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Egypt's cinematic gems
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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'
Egypt's cinematic gems
13 min read
Egypt’s Cinematic Gems: Love’s Last Story
Ismail Fayed
| Raafat al-Mihi’s third feature combines symbolism with an unflinching awareness of reality
cinema
7 min read
Egypt’s cinematic gems: Sleepless Nights
Rowan El Shimi
| Hany Khalifa's frank film broke the prudish "clean cinema" trend in 2003.
cinema
14 min read
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
cinema
7 min read
Egypt’s cinematic gems: A Taste of Fear
Rowan El Shimi
| A document in which the post-1967 sentiment is delivered by unusual suspects
cinema
8 min read
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
cinema
8 min read
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
cinema
8 min read
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
Egypt's cinematic gems
8 min read
Egypt’s cinematic gems: You and Me and the Hours of the Journey
Ismail Fayed
| Love in the time of the 1980s
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