The Lady
Tracing Egypt’s most enduring musical legend and a touchstone across the Arab world, Marwan Hamed’s ‘The Lady’ (‘El Sett’) is less interested in embalming the legend of Umm Kulthum than in dramatizing what it cost to become her.
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Author: Adham Youssef
Adham Youssef Picks MENA Titles Worth Remembering
Refugees of the Sudan civil war, missing family members and remodeling a cinema.
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Habibi Hussein
Alex Bakri’s power-conscious documentary ‘Habibi Hussein’ dismantles the feel-good façade of “development work,” revealing the power imbalances, condescension and erasure that underpin a German-led attempt to revive Jenin’s cinema.
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Cairo 2025: The Verdict
Blending bold Arab selections, strong youth engagement, major Palestinian films, and a confident curatorial vision, the 46th Cairo International Film Festival delivered a focused and forward-looking edition.
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Naguib Mahfouz Still Walks Cairo’s Film Scene
Almost 20 years after his death, the legacy of writer Naguib Mahfouz continues to be present on the Egyptian cultural scene.
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