Editing Gamal Abdel Nasser (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Nasser's family.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A group of related people posing outdoors. From left to right, there are three women dressed in shirts and long skirts, three boys dressed in suits and ties and a man in a suit and tie|Nasser and his family in Manshiyat al-Bakri, 1963. From left to right, his daughter Mona, his wife [[Tahia Abdel Nasser|Tahia Kazem]], daughter Hoda, son Abdel Hakim, son [[Khalid Abdel Nasser|Khaled]], son Abdel Hamid, and Nasser.]]

In 1944, Nasser married [[Tahia Abdel Nasser|Tahia Kazem]] (1920 – 25 March 1992), the daughter of a wealthy [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] father and an Egyptian mother, both of whom had died when she was young. She had been introduced to Nasser through her brother, Abdel Hamid Kazim, a merchant friend of Nasser's, in 1943.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sullivan|1986|p=84}}</ref> After their wedding, the couple moved into a house in Manshiyat al-Bakri, a suburb of Cairo, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Nasser's entry into the officer corps in 1937 secured him relatively well-paid employment in a society where most people lived in poverty.<ref name="Alexander27" /> Nasser and Tahia would sometimes discuss politics at home, but for the most part Nasser kept his career separate from his family life. He preferred to spend most of his free time with his children.<ref>{{Harvnb|Sullivan|1986|p=85}}</ref>

Nasser and Tahia had two daughters and three sons:<ref>{{Harvnb|Aburish|2004|pp=313–320}}</ref>

* Hoda, b. 1945.
* Mona, b. 1947.
* [[Khalid Abdel Nasser|Khalid]], (13 December 1949 – 15 September 2011). The most active politically. Said to have co-founded (with Egyptian diplomat Mahmud Nur Eddin) an organization called "the Revolution of Egypt," which was accused of assassinating Israeli members of the Shin Bet stationed in Egypt in the late 1980s. Khalid took refuge in Yugoslavia and was eventually pardoned by President Hosni Mubarak.
* Abd al-Hamid, b. 1951.
* Abd al-Hakim, b. 1955. Appears regularly in Egyptian and regional media, heads the museum dedicated to the life of his father.

Although he was a proponent of secular politics, Nasser was an observant Muslim who made the [[Hajj]] pilgrimage to [[Mecca]] in 1954 and 1965.<ref>{{Harvnb|Aburish|2004|p=148}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Alexander|2005|p=74}}</ref> He was known to be personally incorruptible,<ref>{{Harvnb|Makdissi|2011|p=217}}</ref><ref name="Bird177">{{Harvnb|Bird|2010|p=177}}</ref><ref name="Goldschmidt167">{{Harvnb|Goldschmidt|2008|p=167}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Alexander|2005|p=97}}</ref> a characteristic which further enhanced his reputation among the citizens of Egypt and the Arab world.<ref name="Goldschmidt167" /> Nasser's personal hobbies included playing chess, photography, watching American films, reading Arabic, English, and French magazines, and listening to classical music.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bird|2010|p=178}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syrian History - Gamal Abdul Nasser during the union years, practicing his favorite hobby: photography - 1960 |url=http://w.syrianhistory.com/en/photos/5582 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=w.syrianhistory.com}}</ref>
[[File:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_(1969).jpg|thumb|256x256px|Nasser practices photography at his home in Cairo, 1969]]
Nasser was a [[chain smoking|chain smoker]].<ref name="Daigle115">{{Harvnb|Daigle|2012|p=115}}</ref><ref name="Bird177" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Aburish|2004|p=10}}</ref> He maintained 18-hour workdays and rarely took time off for vacations. The combination of smoking and working long hours contributed to his poor health. He was diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1960s and by the time of his death in 1970, he also had [[arteriosclerosis]], [[Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]], and [[Hypertension|high blood pressure]]. He suffered two major [[Myocardial infarction|heart attacks]] (in 1966 and 1969), and was on [[bed rest]] for six weeks after the second episode. State media reported that Nasser's absence from the public view at that time was a result of [[influenza]].<ref name="Daigle115" />