Pan-Arabism: Cairo
Cairo (القاهرة) is the capital of Egypt, an ancient city, full of history. It was also the central of Pan-Arabism in its golden age, which was during the regime of Nasser, who was president from 1954 to 1970. “President Nasser… wanted a Pan-Arabic unity centered around Egypt” (Fallatah 63). While Pan-Arabism as a whole did not thrive beyond Nasser, Egypt was greatly shaped by Nasser’s implementation of Pan-Arabism, and became its own pocket of Arabism— Egyptian Arabism.
The 2015 Charleston Shooting--Fitch Timeline Submission
In South Carolina in 2012, a 21-year-old white man named Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people. The shooting was in Charleston at a Black church, and all nine victims were Black church-goers. Roof sat with the victims and other members for over an hour studying the Bible before he pulled out a gun and began the massacre. Brent C. Talbot quotes Dylann Roof who, when prompted by victim Tywanza Sanders before his death, stated, “‘I have to do it. You rape our women and you’re taking over our country.