Bakos, Alexandria

Coordinates: 31°14′08″N 29°57′26″E / 31.235555°N 29.957213°E / 31.235555; 29.957213
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Bakos
باكوس
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Bakos (

Egyptian Arabic: باكوس), also known as Bacus, is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt
.

The former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in 1918 in Bakos.[1]

Gamal Abdel Nasser

The neighbourhood was the birthplace of Gamal Abdel Nasser, who lead the

Six Day War, he was reinstated by popular demand and when he died, there was an outpouring of grief in the Arab World. He was succeeded by Anwar Sadat. Even today in Egypt, there is a large amount of nostalgia for him and his policies, called Nasserist
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Biography". nasser.org.