Category
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United Arab Republic
Middle Eastern state between 1958 and 1961 in the present territories of Egypt and Syria
War of Attrition
1967–1970 war between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan
Federation of Arab Republics
unsuccessful attempt of establishing a state consisting of Egypt, Libya and Syria

Infitah
thumb|316x316px|Henry Kissinger with Anwar Sadat, 1975
Infitah (, , ), or Law 43 of 1974, was Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's policy of "opening the door" to private investment in Egypt in the years after the 1973 October War (Yom Kippur War) with Israel. Infitah was accompanied by a break with longtime ally and aid-giver the USSR—which was replaced by the United States—and by a peace process with Israel, symbolized by Sadat's dramatic flight to Jerusalem in 1977. Infitah ended the domination of Egypt's economy by the public sector and encouraged both domestic and foreign investment in the pr
Union of Arab Republics
countries union
Sadat era
aspect of Egyptian history