Pierre Branda: Egypt caused Bonaparte reputation
Pierre
Branda, the historian and specialist in the French empire, touched upon the
good relation between Egypt and France since Napoleon Bonaparte.
“France was
willing to prevent England from entering the red sea.. Bonaparte was haunted by
the ego of greatness” he added.
Bonaparte
cared much about Islam and wrote that Mohamed is the prophet of god” he went
on.
“The
campaign of Bonaparte continued for less than two years…nevertheless it gave
the French empire wide reputation” he concluded.
The seminar focuses
on cooperation between Europe and non-European Mediterranean states, including
Egypt, in the fight against terrorism; illegal immigration; education, and
water.
The seminar is held
on the sidelines of the Two Mediterranean Banks summit which is held in
Marseilles on June 23 and 24.
CEMO takes the
opportunity of the summit to open discussion on the issues that cause problems
between countries on the two banks of the Mediterranean.
Apart from the
Arab-Israeli conflict, which stands behind most of the violence in our world
today, the Arab Spring came to wreak disaster on the world and widen the scope
of problems in it.
