Andrew Swallow wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:[snip]
:
: :
: :On the 28th of February 1922, Britain unilaterally declared the termination
: f the British Protectorate and declared Egypt an independent state. In
: :1923, the first Constitution was promulgated and Sa'ad Zaghloul formed the
: :first representative government of Egypt.
: :
:
: Note the phrasing "British Protectorate". Just who were they
: 'protecting' it from?
:
:
:The French and the Americans.
:

Wrong (well, maybe part right, but certainly nowhere near the main
answer). Care to guess again, or might you perhaps take a history
course?


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