Title: Popular Egyptian cinema
First published: 2006
Description: Viola Shafik examines popular and commercial movies from Egypt's film industry, including a number of the biggest box-office hits widely distributed in Egypt and the Arab world. She examines these films against the backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, from the emergence of the film industry in the 1930s, through the Nasser and Sadat eras, up to the era of globalization.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Social classes in motion pictures, Sex role in motion pictures, National characteristics in motion pictures, Motion pictures, middle east, History, Social conditions, Ethnic relations
Places: Egypt