64.6 per cent of agricultural land was held by only 5.7 per cent of landown-
ers in 1952, namely by those who owned 5 feddans or more. The situation
did not change greatly during the following four decades, so that 42.9 per
cent of the land belonged to 4.1 per cent of landowners in 1995. More
equity could be seen, however, in 2000.
• In 1952 and in 1995 those who owned 100 feddans or more comprised 0.2
per cent and 0.06 per cent of landowners respectively.
Dispossessing the feudal class and redistributing the land among landless
peasants was in fact a revolutionary act and remains one of Nasser’s great
achievements. However, the success of the land reform was not as great as
government propaganda at the time claimed