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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…
‘Persepolis’ trial resumes in tense climate in Tunisia
World

‘Persepolis’ trial resumes in tense climate in Tunisia

The trial of the director of Tunisia's Nessma television, accused of "insulting sacred values" for showing the Franco-Iranian film "Persepolis,"…
Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia
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Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia

The first cinematic output covering protests in Egypt and Tunsia this year recreates the euphoria of revolutions that many thought…
‘The Secret of the Unicorn,’ this Tintin is an imposter
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‘The Secret of the Unicorn,’ this Tintin is an imposter

I was introduced to Tintin at an airport bookstore, when my mom pulled a copy of “Flight 714” off the…
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