Zaman tarihin Masar a karkashin Gamal Abdel Nasser, tun daga juyin juya halin Masar na 1952 zuwa mutuwarsa a 1970, ya sami gagarumin ci gaba na zamani da gyare-gyare na gurguzu, da kuma kishin kasa na Larabawa da goyon baya ga kasashe masu tasowa.Nasser, babban jagoran juyin juya halin Musulunci na shekarar 1952, ya zama shugaban kasar Masar a shekara ta 1956. Ayyukansa, musamman mayar da kamfanin Suez Canal kasa a shekarar 1956 da nasarar siyasar Masar a rikicin Suez, ya kara masa suna a Masar da kuma kasashen Larabawa.Duk da haka, martabarsa ta ragu sosai saboda nasarar da Isra’ila ta samu a Yaƙin kwanaki Shida .Zamanin Nasser ya ga ci gaban da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba a yanayin rayuwa, tare da ƴan ƙasar Masar sun sami damar samun gidaje, ilimi, aikin yi, kiwon lafiya, da walwalar jama'a.Tasirin tsoffin sarakuna da gwamnatocin Yammacin Turai a cikin al'amuran Masar ya ragu sosai a wannan lokacin.^{[134 <>]} Tattalin arzikin ƙasa ya girma ta hanyar gyare-gyaren noma, ayyukan sabunta masana'antu kamar ayyukan ƙarfe na Helwan da babban madatsar ruwa na Aswan, da ƙaddamar da manyan sassan tattalin arziki, gami da Kamfanin Suez Canal.^[134] Kololuwar tattalin arzikin Masar karkashin Nasser ya ba da izinin samar da ilimi da kiwon lafiya kyauta, yana ba da waɗannan fa'idodin ga 'yan ƙasa na sauran ƙasashen Larabawa da na Afirka ta hanyar cikakken guraben karatu da izinin rayuwa don ilimi mafi girma a Masar.Duk da haka, ci gaban tattalin arziki ya ragu a ƙarshen 1960s, wanda yakin basasar Yemen ta Arewa ya yi tasiri, kafin murmurewa a ƙarshen 1970s.^[135]A al'adance, Masarautar Nasser ta samu zamanin zinare, musamman a fagen wasan kwaikwayo, fim, waƙa, talabijin, rediyo, adabi, zane-zane, wasan ban dariya, da kiɗa.^{[136 <>]} Mawakan Masarawa, marubuta, da mawaƙa, kamar mawaƙa Abdel Halim Hafez da Umm Kulthum, marubuci Naguib Mahfouz, da ƴan wasan kwaikwayo kamar Faten Hamama da Soad Hosny, sun sami shahara.A wannan zamanin, Masar ta jagoranci kasashen Larabawa a wadannan fagagen al'adu, inda ta rika shirya fina-finai sama da 100 a duk shekara, sabanin fina-finan da ake samarwa a duk shekara a lokacin mulkin Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011).^[136]