The effect of the world war II on Egypt : social problems and governmental policy

Abstract EN

The deteriorated Egyptians’ conditions and social problems that appeared in post-World War II years were the real reasons for the Egyptians to accept and support the military coup of 1952.

Poverty, diseases and ignorance were on the top of these problems that had been escalated after the war.

This study argues that other social problems like narcotics smuggling, murders and homelessness were exacerbated in the Egyptian society as direct impact of the war.

The US State Department documents have been the primary source material for this study.

This is in addition to many Egyptian documents and sources that created a clear scene of detailed Egyptian social life in such important period.

The study concluded that the successive governments during this period were not able to effectively solve the aforementioned problems.

This is because the inclinations of such governments focused mainly on empowerment and rich classcs besides being busy with politics.