{"id":2068,"date":"2022-08-25T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/why-acclaimed-egyptian-filmmaker-marwan-hamed-is-the-james-cameron-of-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:33:00","slug":"why-acclaimed-egyptian-filmmaker-marwan-hamed-is-the-james-cameron-of-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"Why acclaimed Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed is the James Cameron of the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">Thu, 2022-08-25 09:17<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\n\tDUBAI: If the Middle East has a James Cameron, it\u2019s Marwan Hamed. The renowned Egyptian director has just accomplished the unthinkable once again, as his latest film, the historical epic \u201cKira &amp; El-Gin,\u201d became Egypt\u2019s highest-grossing film of all time, breaking the record set by Hamed\u2019s previous film, 2019\u2019s \u201cBlue Elephant 2.\u201d What Cameron did for the global film industry with \u201cTitanic\u201d (1997) and \u201cAvatar\u201d (2009), Hamed is doing for Arab film: Making event movies that unite millions across all demographics, and might just be saving cinema-going culture in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Main category:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Lifestyle<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item odd\">Entertainment<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2149911\/lifestyle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thu, 2022-08-25 09:17 DUBAI: If the Middle East has a James Cameron, it\u2019s Marwan Hamed. 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