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The Egyptian actor Omar Sharif died July 10th at the age of 83. He began his film career in 1954 in Youssef Chahine’s “Struggle in the Valley” (1954) and “Dark Waters” (1956). But it was his role as the desert prince Sherif Ali in David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) which made him an international …
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After the success of its first season, aired on Al Nahar, the reality TV programme “El Mashrou3” has found finance to launch a second season. In 2009 Anna Elliott, a young American woman, created the Bamyan Media Production Company to launch “El Mashrou3” (The Project). In the show young Egyptian entrepreneurs compete against each other …
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From May 6th to 26th Cairo’s Zawya cinema was given over to documentaries. For twenty days the cinema hosted conferences, workshops and a programme of 20 films covering 1922 to the present. The idea of the festival is to help the Egyptian public discover the documentary genre and open discussion about its forms, creativity and …
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The news website Ahram Online reports that the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) will broadcast 11 television series over Ramadan, among them Tamer Mohsen’s “Taht El-Saytara” (Under Control), Ahmed Medhat’s “Zarf Eswed” (The Black Envelope) and Ahmed Nour’s “Yawmeyat Zawga Mafousa” (Diary of a Devastated Woman). They have all been co-produced by ERTU and …
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Season 2 of the TV series “Saraya Abidine”: the final exterior scene is in the can. The first season, broadcast during Ramadan 2014, was about the life of Ismail Pasha, Viceroy and then Khedive of Egypt. The costumes and filming locations are meticulously prepared, the first episode was shot in the Abdeen Palace. The second …
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On January 22nd the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Board of Governors appointed Hatem Atallah (Tunisia) as Executive Director. He replaces Andreu Claret (Spain), who has been in office since 2008. As from February, Atallah will run the Foundation’s international headquarters in Alexandria (Egypt) to spearhead the new programme phase (2015-2017) in collaboration with the newly elected …
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From March 16th to 21st, 31 African countries will participate in the Luxor African Film Festival, in addition to 10 foreign countries and co-productions with African countries competing in “Freedom Films”. The festival is organized by “Young Independent Artists”, with long and short films competing in four categories: Long Narrative, Long Documentary, Short Films (drama …
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