In the 1970s, Egypt was in turmoil. President Anwar Sadat sought to pivot away from Pan-Arabism and decades of warfare, refocusing Egypt on nation-building and development. Sadat realized the ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser was a practicing Muslim, but identified with pan-Arabism, embracing Sunnis and Shi’ites, religious non-Muslims, and atheists. See Said K. Aburish, Nasser: The Last Arab—A Biography ...