Trailer for an action-thriller film about a young man caught up in criminal activities. The film stars Mohamed Ramadan, who plays a tough guy with a kind heart. Ramadan is one of Egypt's most famous actors and also one of the most controversial. He…
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A singer-songwriter who rose to fame shortly after the 2011 revolution, with this song a particular hit. He also performed in front of protesters in Tahrir Square during the uprising. He is known for his faith-inspired music, which is not only…
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This video montage, to the music of the 2012 K-Pop hit by PSY, pokes fun at Tawfiq Okasha, political commentator and controversial host of the 'Egypt Today' talk show. He is known for his right-wing populism and conspiracy theories and was a strong…
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This Oscar-nominated documentary follows the trajectory of several Tahrir Square protestors who took part in the first 18 days of the 2011 revolution, as they continued to participate in demonstrations and sit-ins following the overthrow of former…
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Documentary-maker Jehane Noujaim happened to be heading to her family home a few blocks from Tahrir Square in Egypt when the Egyptian revolution broke out. She figured out a way to shoot it, even though video cameras of any kind were being taken at…
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'Goodbye Mubarak!' takes us to Egypt during the fall of 2010, in the run-up to legislative elections. What we discover is a revolution-in-waiting already simmering under the surface of Egyptian society. On January 25, 2011, the world was captivated…
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Cairo - 2013, two years after the Egyptian revolution, demonstrators of divergent political and religious backgrounds are forcibly detained together in a claustrophobic police truck during the turmoil that erupts following the ousting of former…
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"Shooting action scenes in Cairo was suicidal" says Diab. The director of 'Clash', a thriller set within the confines of a police van as political protests and violence rage outside, tells an audience at the London film festival about the risk of a…
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A 'nasheed' (verse put to very minimal music, translated as 'anthem') that was popular among Islamists and supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi following his removal from office in July 2013.
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Song using Egyptian children to venerate the army in the wake of the army's removal of former president Mohamed Morsi.
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