In 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Arab Republic of Egypt's first prime minister, had a plan to bring his poor country into the 20th century. To pull it off, he needed to harness the flow of the world's longest river--the Nile. The ambitious plan called for construction of a high dam in southern Egypt at Aswan. But the builders of the pyramids and the Suez Canal were no strangers to large undertakings. We'll see how the Aswan High Dam socially, politically, culturally, and agriculturally affected Egypt.
Name | Type | Role | |
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Chris Mortensen (II) | Writer | ||
Hassan Osman | Guest Star | ||
Elizabeth Bishop | Guest Star | ||
Mohamed Ahmed Sabbah | Guest Star | ||
Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot | Guest Star | ||
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Guest Star | ||
Robert O. Collins | Guest Star | ||
Gamal Abdel Nasser | Guest Star | ||
Nezar Al-Sayyad | Guest Star | ||
Charles D. Smith | Guest Star | ||
Houssin Mokhtar | Guest Star |