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A prolific film industry has flourished on the banks of the Nile since the earliest days of cinema, producing movies that have been hugely popular and immensely influential not only in Egypt but across the Arab world
"“Beautifully conceived and long overdue—well written with an authoritative voice . . . . There is nothing else like this available for an English-reading audience.”—Joel Gordon, University of Arkansas, ""Film institutions and the vast cinema audience can do no less than to reward the author of this work by acquiring a copy of this beautiful and important book.""—Mohamed Salmawy, al-Ahram"
Sameh Fathy is an Egyptian film critic and the author of several books in Arabic on cinema both Egyptian and worldwide. Sarah Enany, with a PhD in drama, is an assistant professor in the English Department of Cairo University. Her translation credits include the acclaimed Arabic version of Les Misérables and Kamal Ruhayyim’s Days in the Diaspora (AUC Press, 2012) and Menorahs and Minarets (AUC Press, 2017).