Cairo University and its position on national issues 1908-1952 (1919 Revolution - 1935 Uprising - 1946 Uprising - July 1952 Revolution)

Abstract

The research, which is a research extracted from the doctoral thesis (Cairo University 1953-1981, a historical study), discussed that Cairo University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the Arab world, and an academic institution that has played a prominent role in shaping national awareness and directing public opinion historically, as the university was a beacon of free thought and progress, and was always at the forefront of defending national and nationalist issues. Cairo University was not far from the events of the Egyptian street, as the student movement played a major role in the national movement aimed at achieving complete independence and resisting the palace. If it indicates anything, it indicates the extent to which students were aware of political events during this period, and that there was indeed cultural and political growth on the part of students at this time, which reached the point of their contact with other classes of people, workers and intellectuals, in order to stand together to demand their single goal, which is evacuation and the unity of the Nile Valley.. Thus, the university contributed on the political level by participating in the political events that took place in Egypt between 1908-1952, as students participated in changing the course of political events and achieving Egypt’s demands sometimes through demonstrations and strikes, or supporting national demands for liberation and complete independence from the British occupation. Despite some failures that occurred due to the economic conditions, especially during the First World War, this did not prevent the university and its board of directors from overcoming those crises in the ways they saw fit and leading the university to safety and success.