Nasser's Republic: The Making of Modern Egypt

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Genre: Documentary
Release year: 2016
Running time: 82 min
Country: United States of America

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.