How useful are these two sources as evidence of Egyptian public opinion during the suez crisis?
2] HOW USEFUL ARE THESE TWO SOURCS AS EVIDENCE OF EGYPTIAN PUBLIC OPINION DURING THE SUEZ CRISIS?
Source B is a photograph, which was taken during the Suez crisis of the Egyptian leader whilst he is surrounded by people encouraging him and they hoist him above their shoulders and take their hats of to him showing their praise. This photograph is intended to portray Nasser as a popular figure and that the people approved with his plans. But the dependability of this source can be questioned because this could be part of the fierce propaganda campaign that Nasser directed against Britain because we are not informed about which newspaper the photograph appeared in and also there is only a diminutive amount of people in the photograph and this could indicate the Nasser was only accepted by a minority of his countries populace. It also could be that this particular photograph could have been taken during some other occasion were the matter of argument was about something completely dissimilar to this and nothing to do with the crisis. This could be one of the reasons why the placard in the photograph is very distorted and not observable enough to reveal what it says or illustrates. But since the individuals are holding Nasser up in their arms could give you an idea about his recognition and popularity and the people are heartening him with their arms raised. The photograph is not very persuasive that the individuals are praising Nasser but it doesn’t verify he is a despised character. Lastly the picture could have appeared anywhere and also it doesn’t enlighten us about the photographer of this specific photograph.
