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Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Nasser

Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Nasser (2015)

September. 15,2015
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7.8
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From Gamal Abdel Nasser to Anwar Sadat, to Hosni Mubarak, “The Pharaohs of Modern Egypt” follows the path of the successive regimes in power, and reveals their common goal to carefully lay the basis of a solid independence, but which, on the other hand, led to the revolution on Tahrir Square in 2011. President Anwar Sadat led the country down the diametrically opposite path. He forged an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, the regime’s life-long enemy, and rerouted the country onto the road of capitalism. By ignoring increasing wealth gaps and insisting on peace with Israel at all political costs, the “pious” president opened up the Pandora’s Box of radical Islam, a decision that cost him his life, and which has since had repercussions on the entire world.

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pointyfilippa
2015/09/15

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

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Jonah Abbott
2015/09/16

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Sabah Hensley
2015/09/17

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
2015/09/18

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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