Editing Gamal Abdel Nasser (section)

=== Portrayal in film ===
In 1963, Egyptian director [[Youssef Chahine]] produced the film ''[[Saladin the Victorious|El Nasser Salah El Dine]]'' ("Saladin The Victorious"), which intentionally drew parallels between [[Saladin]], considered a hero in the Arab world, and Nasser and his pan-Arabist policies.<ref>{{Harvnb|Haydock|Risden|2009|p=110}}</ref> Nasser is played by [[Ahmed Zaki (actor)|Ahmed Zaki]] in [[Mohamed Fadel]]'s 1996 ''[[Nasser 56]]''. The film set the Egyptian box office record at the time, and focused on Nasser during the Suez Crisis.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gordon|2000|p=161}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Gayle |last=Young |title=Nasser film strikes chord with the people of Egypt |url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/24/egypt.nasser/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921080450/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/24/egypt.nasser/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2013 |work=[[CNN]] |publisher=Cable News Network, Inc. |date=24 October 1996 |access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref> It is also considered a milestone in [[Cinema of Egypt|Egyptian]] and [[Arab cinema]] as the first film to dramatize the role of a modern-day Arab leader.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hourani|Khoury|2004|p=599}}</ref> Together with the 1999 Syrian [[Biographical film|biopic]] ''Gamal Abdel Nasser'', the films marked the first biographical movies about contemporary public figures produced in the Arab world.<ref>{{cite news|last=Karawya |first=Fayrouz |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/biopics-arab-world-history-entangled-subjectivity |title=Biopics in the Arab world: History entangled with subjectivity|work=Egypt Independent|publisher=Al-Masry Al-Youm|date=29 August 2011|access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref> He is portrayed by Amir Boutrous in the [[Netflix]] television series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.