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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Focus Interview Profile Features Travel Living Sports People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters
Eighty years ago, on 8 March 1919, Saad Pasha Zaghlul and three of his companions were arrested by the British and deported to Malta, in order to prevent them from attending the Versailles Peace Conference. The newspapers failed to report the arrest but, the following day, demonstrations began in earnest in Cairo and the provinces, the first concerted testimony since the Urabi Revolt of the Egyptian people's discontent with their foreign rulers. The British gave in on 7 April and released Zaghlul and his followers, who were allowed to proceed to Paris. The Egyptian people, however, continued to press for independence. The floodgates had been opened, and there was no turning back
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