Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt

Directed by Michal Goldman

With Hiam Abbass and Khaled Abol Naga

In 1952 a young Egyptian colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser led a coup that became a revolution, winning the support of millions of his countrymen. Over the next 18 years he challenged Western hegemony abroad, confronted Islamism at home, established the region’s first military authoritarian regime, and faced deep divisions among the Arabs.