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Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival Opens With Calls For Peace From Tycoon Co-Founder Naguib Sawiris & Claims Of Censorship
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Fest Opens With Calls For Peace From Tycoon Co-Founder Naguib Sawiris & Claims Of Censorship
Local press reported that El Gouna had been forced to replace The Last Miracle after Egypt’s General Authority for Censorship of Works of Arts had revoked its screening license 48 hours ahead of the festival. Based on short story by late writer Naguib Mahfouz, The Last Miracle stars popular actor Khaled Kamal ( The Blue Elephant, Clash) as a 40-year-old man, who receives a phone call from a deceased Sheikh, which begins a spiritual journey with an unexpected conclusion. In a release put when its El Gouna screening was first announced, Shawky noted the fact that Mahfouz had written the story in the wake of Six-Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states in 1967, which led to the displacement of around 300,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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