Aristocratic circles celebrated Fouad II, the most important of which was Al-Jazira Club
Nasserites rallied against the visit of the "last king of Egypt" to Cairo
Ahmed Fouad (center) during the tour.
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Ahmed Fouad and a number of former princesses and princes.
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The 1952 revolution ended the monarchy in Egypt, when Ahmed Fouad was a small child.
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Finally, the visit of the "former King of Egypt", Ahmed Fouad II, to Cairo ended, after a tour that included prominent places in the Egyptian capital, such as Al-Jazira Club, Al-Moez Street, and the Museum of Civilization.
The parties to the visit were greeted with welcome, while the visit aroused the ire of Nasserite forces and personalities, who expressed their fears that the visit would carry political connotations.
Many refer to Ahmed Fouad II, the son of King Farouk, who was deposed by the July 1952 revolution, as "the last king of Egypt", as he assumed the throne nominally and officially from July 26, 1952 to June 16, 1953, after his father Farouk abdicated. Under the pressure of the July leaders, a guardianship committee was formed because Ahmed Fouad is still a baby headed by Muhammad Abdel Moneim, Rashad Muhanna, and Bahey El-Din Pasha, according to historians, while some prefer describing him as "Crown Prince of Farouk", because he did not actually rule.
The former King Ahmed Fouad II, according to a statement by his official spokesman, historian Maged George, had received invitations from several entities in Egypt to visit them upon his arrival in Cairo, including Al-Jazira Club in Zamalek, which Fouad II holds an honorary membership, and whose members were surprised by the former king’s wandering among them. accompanied by the club's president, Sherif Seif Al-Nasr, to have a "lunch plan" for him, according to George's expression, and give him souvenirs on the sidelines of the invitation, and then take a celebratory tour of the golf course and the cavalry area, where special performances were held in honor of the former king.
The former king, according to George, also visited Al-Moez Street, the Prince Muhammad Ali Museum, the Manial District, and the National Museum of Civilization, where Fouad II expressed his admiration for the "architectural change that Cairo witnessed, especially in the field of removing slums," according to what the spokesman said. the official.
While the Egyptian media celebrated the warm receptions at the shrines, and showed memorial photos and snapshots of Egyptian citizens with Fouad II, the visit was subjected to a massive attack campaign by Nasserite symbols, who considered it a violation of the legacy of the July 23, 1952 revolution.
The journalist, Mustafa Bakri, in his program “On My Responsibility” on the “Echo of the Country” channel, attacked the visit and said: “Sometimes we need to activate the national memory, because some want to falsify history and deny the established historical facts, which are indisputable.
Some have nostalgia for the pre-1952 era in Egypt, I say this on the occasion of the uproar around the visit of the former Crown Prince of King Farouk, who some call the title of the last king of Egypt, and the truth is that Ahmed Fouad left Egypt as a baby after the victorious revolution in 1952 led by The late leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, who never ruled Egypt, and apart from the unjustified warmth and exaggerated welcome for the visit of Brother Ahmed Fouad, let us talk about the conditions of Egypt at the time, or did you forget?
Bakri continued, “Some have forgotten what was happening, and are trying to portray the situation at the time as if it were a promised paradise. I do not know who the contractor is organizing such visits, which made them look like official visits.
Egypt was at that time occupied by the British colonizer, who was controlling everything, and King Farouk was nothing but a puppet in his hand, according to the testimony of the senior men of this era, and the colonizer was practicing oppression and oppression against our people.
The visit also attacked the Nasserite writer, Ahmed El-Gamal, in an article that was reported to have been apologized by Al-Ahram for publishing it, but paragraphs of it appeared on Nasserist websites, newspapers and pages.
In the article attributed to him, El-Gamal said, "It is a human and civil matter for Ahmed Fouad Farouk Fouad Ismail Ibrahim Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Agha to come to Egypt, whom fates wanted to remove his father from power, while he is still in the lap."
And El-Gamal added, “As for what has no explanation other than that it is a kind of farcical parody, it is the blatant haleela that accompanied Brother Ahmed’s appearance.”
The Nasserist journalist writer Ahmed Refaat, in an article in the newspaper "Veto", attacked the visit, and considered writing about it a "political whitewashing campaign for the pre-1952 era, and a planned campaign in which all modern media and propaganda tools were used, from drama to falsifying history."
The pages of the Nasserites on "Facebook" were marked by various criticisms of the visit, such as the page of Dr. Mustafa Sultan (a Nasserist and proud), and the page of a member of the Political Bureau of the Nasserite Party, Ramadan Baghdadi, which published writings rejecting the visit, and others.
Al-Jazira Club is proud of the visit of King Ahmed Fouad II
At Al-Jazira Sports Club, we were honored by the visit of King Ahmed Fouad II, Prince Muhammad Ali, Princess Nawal and Princess Fawzia.
The invitation was addressed to all members of the honorable family residing in Egypt, to attend and celebrate that historic visit.
The visit included a tour around the club from the centercourt, to the swimming pool, to golf, to the lido and the pergola.
The members were pleased to have had the opportunity to take souvenir photos with King Ahmed Fouad II, while he was eating some Egyptian dishes, such as Molokhia, Umm Ali, Basbousa with cream, and Konafa with cream, which he loves so much.
Statement on King Farouk Furniture
Referring to what was recently raised about the sale of King Farouk I’s bedroom furniture at an auction in the United States, King Fouad II and his family would like to confirm that all the family property that was confiscated for the benefit of the Egyptian people has become part of the nation’s cultural and historical heritage, In the custody of successive Egyptian governments, in their capacity as the caretaker of the people’s interest, and the custodian of their properties, which are supposed to be displayed in state museums as public property, they may never be entrusted to anyone, nor should they be left vulnerable to neglect or theft.
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