Egypt’s Film Clinic to Distribute Trio of Arabic Oscar Contenders Across MENA Region

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Wonder Woman 1984 star responded to criticisms of “white washing” from fans saying the role of the Egyptian queen should be played by an Arab or African actress.“First of all if you want to be true to the facts then Cleopatra was Macedonian,” Gadot told BBC Arabic’s Sam Asi.“We were looking for a Macedonian actress that could fit Cleopatra.

Establishing peaceful relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors has been a goal of U.S. presidents since the modern Jewish state was established in 1948.

The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, Ola Salem, 25, by a Staten Island grand jury Nov.

Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal’s bromance lives on.

“There’s a fragment of cosmic blood in this synthetic analog…” – Max Fist. Feel free to read that again.

Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their

Sharing DNA with everything from The Terminator and contemporary superhero films to The Fisher King and Liquid Television, Adam Egypt Mortimer's Archenemy is named for a villain who may exist only in the mind of a homeless schizophrenic.

Ann-Marie Corvin With the success of Netflix’s Egyptian horror series “Paranormal” and a slew of streamers such as Viu and OSN seeking locally produced originals, the TV market in Egypt is set to undergo rapid change.In response, Cairo International Film Festival’s TV Pitch Market, part of the festival’s Industry Days program and now in its second year, joined forces with Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) to shape 11 TV projects into a “pitchable” form this week.MEMI, a University of Southern

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian director Mayye Zayed, who studied film and documaking at Wellesley and MIT, spent four years following the main character of her female empowerment doc, “Lift Like a Girl,” Zebiba (which means “raisin” in Arabic), who at age nine entered former Olympic athlete Captain Ramadan’s weightlifting training camp on a vacant Alexandria lot.

Ann-Marie Corvin Nesrine El-Zayat, whose debut feature “On the Fence” is world premiering at the Cairo Film Festival this week, is typical of the new generation of young Egyptian filmmakers.Lacking access to funds, equipment and formal training but bursting with stories and ideas, El-Zayat borrowed a friend’s camera shortly after the death of her father in 2006 and started shooting.“I didn’t study cinema but watched many films with my father from the age of six and read a lot.

Kaleem Aftab Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed, the director of “The Yacoubian Building,” “The Blue Elephant” and “The Blue Elephant 2,” which last year became the highest-grossing Egyptian film in history, is shooting “Kira and El Gen,” based on Ahmed Mourad’s book “1919,” about Egyptian resistance to British occupation.

Rita Ora's week has gone from bad to worse as it’s revealed she flouted strict coronavirus rules TWICE.The star was left red-faced when she was forced to pay up a £10,000 fine an the "inexcusable" event after she invited hoards of her showbiz pals to her 30th birthday party last month.After raising eyebrows of many angry fans, Rita was forced to issue a public apology for her "spur of the moment" bash.But it seems the party wasn’t the only rule the pop star was willing to breach as it’s now been