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Arab Umm Kulthum vs Egyptian Abdel Wahab: Two Visions of Cultural Identity on Screen
How Egypt’s two greatest musical stars embodied opposing visions of modernity through their 1930s and 1940s films, one embracing Arab…
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The Story of Singing and Arabism with Time
What is the connection between the film “My Story with Time” (1974) starring Warda, and the film “Bamba Kashar” (1974)…
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Analysis
The maid who colored the history of comedy
In 1900, French novelist Octave Mirbeau published a novel that became a classic of daring, even erotic, literature, entitled “Memoirs…
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