The sour taste of Helmy’s "Black Honey"
Picture this: An Egyptian immigrant to the US returns home for the…
THE REEL ESTATE: Fangs of corruption fall in toothless 'Such Days'
A large cloud of skepticism and anxiety ominously loom over this year’s…
The city at the far end of the world: Part 2
Three weeks ago, I was invited by a South-African NGO called the…
THE REEL ESTATE: Music, colors and bittersweet memories of Cherbourg
In one of those semi-comical, philosophically-fueled drunken sessions I remember, the unavoidable…
The Reel Estate: The kid, the picture and the neighborhood
It was supposed to be the biggest, most important evening of his…
Godard, Iñárritu, Kiarostami lead Cannes line-up
New films by some of art cinema's most feted filmmakers lead the…
THE REEL ESTATE: The mysterious blonde and her Chinese fan
An older friend of mine once said that great Portuguese filmmaker Manoel…
THE REEL ESTATE: An open letter to Egyptian film-goers
Dear Egyptian audience,For the past four years, I've been unremittingly singing your…
'Green Zone' misses the target
Amid the minor backlash that greeted “The Hurt Locker’s” Oscar in Egypt…
THE REEL ESTATE: 'Green Zone' misses the target
Amid the minor backlash that greeted "The Hurt Locker's Oscar in Egypt…