Nasser himself comes from a rural notable…
1952 CE
His father was from a small village in Upper Egypt and worked as a postal clerk.
In 1915 the senior Nasser had moved to Alexandria, where on January 15, 1918, his first son, Gamal, was born.
At the age of seven, Gamal was sent to Cairo to live with his uncle and to attend school.
He went to a school in Khan al Khalili, the old quarter of the city near Al Azhar mosque, where he experienced firsthand the bustiing, crowded quarters of Cairo and the poverty of many in the city.
Between 1933 and 1938, he attended An Nahda (the Awakening) School in Cairo, where he combined studying with demonstrating against British and Egyptian politicians.
In November 1935, he marched in demonstrations against the British and was wounded by a bullet fired by British troops.
Identified as an agitator by the police, he was asked to leave his school. After a few months in law
school, he had joined the army.
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