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  Farouk of Egypt Summary
Farouk's rule was further complicated by new domestic developments in Egypt, particularly in political and economic matters.
Farouk's tendency toward authoritarianism and his insistence on active intervention in politics made it impossible for any legitimately elected government to meet the expectations of the newer elements in society and complicated infinitely the task of governing the country.
Farouk died in exile in Rome on March 18, 1965, of a heart attack and was brought back to Egypt for burial.
www.bookrags.com /Farouk_I   (1509 words)

  
  Farouk of Egypt
King Farouk of Egypt (February 11, 1920 - March 18, 1965) was the second to last King of Egypt[?], succeeding his father Fuad I in 1936.
Immediately following Farouk's abdication the monarch's baby son, Fuad II, was proclaimed king, but for all intents and purposes the monarchy had been de facto abolished.
Farouk continued to live a lavish life even in exile, and continued his obessive accumulation of material goods.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fa/Farouk_I.html   (434 words)

  
 Whims of Fate [The Voice of Russia]
After the 32-year-old Farouk left the country never to get back again, the new regime quickly moved to auction off the king 's vast collection of trinkets and stolen treasures, including a huge collection of pornographic magazines and the world’s largest collection of post stamps.
Farouk was particularly partial to married women often flmailing them to divorce their husbands.
Farouk continued to live a lavish life even in exile, and continued his obsessive accumulation of material goods squandering what had remained of his once vast fortune.
www.vor.ru /English/whims/whims_067.html   (602 words)

  
 Farouk - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Farouk, 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, the largest Egyptian party.
Farouk was forced to abdicate; he fled the country and found refuge abroad.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-farouk.html   (265 words)

  
 King Farouk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Farouk, not being happy with a common two bedroom stucco, financed expansive home improvements (which included a second story addition built without removing the old roof) and overbuilt the place for the neighborhood.
One of my greatest joys as a teenager was watching for Farouk in his front yard when pulling up to my house, rolling the windows down and blasting some rock station that I had specifically tuned for his benefit (I normally only listened to KFAC, the classical station).
Historical note: King Farouk I of Egypt lived from 1920 to 1965, and was widely unpopular due to his ego, wasteful, imperious ways and enormous girth.
wesclark.com /am/farouk.html   (647 words)

  
 Remembering Farouk Abdel-Muhti :: rwor.org
Farouk made clear his opposition to religious fundamentalism, and he was for building up the secular pole of resistance.
Farouk later told the RW that the guards yelled, “You are a communist, you are un-American,” and beat him up – an act witnessed by other detainees.
Farouk’s case became a sharp exposure of the plight of the Palestinian people – denied their homeland by the U.S. and their Israeli attack dog.
rwor.org /a/1257/farouk.htm   (1674 words)

  
 Farouk I van Egypte - Wikipedia
Koning Farouk I (11 februari 1920 – 18 maart 1965) was van 1936 tot 1952 koning van Egypte, toen hij zijn vader Koning Fuad I van Egypte (die tussen 1922 en 1936 regeerde) opvolgde, tot 1952, toen hij werd afgezet door een coup onder leiding van kolonel Gamal Abdel Nasser en generaal Mohammed Naguib.
Farouks zuster Fawzia was de echtgenote van Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, de sjah van het toenmalige Perzië, nu Iran.
Farouk werd bekend als de "playboy-koning" en "de dief van Caïro" (omdat hij leed aan kleptomanie: op zijn buitenlandse reizen, en in Egypte zelf, mengde hij zich onder het gewone volk, en stal hij alles wat van zijn gading was.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farouk_I_van_Egypte   (454 words)

  
 Farouk Abdel-Muhti 1947-2004
Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a member of the Pacifica radio station WBAI family, died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, while he was giving a speech last night in Philadelphia.
Farouk Adbel-Muhti was born in 1947 in Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank of Jordan.
Farouk continued to live openly in the New York area, engaging in a number of public political activities, with a focus on Palestinian rights and issues relating to immigration and Latin America.
www.democracynow.org /static/farouk.shtml   (696 words)

  
 Kirov Ballet, Makhar Vaziev Interview, Part 2
Farouk told me that during his first 3 or 4 years of school he was thin and small.
In performances of the Nutcracker Farouk performed the third act child’s pas de trois at an age older than was typical.
Farouk changed his voice and called everybody, telling them he was the director of the city zoo.
www.kirov.com /stories/vaziev/walker5.html   (3066 words)

  
 Farouk Abdel-Muhti Set Free After Two Years in Prison : Indybay
FAROUK ABDEL-MUHTI: Yes, when I was in WBAI Pacifica station on "Wake-up Call" in the morning, the task force came, and it was in the beginning of the month of April, they were looking for me. They were there, coming together in my house.
FAROUK ABDEL-MUHTI: Well, Amy, before one asked me you when I was arrested, it was to cooperate with them to give information about Palestinians and Muslim organizations and all of these things.
FAROUK ABDEL-MUHTI: Well, to the one question, Jordan cannot accept me, and the Palestinian Authority at the moment is not allowed to be as a people.
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/04/13/16773821.php   (2685 words)

  
 Oberlin Alumni Magazine : Spring 2002
Farouk earned his keep that lap, causing me to move forward when the gravel road could easily have felt like a feather bed, offering rest and a moment's ease in pain.
Farouk was in worse condition, and his spirit was broken.
Farouk followed moments later, delirious with joy over a triumph he had at one time abandoned.
www.oberlin.edu /alummag/oamcurrent/oam_spring2002/story5_2.html   (1029 words)

  
 Farouk asked for all our help in fighting for justice and equality! : Indybay
To the astute observer, Farouk Adel Muthi is a man that bears wounds to his psyche and body that are common to all torture victims.
Farouk's experience is consistent with that of that of a torture victim.
To Farouk himself, as a well-wisher, and fellow human being and activist for Palestine, I'd encourage you to seek the assistance of groups in NY that treat victims of torture.
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/07/25/16900361.php   (1318 words)

  
 Farouk of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Farouk with Saudi King Abdul Aziz during his visit to Egypt.
Upon his coronation, the 16 year-old king Farouk made a public radio address to the nation, the first time a King of Egypt had ever spoken directly to his people.
Farouk continued to live a lavish life even in exile, and continued his obsessive accumulation of material goods.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farouk_of_Egypt   (838 words)

  
 Shadow King (Amahl Farouk; X-Men foe)
Farouk relaxed his control to taunt his captives, but Kitty instead taunted him with details of the future failure of Hitler and the Third Reich, and Lilibet scratched Farouk with her broach.
Farouk then melded their flesh and prepared to take over his mind, but Forge punched Farouk with his bionic hand (though an astral version of it), disrupting his control and returning back to Earth.
Farouk told Shen that the girl would be framed as a psychotic, deadly killer, and that the mutant would soon be his, just as Dr. Shen already was.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/shadowkingfarouk.htm   (11034 words)

  
 WBAI, New York City - 99.5 FM - Galleries - Rally for Farouk Abdel-Muhti 4-25-03
A crowd of 40-50 supporters of long-time Palestinian rights activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti rallied at mid-day Friday in front of the downtown Federal Building to call for his immediate release a year after he was abducted from his New York home by immigration police.
Farouk, 55, drew government attention last spring when he began producing segments for left-leaning WBAI-99.5 FM during the Israeli invasion of the West Bank.
Kupferman said Farouk has been denied halal food and medications for his high blood pressure and has also suffered sleep derivation in jail cells where lights are never turned off.
www.wbai.org /galleries/farouk_rally4-25-03/fr4-25-03index.php   (668 words)

  
 Farouk Systems 2006 - Consumer site
Farouk Systems, Inc. is a Houston based company that manufactures high quality professional hair care and spa products.
Farouk Systems' uniqueness comes from being a company owned and operated by a team of hairdressers that include over 1,500 educators in over 60 countries.
My mission and dream was to provide my fellow hair artists with a safer workplace environment - free of harsh chemicals, advanced knowledge through education and new professional only systems that could not be duplicated at home.
www.farouk.com /company.htm   (108 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Chronicles | A palace wedding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The marriage of Farouk to Farida was a rare event for he was only the second leader of Egypt to marry after ascending the throne.
Not more than three weeks had passed since Farouk had dismissed the government of Mustafa El-Nahhas Pasha when the festivities and nights of esprit were held for the marriage of the king, with all that such occasions bring in way of diverting the people's interest away from major political events.
Yet it appears that the gates to the heavens were closed and the supplication of the kebab-maker was not received, for Farouk died in 1965 at the age of 45.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/790/chrncls.htm   (3471 words)

  
 Miller's gift, according to Farouk - Sport - www.theage.com.au
If I write truthfully of Farouk, few will believe me, or perhaps South Africans will, since Farouk is from that amazing country, where human beings grow in shapes and sizes I have not seen elsewhere.
South African politics is not my area, but as I understand it, Farouk was the only non-Zulu in the Zulu Inkata Party during the transition to democracy in South Africa.
Farouk, a Muslim whose first language was Afrikaans, learnt English from the classics.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/15/1097784049843.html?from=storylhs   (780 words)

  
 King Farouk I
When King Fouad, his father died, Farouk was still under age, and accordingly a regency council was formed of Prince Mohammad Ali, Aziz Ezzat Pasha and Sherif Sabry Pasha to run the scene until his constitutional powers were completely handed over to him on July 29, 1937.
On July 23, 1952, the revolution erupted and King Farouk was forced to abdicate the throne to his son Ahmed Fouad II who was a child then.
The abdication document was signed in Ras El Teen Palace on July 26, 1952, and Farouk left Egypt to Italy where he died in 1965 and was buried in Egypt in El Refai mosque.
www.presidency.gov.eg /html/e_king_farouk_i.html   (125 words)

  
 Independent Media Center | www.indymedia.org | ((( i )))
Farouk was released from jail on April 12, 2004 after being held for two years without charge by US immigration officials.
One mourner writes, "Farouk will be missed by all of us who were inspired by his resiliency in the face of so much suffering done to himself and his people.
Farouk's life is a reminder to us that we are all citizens of a world of true equity, justice and peace that has not yet come to pass, a place we glimpse around corners from time to time.
www.indymedia.org /or/2004/07/111525.shtml   (3074 words)

  
 et - Full Story
Her latest book Farouk: Thaliman wa Mathlouman (Farouk: Culprit and Victim), released in January by Al Ahram’s Nisf El-Donia, was so well-received by critics and readers alike that the second edition was sold out in bookstores.
Since King Farouk’s era was packed with major events which eventually led to the revolution, Helmi felt that it had to stand independently in a comprehensive work of its own.
In a chapter titled “Farouk Never Drank Alcohol”, she dismantles claims that Farouk was a heavy drinker and a notorious womanizer through the testimony of one his closest friends, Karim Thabet, who said that Farouk never drank and that his rumored escapades never went beyond wild laughter.
www.egypttoday.com /article.aspx?ArticleID=5243   (1816 words)

  
 N.Y. Palestinian activist freed from U.S. prison nightmare
Farouk is a stateless Palestinian born in 1947 in Ramallah in the West Bank.
No "terrorism" charges were ever brought against Farouk, but from the moment of his arrest, he refused to cooperate in any way with the Bush administration's thought police.
Farouk, 56 years old, told me, "The physical torture and psychological torture created thyroid problems, gastritis, arthritis, and high blood pressure, which originated with the torture." Proper medical care, even after beatings, was consistently denied, he said.
www.geocities.com /mnsocialist/palestine3.html   (978 words)

  
 courant.com | Unraveling Of Coexistence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
So Farouk began preparing to do what neither his father nor his grandfather could have imagined in their Iraq: flee Tobji, an enclave where Shiites and Sunnis have coexisted for more than half a century.
Farouk plans to join the more than 400,000 Iraqis who have fled their homes, an exodus that is reshaping the face of Baghdad into neighborhoods polarized along sectarian lines.
Farouk's house sits in the heart of Tobji, around the corner from walls with fl markings that read "Long Live al-Sadr." He is burly, with a long, oval face and a thin gray mustache, one of three Sunnis who live on the block.
www.courant.com /news/nationworld/hc-sunni1212.artdec12,0,6195118.story?coll=hc-headlines-nationworld   (701 words)

  
 The Voices In My Head: Harper Lee Weinstock
Farouk was innocently seeking love and companionship in his native Cairo, but like me, all he found was heartbreak and pain.
Farouk suspected nothing out of the ordinary since it's customary for the women of his culture to keep their faces covered until their wedding night.
Farouk is suing his estranged wife's family for misrepresentation and fraud because they failed to mention that Granny was old enough to qualify for the free government mummification program.
www.timknox.com /weinstock/bride.html   (928 words)

  
 Farouk for President interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Farouk: I was not there, but was told that he did, a fact to which I am humble and I thank the Lord for listening to the prayers of Nigerians.
Farouk: In the case of Nigeria, that wont be necessary, you see, when our boys execute someone, they make sure to dissolve the remains in acid first, as a means of punishing them forever even when they are dead and unfeeling.
Farouk: Read, my economic and political amnesty proposal in Farouk for President 3, We thought of making the current President our Ambassador Plenipotentiary, but there was talk of jet lag and his blood pressure.
www.nigerdeltacongress.com /farticles/farouk_for_president_interview.htm   (1835 words)

  
 Oberlin Alumni Magazine : Spring 2002
Early on, Farouk and I stayed together, musing over the gentle terrain, beautiful wooded surroundings, and decidedly finding by Anna Newcomb Bradford '84 / photo by David Brooks Oberlin Alumni Magazine 28 lazy pace.
Farouk and I concentrated on drinking every mile, while feasting on ham and cheese sandwiches, melons, eggs, and potatoes.
Recognizing that Farouk's pace was faster than my own, I left the aid stations quickly to give myself a head start.
www.oberlin.edu /alummag/oamcurrent/oam_spring2002/story5.html   (774 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Special | Thrice-married man?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The general impression of ex-King Farouk following his 1952 abdication and arrival in Europe is that he was concerned above all to live the good life, enjoying a reputation as a bon viveur.
Then there are the reports of Farouk's collecting and his attempts to pursue this in Rome.
The day Farouk died, Minutolo was not with him in Rome, but in Monte Carlo.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/734/sc3.htm   (877 words)

  
 Farouk Ruzimatov Interview One, Part2
Farouk Ruzimatov and Altynai Asylmuratova in the divertissement from Petipa's ballet "Paquita."
Farouk Ruzimatov appearing to fly in the role of "Le Corsaire."
A dancer must have a brain and a heart, and both must be developed to achieve excellence.
www.kirov.com /stories/farouk/walker3.html   (2439 words)

  
 King Farouk
Farouk, the son of King Fuad, was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1920.
Farouk tried to introduce land reform and modernize the economy but because of large-scale corruption progress was slow.
The failed 1948 Palestine campaign reinforced the view that Farouk's government was inefficient and corrupt.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWfarouk1.htm   (136 words)

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