Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary

Omar Khalifah is assistant professor of Arabic Literature and Culture at Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He received his PhD from the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. In addition to modern Arabic Literature, Khalifah’s research interests include memory studies, world literature, and cinema and nationalism in the Arab world.

• Series Editor's ForewordAcknowledgements Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Writing to Nasser 2. Nasser as Fiction 3. Nasser in Fiction 4. Nasser on the Screen Epilogue: Prospects of a Post-2011 Nasser Bibliography

Omar Khalifah’s Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary critically analyses the varied representation of the charismatic Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), in both fiction and film. His image in public memory, as documented by Khalifah, veers from that of an intellectual martyr, a romantic hero, to the ultimate Pharaoh, full of misdeeds. The volume affords an opportunity to learn about the multiple Nassers.'