For twelve years, Farouk of Egypt wandered in exile. In public he wore dark glasses and was accompanied by two bodyguards who fended off newsmen and curious bystanders. In private Farouk endlessly ...

When King Farouk of Egypt called for cancellation of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of alliance he probably intended only to please his subjects, who were then engaged in their national pastime of baying ...

King Farouk of Egypt’s life was a brutal lesson that “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” From birth, the ruler’s whole world was a procession of luxury, debauchery, and extravagance, but this ...

It was perhaps the first royal wedding of its stature to have been filmed in the Middle East. The year was 1939, when Princess Fawzia of Egypt tied the knot with Iran’s Crown Prince Mohammad Reza ...