Pictured: A fleet of sailboats are docked along the Nile. This spread, published in Egypt’s state-controlled cultural entertainment magazine Al Kawākib, visually exhibits a moment in which the Nile became the focus of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s economic development plans (during his presidential term).

Egyptian press and cultural production was quickly nationalized, and the Nile persisted as a cultural and nationalistic icon.

Cairo, North Africa, Egypt

Nile River