Who is Saad Zaghloul from Miramar and what is their importance?

Saad Zaghloul is an historical character, who is often mentioned in the novel. Zaghloul was a World War I-era politician and the head of the Wafd or Nationalist Party in Egypt. Tolba Marzuq blames Saad for introducing the concept of social classes, which he sees as the key to all of Egypt's subsequent evils. He claims that people have forgotten the way in which Zaghloul argued with the King and courted the masses. A prominent square in Alexandria that is named for Zaghloul is frequently mentioned in the novel.