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Why acclaimed Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed is the James Cameron of the Middle East


Thu, 2022-08-25 09:17

DUBAI: If the Middle East has a James Cameron, it’s Marwan Hamed. The renowned Egyptian director has just accomplished the unthinkable once again, as his latest film, the historical epic “Kira & El-Gin,” became Egypt’s highest-grossing film of all time, breaking the record set by Hamed’s previous film, 2019’s “Blue Elephant 2.” What Cameron did for the global film industry with “Titanic” (1997) and “Avatar” (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. 

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