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Wafd|wɒft|
[a. Arab. wafd arrival, deputation, in full al-wafd al-miṣrī the Egyptian delegation.]
The name of an Egyptian nationalist organization formed in 1918 (from 1923, a political party) whose original aims included the establishment of autonomous government in Egypt and the abolition of the monarchy. (The party was dissolved in 1953, but reconstituted as the New Wafd in 1978.)
1922Times 24 Jan. 9/1 The Wafd el Masri, or Zaghlul Delegation..has just issued a detailed programme of non-cooperation. Ibid. 27 Jan. 11/2 The reconstituted Wafd. 1928E. W. P. Newman Great Britain in Egypt x. 239 The Wafd had been constituted in order to lay the case of Egypt before the Peace Conference of Paris. 1932Palestine Post 13 Dec. 7/1 The quarrel between the Wafd and its dissidents continues. 1943Visct. Wavell Allenby in Egypt i. 40 Zaghlul Bey..had not, however, been the originator of the Wafd (or Delegation), as his party came to be known. It was the creation of others, notably men like Mohammed Mahmoud. 1962Listener 15 Nov. 795/1 Saad Zaghloul, the founder and leader of the Wafd party. 1974Great Soviet Encycl. IV. 649/2 Some of the Wafd members unsuccessfully fought the government of Nasser in actions of 1954, 1957, and 1961. 1978Facts on File World News Digest 24 Feb. 131/1 The New Wafd had 24 supporters in the 360-seat People's Assembly. |