Comedy 2000: The Principal wins
Looking back at how Egypt's current trend for young, comic cinema began.
Looking back at how Egypt's current trend for young, comic cinema began.
An ill-fitting day job, elating football games in the afternoon and occasional one-nighters with a colleague
In 1929, the Ministry of Interior banned Wedad Orfi's Masat al-Hayah (The Tragedy of Life). The reason: "The story as we saw it revels in self-indulgence, overshadowing the good part…
This brief history of famous Egyptian soap operas shows that class is something we have always thought of a lot — most successful shows since the 1960s have revolved around…
In a highly controversial statement, veteran Egyptian actress Soheir al-Babli said that “Egyptians need a man as strong as Hitler.” During an…
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