Latest in Tag: film Highlight
Latest in Tag: film
Protesting Blasphemy or Foreign Policy?
For the most part media has portrayed the protests in front of American embassies as just as a protest over the amateur video insulting Islam and prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. Moreover, it is surprising how some media outlets choose to describe the regions where the outrage occurred as the “Middle East”, …
Review: op-ed pages continue to fill up with commentary on offensive movie
As incidents escalate in reaction to the offensive movie about prophet Muhammed, columnists continue to analyse the mounting anger of Egyptians. Wael Qandil What after invading the US embassy? Al-Shorouk newspaper Recalling the latest chaos that took place within the margins of the US embassy in Cairo in reaction to the US anti-Islam movie, …
Lawsuit filed against Bible burner
Bible burner may have to answer to his actions before a court
Peaceful protest gets lost in translation
Among rapid updates on the violent protests in the Muslim world, peaceful protesters head to online forums as mainstream media neglect their coverage
Lawsuit against Sheikh Khaled Abdallah and Nader Bakkar
Khaled Abdallah and Nader Bakkar accused of instigating the US embassy protest
Israel and Iran usual War Dance
Multinational armada in the Arab Gulf while Iran tests its defences
US withdraws embassy staff from Sudan and Tunisia
Yemen and Sudan refuse deployment of Marines
The logic of “insult” and the roots of protest
The protests that shook several Arab countries in the past week and the ones that continue until today were no surprise. It was very much expected that a wave of anger in the Islamic world would certainly follow any insult to the prophet Muhammad. Past experiences, whether with Salman Rushdie or the Danish cartoon crisis …
Google refuses to delete anti-Islam video
Egypt files a law-suit against Google amid pressure to remove the film
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the man behind Innocence of Muslims
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula questioned, but not under arrest
Reactions to Innocence of the Muslims
Egypt, US, and UN call for calm, while Iran and Al-Qaeda threaten
Film fans flames of violence across the region
Across the Middle East and beyond, protesters have demonstrated against US-made Islamophobic production
Taliban attacks Afghan base killing two marines
Militants deny targeting Prince Harry saying the attack was to avenge insulting Islam
Demonstrations continue in Cairo against offensive film
Protesters rally in Tahrir against offensive film
Nader Bakkar calls for revoking citizenship for insulting prophets
Spokesperson of Al-Nour Party files a report to revoke citizenship of any Egyptian who insults Prophets
Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen
Protester shot dead as mob storms US embassy in Yemen
Review: columnists observe Morsy’s attitude, IMF loan, and Coptic community
Egyptian opinion writers have explored a variety of topics that relate to President Morsy’s surprising moves, starting from his first trip to Saudi, to his latest in Iran. Many columnists continue to dissect Egypt’s internal platform with regards to the growing fears of the Coptic community in the country. Others criticise the acceptance of the …
US envoy to Libya dies in consulate attack
Controversial film provokes protests in Cairo, Benghazi
Angry protesters scale the walls of US embassy in Cairo
Anger over a film released in the US, reportedly offensive to Islam and Prophet Muhammad
The 48 Hour Film Festival comes to Cairo
The 48 Hour Film Festival is finally coming to Egypt
Luxor to host new film festival
Luxor to host the first Egyptian and European Film Festival
Winter of Discontent premieres successfully in Venice
“The very warm reception we received during the premiere means the audience really connected with the film, and this has made us all very proud and happy,” El Batout shared exclusively with the Daily News Egypt. “It is a great honour for us to be here.”
Cimatheque premieres UK’s Deep State
Mirza commented on the premise of the film, “it is a modern tale of insurrectionary struggles that wants to speak about the term of the ‘deep’ state, the complexity of power, the forces that operate on the state and through the state, which is then internalised by us as citizens.”
The poignant story of “A Separation”
The biggest strength of “A Separation” is that no character is given a free pass. For every reason we are given to sympathise with a character, we are later given a reason not to, and in turn, we are able to sympathise with that character’s antagonist.