‘Abdallah Al-Nadim’s Political Program

Abstract

This article examines ‘Abdallah al-Nadim’s political program in which he suggested a complete transformation in four major fields in Egypt: the political, economic, social, and educational. He thought that by adopting these reforms Egypt could face a mighty enemy like Europe and eventually become powerful and modernize itself. These reforms were inspired by European models, however they were to be Egyptianized before being adopted and employed. Al-Nadim believed that Egypt should not blindly imitate foreign models, it needed however to learn their secrets.