In Syria, opposition to union with Egypt mounted ; Syrian Army officers resented being subordinated to Egyptian officers, Bedouin tribes received funds from Saudi Arabia to prevent their loyalty to Nasser, Egyptian-style land reform was blamed for damaging Syrian agricultural production, Communists began to gain influence among lower-income workers, and the intellectuals within the Ba ' ath party who had initially supported union rejected the single-party system.

Nasser blamed the lack of unity among the Arab states for what he deemed " the disastrous situation " regarding Israel's water diversion scheme.

On 22 – 26 July 1952, a group of disaffected army officers ( the " free officers ") led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk, whom the military blamed for Egypt's poor performance in the 1948 war with Israel.

* 1958 – Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.

It was not until the Gamal Abdel Nasser era that Arab nationalism ( in addition to Arab socialism ) became a state policy and a means with which to define Egypt's position in the Middle East and the world, usually articulated vis-à-vis Zionism in the neighboring Jewish state of Israel.

In large part representing the popularity Nasser had gained among the masses in the Arab world following the Suez crisis, the United Arab Republic ( UAR ) in 1958 was the first case of the actual merger of two previously independent Arab countries.

Moreover, the glory and comparative unity of the Arab World under Saladin was seen as the perfect symbol for the new unity sought by Arab nationalists, such as Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Nasser inspired nationalists throughout the Middle East by fighting the British and the French during the Suez Crisis of 1956, modernizing Egypt, and uniting the Arab world politically.

He had a good instinct for what the " Arab street " demanded, following the decline in Egyptian leadership brought about by the trauma of Israel's six-day victory in the 1967 war, the death of the pan-Arabist hero, Gamal Abdul Nasser, in 1970, and the " traitorous " drive by his successor, Anwar Sadat, to sue for peace with the Jewish state.

In the 1950s the President of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, criticized on pragmatic grounds the type of Arab nationalism then promoted by Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, which was a widely-popular ideology at the time in the Arabic-speaking countries.

Ahmad bin Yahya's reign was marked by growing econimic and political reforms, renewed friction with the United Kingdom over the British presence in the south, and growing pressures to support the Arab nationalist objectives of Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser.

Although Nasser and his Arab allies had been defeated, Arafat and Fatah could claim a victory, in that the majority of Palestinians, who had up to that time tended to align and sympathize with individual Arab governments, now began to agree that a ' Palestinian ' solution to their dilemma was indispensable.

Arafat and Abu Jihad meet Gamal Abdel Nasser upon arrival in Cairo to attend first emergency Arab League summit, 1970

As part of this effort, Gamal Abdel Nasser led the first ever emergency Arab League summit in Cairo on 21 September.

Nasser became an influential leader in the Middle East in the 1950s, leading Arab states into war with Israel, becoming a major leader of the Non-Aligned Movement and promoting pan-Arab unification.

** Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated as the first president of the United Arab Republic.

Pan-Arab sentiment was very strong in Syria, and Nasser was a popular hero-figure throughout the Arab world following the Suez War of 1956.

Nasser signing unity pact with Syria n president Shukri al-Quwatli, forming the United Arab Republic, February 1958

To Nasser, the revolution in Iraq left the road for Arab nationalism unblocked.

In speeches that followed the coup, Nasser declared he would never give up his goal of an ultimate Arab union, though he would never again achieve such a tangible victory toward this goal.

Nasser is seen as one of the most important political figures in both modern Arab history and politics in the 20th century.

Although his status as " leader of the Arabs " was badly damaged by the Israeli victory over the Arab armies in the Six-Day War, as well as Egypt's failure to win the subsequent War of Attrition against Israel, many in the general Arab population still view Nasser as a symbol of Arab dignity and freedom.

This resulted in a loss of influence as the Congo prepared for independence, influenced by nationalist anti-colonial leaders as Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana and Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser.

" Nasser also began forming a group consisting of other young military officers with strong nationalist sentiments and who supported some form of revolution.

Nasser also enjoyed the full support of Arab nationalist organizations throughout the region, including the Arab Nationalist Movement ( ANM ), Najd al-Fatat ( in Saudi Arabia ), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Arabia, and to a certain degree the Ba ' ath party which operated in a number of countries.

Through his speeches and his actions, and because he was able to symbolize the popular Arab will, Nasser inspired several nationalist revolutions in the Arab world.

After the defeat of the Arab coalition by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War — which the reigning Arab nationalist leader Nasser had dubbed al-Ma ‘ raka al-Masiriya, ( the battle of destiny )— the Arab nationalist movement is said to have suffered an " irreversible " slide towards " political marginality ".

In the case of many Middle-Eastern states, " socialism " was often used in reference to an Arab-socialist / nationalist philosophy adopted by specific regimes, such as that of Gamal Abdel Nasser and that of the various Ba ' ath Parties.

On 27 September 1962, revolutionaries inspired by the Arab nationalist ideology of United Arab Republic ( Egyptian ) President Gamal Abdel Nasser deposed the newly-crowned King Muhammad al-Badr, took control of Sana ' a, and established the Yemen Arab Republic ( YAR ).

This anti-Zionist trend became linked to anti-British resistance, to form a nationalist movement quite particular and separate from the pan-Arab trend that was gaining strength in the Arab world, and would later be headed by Nasser, Ben Bella and other anticolonial leaders.

To this school of thought belongs Islamic socialism, identified particularly with Egyptian nationalist Gamal Abdul Nasser.

US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was deeply suspicious of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who he believed to be a reckless and dangerous nationalist.

The United States, itself a former colony and emerging colonial power in its own right, flexed its new influence in support of the decolonisation process, for example supporting prominent Arab nationalist Nasser during the Suez Crisis in 1956, often cited as the last gasp of European colonialism.

* July 23: Nasser, an Egyptian nationalist, ousts the pro-British King Farouk and establishes a neutralist government grounded on non-alignment in the Cold-War.

Imam Ahmad faced growing pressures to support the Arab nationalist objectives of Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser and, in April 1956, he signed a mutual defense pact with Egypt.

The appeal of Yemen was limited initially in the protectorate but a growing intimacy between Yemen and the popular Arab nationalist president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser and the formation of United Arab States increased its attraction.

On 8 June, Nasser appeared on television to inform Egypt's citizens of their country's defeat.

After Nasser ’ s announcement of the defeat in the war and his subsequent resignation, Bahiyya runs into the street, followed by a growing crowd, shouting " No!

While qawmiyya still remains a potent political force today, the death of Nasser and the Arab defeat in the Six-Day War has weakened faith in this ideal.

President Gamal Abdel Nasser submitted his resignation after the overwhelming Egyptian defeat in 1967 war with Israel, before returning to office after mass demonstrations by the Egyptian public.

Following the defeat, Nasser made a dramatic offer to resign, which was only retracted in the face of mass demonstrations urging him to stay.

In 1967 the defeat of Nasser ( the Egyptian President ) prompted him to dissolve the ANM and create the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, of which he became the secretary general ( Rabbani 1 ).

It was founded by Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser in the aftermath of Egypt's defeat in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

" Faced with the question of whether or not he admitted defeat he claimed " Even Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser admitted his defeat, so why not me?

In addition, the proxy war Egypt ( with Soviet backing ) fought against the Saudis, West, and Israelis in the North Yemen Civil War ( 1962 – 1970 ), Nasser supporting the Yemen Arab Republic against the Western and Saudi Arabian backed Royalists, is also viewed as being key to Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Middle East war ; as nearly half of the Egyptian military was in Yemen at the time of the initial Israeli attack on Egypt.