Ali Badrakhan
Second Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival to kick off on March 3
Culture
February 19, 2018
Second Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival to kick off on March 3
Film buffs all around Egypt are getting ready for the second edition of Sharm El-Sheikh’s Arab and European Film Festival,…
Filmmaker calls on Sisi to resign
Egypt
April 26, 2015
Filmmaker calls on Sisi to resign
Director Ali Badrakhan has called on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to resign. In a video posted on YouTube, Badrakhan wondered what…
Lost in storytelling: The opposing lessons of Shafika and Metwally
Books
November 18, 2011
Lost in storytelling: The opposing lessons of Shafika and Metwally
A man sits outdoors playing the rebab, singing a tale, and people start gathering around him, amused. Such is the…
Pro-Mubarak director wins Cinema Syndicate elections
Cinema/TV
July 11, 2011
Pro-Mubarak director wins Cinema Syndicate elections
Egyptian TV director Mossaad Fouda won a second term as Cinema Syndicate chairperson after elections Sunday, despite criticism that he…
Cinema professionals hold syndicate elections
Cinema/TV
July 10, 2011
Cinema professionals hold syndicate elections
On Sunday the Cinema Syndicate held elections for its chairperson and board members at Faisal Nada Theater. For the first…
Fouda clinches Cinema Syndicate runoff election
Egypt
February 28, 2010
Fouda clinches Cinema Syndicate runoff election
Mosaad Fouda won Cinema Syndicate runoff elections today by a slim, 57-vote margin to become the syndicate's new president.Fouda secured…
Cinema syndicate elections: Issues and politics
Cinema/TV
February 25, 2010
Cinema syndicate elections: Issues and politics
Walking past El-Salam Theatre on Qasr el-Aini street last Sunday afternoon, one might have been forgiven for presuming they got…
Cinema syndicate elections to be decided in runoff
Cinema/TV
February 21, 2010
Cinema syndicate elections to be decided in runoff
Egyptian Cinema Syndicate elections, which began at 9:00 AM today at Cairo's El-Salam Theater, featured a barrage of electoral propaganda…