Nasser '56

Mar 3 2008 - 7:00pm 214 Wilson

jines@wustl.edu

The Program in Jewish, Islamic and Near Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis presents:
Nasser '56
Monday, March 3, 2008
7:00 PM
214 Wilson Hall
Washington University, Danforth Campus
Free Admission
Shot in black and white to match old newsreel, this film presents Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's dramatic nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956, an event that launched him (and Egypt) as a leader of the non-aligned and anti-colonial movements during the Cold War and that prompted an invasion of Egypt that profoundly reconfigured regional and international politics. Egyptian film star Ahmad Zaki plays the charismatic Nasser. "Produced from an Arab point of view," this film was released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the event. Directed by Mohamed Fadel; 1996 (142 mins.; feature film; Arabic with English subtitles).
A discussion led by Nancy Reynolds, assistant professor of Modern Middle East History will follow.
This is the second of four films in a series.
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