Egypt’s cinematic gems

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Egypt’s Cinematic Gems: The Open Door

Ismail Fayed | Ismail Fayed explores Henry Barakat’s adaptation of Latifa al-Zayat’s 'The Open Door'

16 July 2018

Egypt’s Cinematic Gems: Love’s Last Story

Ismail Fayed | Raafat al-Mihi’s third feature combines symbolism with an unflinching awareness of reality

14 May 2018

Egypt’s cinematic gems: Sleepless Nights

Rowan El Shimi | Hany Khalifa's frank film broke the prudish "clean cinema" trend in 2003.

14 July 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: The Greatest Child in the World

Lara El Gibaly | This film combines the worst of orientalism, nationalism, and the male ego

1 July 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: A Taste of Fear

Rowan El Shimi | A document in which the post-1967 sentiment is delivered by unusual suspects

5 June 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: Love Over the Pyramid Plateau

Ismail Fayed | Atef al-Tayeb charts a man’s attempt to fulfill his sexual desire without sinning or breaking the law

19 May 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: I Want a Solution

Ismail Fayed | The Said Marzouk film considered one of the few films to influence Egypt's rigid, unyielding laws

28 April 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: The Piper

Ismail Fayed | The Piper is fundamentally the extended staging of the death of the poet — or indeed of poetry itself

24 March 2017

Egypt’s cinematic gems: You and Me and the Hours of the Journey

Ismail Fayed | Love in the time of the 1980s

3 March 2017

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