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egyptain filmakers

The 27th film festival in Cairo this year presented an exquisite selection of Arab films, not including Egyptian films. Despite the fact that the Egyptian film making industry was once one of the best and maybe the only one in the Arab world, many Egyptian producers travel abroad to produce their movies. This is odd because in the 1950’s and 60’s foreign filmmakers came to Egypt to produce their movies in Egyptian studios. And inspite of the fact that one second of film time for foreigners in Egypt costs ab...

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