President Nasser speech took place in the 60s (Previously Colonel Nasser before becoming the first elected president in the history of the newly born republic):

In the year 1953,

we wanted sincerely to cooperate with the Muslim Brotherhood.

That they would walk down the right path.

I met with the head of the Muslim Brotherhood.

He had a few demands.

What did he ask?!

The first thing he told me, you have to establish Hijab across Egypt,

and make every woman walk down the street, wear a head scarf.

[Crowd laughing]

Every woman, walks!

Make him wear it.

[Crowd laughing]

And I told him, if I talk this way,

people would say that we have returned back to the days of Abu Ali Mansur,

who forced people to work at night and sleep during day.

[Young girls chanting for the revolution]

[Crowd clapping]

Women should not work! (He demanded)

In my opinion, when women work,

we protect her this way.

Because those who go astray,

they go astray, why?

Because of need.

Because of poverty.

We all know..

a woman..

her son..

is sick..

or her mom is sick and has no money,

we all know those cases,

she had to sell her body.

Therefore, Work!

is a protection for women

while preventing her from working,

is..

[Crowd clapping]

against..

against her interest.

we..[Crowd chanting for Gamal]

We truly liberate women through work!

side by side with men.

He demanded other things;

We should close down cinemas and theaters.

We make it dark completely, that is what it means.

[Crowd laughing]

Of course, there was no way to take those demands seriously.

After that, they clashed with us, and in 1954,

they started their deceptive campaign using religion

and setup the assassination plot

and..

in the mean time,

they were tried in the revolutionary tribunal.

[Young girls chanting against regression, Brotherhood (Ikhwan), and religious abuse in public life]

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