In Popular Culture
- A fictional portrayal of László Almásy and Operation Salaam is present in the Michael Ondaatje novel "The English Patient" and the film based upon it.
- The novel The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett is loosely based on Operation Salaam.
- The German film Rommel ruft Kairo (Rommel calling Cairo), directed by Wolfgang Schleif in 1959, is based on the book written by John Eppler, although it takes many liberties and does not pretend to be an exact account of the operation.
- The 1960 film Foxhole in Cairo with Peter van Eyck as Almaszy with Lee Montague and Michael Caine as the implanted spies is also based on Operation Salaam.
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