Egyptian president from 1970 to 1981, Anwar Sadat led the country down the diametrically opposite path from that of Nasser. He forged an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, the regime’s life-long enemy, and rerouted the country onto the road of capitalism. In doing so, Anwar Sadat 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.

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. 

Also available in French: Les Pharaons de l'Égypte moderne - Sadate