Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal

On 26 July 1956 President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, defying Britain and France. Their joint invasion with Israel (the Suez Crisis) was reversed under US and Soviet pressure, turning a military setback into a vast political victory that made Nasser the towering champion of Arab nationalism and anti-colonialism across the region.

Referenced entities

Parties

Arab Socialist Union

Politicians

Gamal Abdel Nasser head-of-state

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/ab687aaf-673c-410e-93e7-84012b5e5314

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/ab687aaf-673c-410e-93e7-84012b5e5314.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-ab687aaf-673c-410e-93e7-84012b5e5314,
  title     = {{Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/ab687aaf-673c-410e-93e7-84012b5e5314},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1956-07-26. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1956-07-26. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.