Alexandria Gallery

WW2 - NAAFI presents ENSA Production at Alexandria, Egypt

WW2 - A playbill for a production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde produced by N.A.A.F.I (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) and performed by E.N.S.A (Entertainments National Service Association) for H.M.Forces (Overseas) - at the Globe Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt. The play was produced by Eric Berry. E.N.S.A. is somewhat rudely also known as Every Night Something Awful'! Date: circa 1941

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Anti-British First Day Cover - Port Said Raid - Suez Crisis

Anti-British Egyptian First Day Cover (printed in Alexandria) - critical of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis - November, 1956. The aim of the conflict was to regain Western control of the Suez Canal, removing Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated the United Kingdom and France and strengthened Nasser. Date: 1956

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Muhammad Ali Square in Alexandria, Egypt

Carriages and pedestrians on Muhammad Ali Square in Alexandria, Egypt. The square is named after self-proclaimed first Khedive of Egypt and founder of the Muhammad Ali dynasty ruling in Egypt until the middle of the 20th century. Date: circa 1910

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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