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Nour Party counters rumors it shuns art
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Nour Party counters rumors it shuns art

The Salafi-led Nour Party is not hostile toward art, said a party spokesperson Wednesday evening, noting the party only objects…
Dark comedy: Is Adel Imam’s prison sentence the start of a worrying trend?
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Dark comedy: Is Adel Imam’s prison sentence the start of a worrying trend?

There’s a reason why Adel Imam might soon find himself in a jail cell, although for most people it probably…
I will not leave Iran but am filming abroad, says Oscar winner
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I will not leave Iran but am filming abroad, says Oscar winner

Asghar Farhadi, the director who won Iran's first-ever Oscar for his movie "A Separation," declared on Saturday he would never…
Authorities ban film featuring Muslim-Copt love story, intellectuals say
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Authorities ban film featuring Muslim-Copt love story, intellectuals say

Censorship authorities have banned the screening of a movie that features a love story between a Coptic woman and a Muslim man,…
‘Cima Ali Baba’ paving the way for Egyptian shorts
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‘Cima Ali Baba’ paving the way for Egyptian shorts

The last three films — “H-Dabbour,” 2008; “Fly,” 2009; and “No Retreat, No Surrender: The Bloody Fist,” 2010 — starring…
Ousha for president!
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Ousha for president!

He is smaller than on TV, but if you know the advertisement you'd recognize him right away, with his oozing…
Google celebrates Ismail Yassin’s birthday
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Google celebrates Ismail Yassin’s birthday

Ismail Yassin (1912-1972) remains one of the most phenomenal comedians in the modern history of Egypt. Also remembered as one…
Cinema Syndicate elections fail to satisfy disillusioned filmmakers
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Cinema Syndicate elections fail to satisfy disillusioned filmmakers

The elections of the Cinematic Professions Syndicate, held last week, brought bad news to revolutionaries in the field. For the…
Summer movies face heavy losses
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Summer movies face heavy losses

Summer movies have suffered big losses so far this year after failing to draw big crowds at the box office,…
Dialogue through art: France’s ‘Of Gods and Men’
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Dialogue through art: France’s ‘Of Gods and Men’

Culture and art are the lifeblood of a democratic society that wants to renovate itself. Cinema is one art form…
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