremony the following year, and when he was told that the late President Anwar Sadat had changed the name to the Arab Republic of Egypt, he expressed his satisfaction, saying:“ This is great, the name of Egypt returns as it was through history".
Al-Fiqi said in the article that “Prince Philip was participating in his depths in his notes, as the name of Egypt was kept and immortalized from disappearing, even for a while.”
El-Fiqi did not mention the reaction of the Egyptian ambassador, Kamal Rifaat, to whom Prince Philip addressed the conversation.
The hard-line ambassador
It is noteworthy that Ambassador Kamal Rifat, whom Al-Fiqi referred to, and who was at the head of the Egyptian diplomacy in Britain at that time, was one of the hawks of the Free Officers in July 1952, known for his Arab nationalist tendencies, as he fought in Palestine in 1948, then returned to lead the popular resistance The armed forces in the Canal Zone against the British occupation in the early 1950s, until the evacuation was accomplished, and he communicated with the Free Officers Movement in Jordan during the tripartite aggression against Egypt in 1956, and became responsible for Britain's file in the Egyptian intelligence during the revolution era, and after his return from Britain he established the "Nasserite Socialist Forum" Al-Arabi, and then left him to establish with one of the leaders of July, Khaled Mohieddin, the "Unionist Progressive Rally" party, and to become its official spokesman until his death. He was called in the press the name "Guevara the Arabs", and he is the author of the two books "The National Liberation War between Abolition of the 1936 Treaty." And the abolition of the 1954 agreement, ”and“ yes, Nasserists, ”and throughout his tenure in various positions during the Nasserite era, he was known for his stances.Militant.
El Feki is a supporter of the Emir
On a parallel level, Mustafa al-Feki, who said that he favored Prince Philip's comment rejecting the Arab nationalism of Egypt, according to what he mentioned, is known for his adoption of the Arab nationalist thought, and has written several books and researches in this regard, including the book "Egyptian Arabism".
It is noteworthy that Dr. Mustafa Al-Feki’s memoirs, titled “The Novel - A Journey of Time and Place,” had earlier sparked controversy because they included unexpected stories, and also sparked a sharp attack from the sons of the late President Hosni Mubarak, who were surprised by al-Feki's criticism of their father's policies. He used to occupy the position of his information secretary, which prompted the son of the former president, Alaa Mubarak, to describe Al-Fiqi following the memos in a tweet as "a rubber man who has extraordinary flexibility, a colorful personality, and is good at playing on all the ropes according to circumstances and timing," according to what the newspapers reported. And Egyptian sites.
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