This film within a film is a haunting, lyrical chronicle of recent years in the Arab world, where revolutions seemed to spark hope for change and yield further instability in one stroke.
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Director Tamer El Said and actor Khalid Abdalla discuss their film 'In the Last Days of the City' following its North American Premiere at New Directors/New Films 2016, co-presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.
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This three-part film was made in 2011 by three different directors: Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, and Amr Salama, with the participation of director Ahmad Abdallah. It attempts to document the Egyptian revolution from three different perspectives: the…
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Poet Tamim al-Barghouthi recites this famous poem. "Oh Egyptian People" in this video clip, which was produced by Qabila TV music for the first anniversary of the revolution . The poem gained wide popularity when it came out in 2011 after the January…
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Spoken word poet Tamim al-Barghouti recited this poem on Al-Jazeera Mubasher on 28 January 2011 - dubbed the 'Day of Rage' by protesters. The poem could be considered a call to continue resisting the regime. It certainly touched the hearts of many…
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These songs by the popular Choir Project band were shown on Bassem Youssef's TV show El Bernameg. They are humorous, satirical and politically charged. The lyrics mock then president Mohammad Morsi and the political turmoil which was prevalent at…
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This critically acclaimed documentary about sexual harassment in Egypt uses women’s direct accounts of sexual harassment, in addition to body camera footage that vividly captures what it is like for a woman to walk down the street in Cairo.
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This song, by Ultras Ahlawy tells the story of the emergence of the group and their role in the 2011 revolution, including the massacre of 74 Ultras Ahlawy members following a match in Port Said in February 2012.
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A mural on Mohamed Mahmoud Street commemorating those killed at a football match in Port Said in February 2012. More than 70 Al-Ahly fans were killed during clashes with rival fans. Many believe that the police orchestrated the clashes out of…
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A parody of Drake's 2018 hit, 'Kiki'. It replaces the original lyrics with ones describing the economic challenges facing Egyptians, accompanied by a humorous video montage.
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