The farmer

In this book, Youssef Nahhas provides a brief description of the economic and social situation that the Egyptian peasant was in the beginning of the twentieth century, pointing to the bad conditions he suffered in successive political covenants; We find it in the worst case during the "Mamluk era"; Where he was subjected to their unfair laws, which were often an excuse to confiscate his land and buy his crops at the lowest prices, but almost shared him in the strength of his children by applying the unjust "commitment" policies; All this, and he is patient, who is satisfied with the few who resides. And with the advent of "Muhammad Ali Pasha" for the power of the ruling, the conditions of the Egyptian farmer improved from the previous; He nullified the "commitment", and established huge irrigation projects; This benefited the agricultural activity and the Egyptian ghost of dependency, but there remained some suspended problems, especially with the change of agricultural policies and their impact on major political events with the punishment of rulers. On the author: Youssef Fathallah Nahas: An Egyptian economic and political of Syrian origin. He was born in the year 1876 AD in the Egyptian city of Zagazig after his father immigrated from Syria to Egypt, where he worked in agriculture and formed a fortune, and obtained a distinguished social situation. His father was keen to teach him, so he initially attached him to one of the Katabeeb to learn the Holy Qur''an and the principles of reading and writing, then continued his education in schools until the secondary stage, then to travel to France and obtain a certificate of rights and economics from one of its universities, as well as he obtained a doctorate degree in the economy from there as well. After completing his studies in France, he returned to Egypt and settled in Cairo, where he worked in politics, and wrote the article in the economy and the conditions of Egyptian agriculture, and he was one of the first to draw attention to the importance of improving the state of the Egyptian farmer economically and socially; He has an important book called "Al -Falah" in which he obtained a doctorate in economics from France. He was appointed Secretary of the Agricultural Syndicate, which worked to expand its umbrella and improve its services provided to farmers, as well as participated in developing a comprehensive report on Sudan''s economic and social situation. Copper has important books in politics and economics from them; "A page from the modern political history of Egypt", "The History of Sudan", and "Memories of Saad, Abdel Aziz, Maher and his companions in the 1919 revolution. He died in 1955 AD for seventy -nine years.