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EGYPT / A foretaste of the series offered for the holy month

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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EGYPT / May schedule for second season of “Saraya Abidine”

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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EGYPT / Hatem Atallah new Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation

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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EGYPT / Choice of films finalised for the 4th Luxor Film Festival

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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EGYPT / Death of Faten Hamama, icon of Arab cinema

Egyptian actress Faten Hamama died on Saturday, January 17th at the age of 83. Her film career began at the age of 9 in Mohamed Karim’s “Happy Days”, but in the 1950s it really took off, reaching a peak in the 1970s. She appeared in hundreds of films in many different genres, from romantic comedy …

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EGYPT / Temporary closure of Al Jazeera’s Egyptian branch

Accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, Al Jazeera Mubasher-Misrk, the Qatari 24-hour news channel, announced the “temporary” closure of its Egyptian office on December 22nd. It has “temporarily stopped transmitting until the necessary permits are issued for its return to Cairo, in coordination with the Egyptian authorities”, the Doha-based channel announced on its …

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