The first trailer of an Israeli thriller depicting the ‘Egyptian spy who saved Israel’ was released by Netflix on YouTube, with the streaming company announcing that the film would become available across its network on 14 September 2018. Titled ‘the Angel’, the film is directed by Israeli director Ariel Vromen and, according to Netflix, aims to tell “the true story of Ashraf Marwan, who was Egyptian President Nasser’s son-in-law, and special advisor and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat, while simultaneously one of Israeli Intelligence’s most precious assets of the 20th century”. Based on the trailer and information currently available, a number of non-Egyptian actors were cast to play figures such as Egypt’s former presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar El Sadat. Nasser and El Sadat, both of whom are highly revered in Egypt, are played by American-Kuwaiti Waleed Zuaiter and Iraqi-Israeli actor Asson Gabai respectively. Meanwhile, Mawan, the son-in-law of Nasser, is played by Tunisian-Dutch actor Marwan Kenzari, while Mona Gamal Abdel Nasser, the daughter of Nasser and the spouse of Marwan, is played by Israeli-Arab Maisa Abd Elhadi. It is not a surprise, however, that no Egyptian actors…
