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Adel Imam • 9 min read
Comedy 2000: The Principal wins
Sherif Hassan | Looking back at how Egypt's current trend for young, comic cinema began.
3 November 2015
Egypt's cinematic gems • 8 min read
Egypt’s cinematic gems: The Principal
Rowan El Shimi | This film is arguably one of the funniest in Egypt's recent cinematic history, maybe even of all time
9 October 2015
Alaa Waley Eddin • 7 min read
Egypt’s cinematic gems: ‘Halaa Housh’
Hanaa Safwat | On the surface, Bashir al-Deek's Halaa Housh is just another slapstick comedy, writes Hanaa Safwat.
16 August 2014
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