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This week in 1919: The birth of Egypt’s Hitchcock
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This week in 1919: The birth of Egypt’s Hitchcock

One of Egypt’s pioneering filmmakers, Kamal El Sheikh, was born on 5 February 94 years ago. Sheikh is known as…
Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif, 79, dies
Egypt

Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif, 79, dies

Egyptian Comedian Wahid Seif was buried on Sunday in Alexandria a day after he died in Cairo after suffering a…
Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed
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Cairo International Film Festival opening delayed

The opening of the Cairo International Film Festival’s 35th session will be delayed to 28 November, said Soheir Abdel Qader,…
Cairo security tells movie star to avoid downtown cinemas
Egypt

Cairo security tells movie star to avoid downtown cinemas

Film producer Ahmed al-Sobky, acting on the advice of Cairo security authorities, is preventing actor Mohamed Ramadan from going to…
Protesters against film clash with police in Tahrir
Egypt

Protesters against film clash with police in Tahrir

A protest against a film deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohamed turned violent as clashes erupted between demonstrators and police…
Al-Azhar objects to film on Prophet Mohamed
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Al-Azhar objects to film on Prophet Mohamed

  Al-Azhar rejected and expressed deep concern over Iran’s intention to produce a movie that personifies the Prophet Mohamed and…
BBC produces film on role of electronic media in Arab uprisings
Egypt

BBC produces film on role of electronic media in Arab uprisings

BBC Arabic announced on Saturday that it has produced a documentary film featuring the role of new media and social…
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,…
Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series
Egypt

Islamists in Egypt halt filming of TV series

Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing…
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