Right now, Nasser might look pretty good, the Islamo-Fascists hated him.
Unfortunately he was in bed with the Soviets and the Cold War eclipsed everything else. Later, the Soviets got so embedded in Egypt Sadat became convinced they would kill him and install a red puppet. He decided shaking hands with Menachem Begin and moving Egypt into the U.S. sphere was the smartest way out. But he got killed anyway.