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The foreign affairs committee in the Egyptian Parliament has rejected on Wednesday calls by three British members of parliament who requested that Egyptian authorities allow them to visit the country’s jailed former president Mohamed Morsi, raising concerns about his health. The committee also condemned accusing British newspaper The Guardian of “falsely claiming with no proof …
Draft law comes among a rising wave of nationalistic sentiments ahead of presidential election
Comments came during discussion of National Cement Company where 1,600 workers are on strike
Passenger train derailed, collided with another train
The Luxor African Film Festival is an annual celebration of films, art, and criticism, while keeping a close eye on African cinema and its different contemporary issues. The festival has been building up momentum to reach out to different artists and filmmakers from the African continent, to bridge the gap between Arabic-speaking African countries and …
The late film intellectual was supposed to be honoured at the coming Ismailia Film Festival
The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Friday that it has launched an extensive military operation in Sinai to eliminate militants from the restive peninsula. Military spokesperson Tamer El-Refaei said in a televised statement that the operation aims to target “dens and ammunition storages that are being used by terrorist elements.” He added that the ongoing …
Chahine, who was not only a revolutionary filmmaker, but also a cultural visionary and a true renegade in the film industry, died 10 years ago
Directed by Muayad Alayan, film portrays true story about affair between Jewish woman, Arab man in occupied Palestine
Film is written, directed by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Al-Sisi undergoes medical examination for presidential application
Last month, 19 defendants were executed in terrorism-related cases
Screened version is restored copy by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project
Announcement comes at end of three-day conference
President Al-Sisi presented list of first term accomplishments
A young man was reportedly killed inside the Moqatam police station last week
Funerals took place for Coptic victims in Virgin Mary Church in Helwan
Well-known leftist historian left considerable bibliography of books, articles, studies
Nine films have made it into the final list vying for an Academy Award nomination in the foreign language category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlist on Thursday, with films from Lebanon, Chile, Hungary, Senegal, Sweden, South Africa, Russia, Germany, and Israel. The nine films were chosen from a longer …
Draft law first vocal reaction against latest controversial decision by Trump
Lemon Tree brings the camera to the borders. The film takes place at the separation line, or the “Green Line”, that separates the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank from Israel. Unlike the checkpoints, the borders are not owned by any side. However, the ones who control the regulations on whom and what should …
Parliament has approved on Tuesday the government-drafted Labour Syndicates Law, after months of heated debates about its articles, which was seen as an attempt to control syndicalist work and absorb it into the framework of the state. The executive regulations of the law are still to be issued. Ninety days after its issuance, elections will …
Sources from Saleh’s party told Al-Arabiya he was killed by sniper fire
Amid the ongoing conflicts that are occupying world news, Egypt’s foreign policy has been challenged with several crises such as the military conflicts in Syria, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the volatile political situations in Lebanon, Sudan, Palestine, and sub-Saharan Africa, besides the disputes with Ethiopia over the GERD. The foreign policy of …
Opening the sidebar program of the Cannes Film Festival, “Un Certain Regard”, Valeska Grisebach’s film “Western” investigates ideas of ownership, xenophobia, and masculinity, in a way that reflects some modern tensions between eastern and western Europe. After disappearing for ten years, director Valeska Grisebach returned in the 2017 edition of the Canne Film Festival, after …
In 1979, Apocalypse Now, an American Vietnam war film directed by Francis Coppola, came out to receive very controversial reviews. One scene in the film includes a number of helicopter fighters moving in formation to assault a village housing Viet Cong members and playing Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries opera to scare off the “enemy”. …
“You Were Never Really Here” premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival on the last day of the main competition. Critics and film professionals were shocked, or at least did not expect such roughness from Lynne Ramsay, who unlike many other directors, has tensed up the performance and the edge of her films, following a …
Earlier this week, one of Egypt’s most organised parties adopted a campaign to support Al-Sisi’s re-election
The political party Future of Nation have officially adopted a campaign supporting the rerunning of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for another presidential term. The campaign named Alshan Tebneha (For you to build it), has announced that it already has headquarters in 13 governorates. The campaign has a petition to be signed by potential member or …
Occupied Palestine has a complex history of rulership and control, which has deepened with the physical and political intervention of Israel in Arab territories