Career
Ebeid was the Wafd Party secretary-general between 1936 and 1942. He was also a finance minister of Egypt. The cause of their quarrel was profound.
Shrewd, 66-year-old Nahas felt that he needed to concentrate authority in one hand, his own, to get his country through the impending crisis of World World War World War II He thus took back from Ebeid certain powers that he had once bestowed.
Nahhas married a much younger wife, Zeinab el-Wekil, who was more than 30 years younger than he was. Ebeid, hurt, became difficult in his dealings that Nahas kicked him out of his job as finance minister, which was followed by Ebeid"s resignation from the Wafd Party.