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'''Location:''' Egypt | '''Location:''' Egypt | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Oghnlya ala-l-mamar'' by Ali Abd el-Khaleq: after 1972. | ||
''Alexandria'' by Chahine: 1926. | |||
''al-Asfour''("The Sparrow") by Chahine, (1973): Banned until 1975. Political film about teachings of the Egyptians, on what they were doing in 1967 after they lost the Seven Day War, and especially after the June 9th Nassar resignation. Chahine comments on the role of history as witness. | |||
'''The Incident:''' Censorship has always plagued Egyptian intellectual life. Film has been considered more dangerous than literature since it can affect the larger masses in a country where most people do not read or write. Officially institutionalized by the Palace and the British Embassy in 1914, it is a part of the Ministry of the Interior. | '''The Incident:''' Censorship has always plagued Egyptian intellectual life. Film has been considered more dangerous than literature since it can affect the larger masses in a country where most people do not read or write. Officially institutionalized by the Palace and the British Embassy in 1914, it is a part of the Ministry of the Interior. | ||