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Farouk

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Farouk (färk`), 1920–65, king of Egypt (1936–52), son and successor of Fuad I. After a short regency he acceded (1937) to the throne. A constitutional monarch, Farouk was frequently at odds with the Wafd Wafd (wŏft), in modern Egyptian history, a political party.
..... Click the link for more information. , the largest Egyptian party. Because of his pro-Axis sympathies during World War II, the British imposed upon him a pro-British premier in 1942. General corruption, added to his defeat in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Arab-Israeli Wars, conflicts in 1948–49, 1956, 1967, 1973–74, and 1982 between Israel and the Arab states. Tensions between Israel and the Arabs have been complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the
..... Click the link for more information. , eventually led to the military coup of 1952, headed by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdal Nasser Nasser, Gamal Abdal (gəmäl` ăb`dəl nä`sər)
..... Click the link for more information. . Farouk was forced to abdicate; he fled the country and found refuge abroad.
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Tarek Farouk Maassarani, 27, and Holly DeeAnn Smith, 30, planned on having their wedding ceremony near their home in Washington, D.
A wedding-day protest by Kuhr, Fred / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Things change when Farouk and Sam spend time after school together, studying sometimes, and at other times exploring the beaches up and down the coast.
Lion, Melissa. Swollen by Rosser, Claire / Kliatt
The age of the crater is unknown, but the feature must be younger than 100 million years, the age of the underlying sandstone, Ghoneim and her colleague Farouk EI-Baz announced last week.
Crater in the sand by Perkins, S. / Science News
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