It’s a momentous Cannes for Cairo-based film professionals Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as they mark the 15th anniversary of the creation of marketing and distribution company MAD Solutions and the 10th anniversary of spin-off the Arab Cinema Center (ACC). Under these banners, the pair have been at the forefront …
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Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters and Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s Lupita Nyong’o-EPed drama Goodbye Julia lead the nominations in the eighth edition of the Critics Awards for Arab Films. Hybrid work Four Daughters, exploring the story of a real-life Tunisian mother who lost two of her …
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EXCLUSIVE: The Arab Film Club, a popular monthly film club on Arab cinema based in London, is expanding. Actress and presenter Sarah Agha, the club’s founder and curator, is launching The Arab Film Club Podcast, debuting Wednesday, May 1, with an initial five-episode season. Episodes will drop on Podbean, Apple, …
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“The work that exhibitors have done in this market is nothing short of exceptional,” Luke Vetere, Managing Director of Majid Al Futtaim Distribution, one of the largest theatrical distributors in the MENA region, told a crowd of industry figures this morning at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Vetere was among …
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Bitcoin is a Monetary Revolution Bitcoin is not simply a new monetary tool, a new currency, or an additional asset class. I tell people that Bitcoin is a Monetary Revolution. The Bitcoin eco-system is full of innovations to bring value beyond simply price growth to new all-time-highs. You can say …
Read More »The new blockbuster movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was abruptly removed from cinema listings in more than a dozen Muslim-majority countries without explanation, apparently over the inclusion of a blink-and-you-miss-it transgender poster in the background of one frame. Empire Entertainment, the Middle East distributor for the computer-animated Sony Pictures film, …
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“I cannot feed bridges to my children,” says Muhammad, a driver dwelling within the Nile Delta, in reference to the Egyptian authorities’s massive infrastructure building drive, because the nation suffers from a cost-of-living disaster. “I can hardly afford the most basic necessities. This government has been in power for over …
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Nassef Sawiris, Egypt’s richest man, has built a diverse investment portfolio that includes stakes in valuable companies and sports franchises, in addition to his $2.18 billion war chest, which accounts for more than one-quarter of his wealth. According to data tracked by Billionaires.Africa, the leading billionaire, who has earned a …
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JERUSALEM — When Israel struck an settlement with the United Arab Emirates to open diplomatic ties in 2020, it introduced an electrifying sense of feat to a rustic lengthy ostracized within the Center East. Officers insisted that Israel’s new ties with the UAE, and shortly after with Bahrain, would transcend …
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