CAIRO: Kings of Egypt and Iraq impaired and corrupted political life in their countries for British interests, historians said. Historian Ashraf Moeniss said while Faisal I of Iraq was on the throne he corrupted Iraqi political life by approving a constitution which included articles that did not oppose the terms of Iraq's alliance with Britain, which had helped him take power in Iraq. As for the political life in Egypt, Moeniss said the British occupation corrupted the country and its regime during the era of King Foad. It was during the reign of King Foad that Egyptians made the 1919 Revolution, which for the first time included the participation of women. Other Egyptian historians said during the Al-Andalus age Egypt's rulers gained their sovereignty by dominating social and economic life, which greatly suppressed the people. As for recently deposed president Hosni Mubarak, one historian satirized that Egyptians should know the kind of perfume Mubarak wears in Sharm el-Sheikh. He said once there was an incident where a dictatorial ruled wore a certain perfume, and when the rebels went to behead him they recognized him by his perfume.
