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TICKLING GIANTS — Dr. Bassem Youssef & Sara Taksler Interview

October 24, 2017 By Leave a Comment

TICKLING GIANTS — Dr. Bassem Youssef & Sara Taksler Interview

Often called the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Dr. Bassem Youssef was the star of a wildly popular television show there that satirized politics in ways that country had never seen. Likely it won’t see one like it again any time soon. The show, entitled, “The Show,” was taken off the air despite high ratings when the… Read More »

Tagged With: censorship, Donald Trump, Dr. Bassem Youssef, Egypt, freedom of expression, Glen Beck, jon stewart, Jordan Klepper, media, political satire, protest, satire, Tahrir Square, Ted Cruz, the Koch brothers

GODS OF EGYPT

March 1, 2016 By Leave a Comment

GODS OF EGYPT

The ancient Greeks preached moderation in all things, and while GODS OF EGYPT is set in that ancient land, not the Peloponnese, I was put in mind of that advice. This is a film of craven excess in all things except what would have helped most: a good script. For two hours or so, we… Read More »

Tagged With: ancient Egypt, blindness, Egypt, eye gouging, Eye of Horus, flying scarabs, fraternal war, mythology, romance, Thoth, true love

Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

July 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

Sandra Bagaria was not raised to be a victim, and so when her online with a woman blogger named Amina half a world away took an emotionally wrenching turn, the last thing she wanted to do was walk away.

Tagged With: Amina, Arab Spring, blogging, closure, Damascus, deception, documentary, EFF, Egypt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Intifada, internet, internet security, Lebanon, LGBT, marriage equality, media, Middle East, Mossad, Online dating, Palestine, politics, same-sex marriage, Sandra Bagaria, Supreme Court, Syria, The Guardian, virtual relationships, Washington Post

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS and Missing the Mark

December 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS and Missing the Mark

Lovely to look at with some fine performances in a muddled execution.

Tagged With: Ben Mendelsohn, bible, Christian Bale, Egypt, exodus, Joel Edgerton, miracles, Moses, plages, Ramses

10,000 B.C.

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

10,000 B.C.

10,000 B.C. is a suitably old-fashioned action story, which is emminently suitable to the sort of old-fashioned fantasy/adventure tale it tells, one that is set in the remote past, when Stonehenge was more or less new, and before even the pyramids were built. Depending upon, of course, which version of the past to which you… Read More »

Tagged With: Egypt, mammoths, neolithic age, pre-history, sabre-tooth tiger

Ruba Nadda is on CAIRO TIME

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Ruba Nadda is on CAIRO TIME

For Ruba Nadda, CAIRO TIME was another chance to explore what is universal in all women, no matter what their ethnic or cultural background. The unexpected, and unlooked for, romance between a married American tourist and the Cairo native who was her husband’s trusted employee, unfolds, as the title suggests, at a pace that is… Read More »

Tagged With: Alexander Siddig, Cairo, Canadian, director, drama, Egypt, Islam, narrative, Patricia Clarkson, romance, Rubba Nada, writer

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