Egyptian cinema

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Egyptian cinema is the oldest and most influential film industry in the Arab world, known for its prolific output of movies that have shaped popular culture across the Middle East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film industry ⓘ
national cinema ⓘ
commonFormat 35 mm film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
digital cinema ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalImpact shaped popular culture across the Middle East ⓘ
distributionReach Arab satellite channels ⓘ
pan-Arab television ⓘ
dominantIn Arab film market ⓘ
exportMarket Gulf states ⓘ
linked to: Persian Gulf states

Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

North Africa ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
firstFeatureFilmRelease 1920s ⓘ
firstLocalProductions 1907 ⓘ
firstScreenings 1896 ⓘ
goldenAge 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
governmentInvolvement censorship ⓘ
state production companies ⓘ
influenceRegion Arab world ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
majorGenre comedy film ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
political film ⓘ
romantic film ⓘ
social drama ⓘ
nickname Hollywood of the East ⓘ
notableDistrict Heliopolis ⓘ
notableEra contemporary independent cinema ⓘ
post-revolution cinema ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
sound film era ⓘ
notableFestival Alexandria International Film Festival ⓘ
Cairo International Film Festival ⓘ
notableFigure Adel Emam ⓘ
Chadi Abdel Salam ⓘ
Faten Hamama ⓘ
Henry Barakat ⓘ
Ismail Yassine ⓘ
Omar Sharif ⓘ
Salah Abu Seif ⓘ
Shadi Abdel Salam ⓘ
Youssef Chahine ⓘ
notableFilm Cairo Station ⓘ
Terrorism and Kebab ⓘ
The Land ⓘ
The Mummy ⓘ
The Night of Counting the Years ⓘ
The Sparrow ⓘ
The Yacoubian Building ⓘ
notableInstitution Egyptian General Organization for Cinema ⓘ
National Film Center of Egypt ⓘ
Studio Misr ⓘ
peakOutputPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
primaryCity Cairo ⓘ
primaryProductionCenter Cairo ⓘ
region Arab world ⓘ
relatedArtForm Arabic popular music ⓘ
Egyptian theatre ⓘ
relatedIndustry Egyptian music industry ⓘ
Egyptian television drama ⓘ
reputation most influential film industry in the Arab world ⓘ
oldest film industry in the Arab world ⓘ
startPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
typicalThemes family relationships ⓘ
love and marriage ⓘ
political change in Egypt ⓘ
religion and tradition ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
urban life in Cairo ⓘ

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Egyptian Arabic → usedIn → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Faten Hamama → movement → Golden Age of Egyptian cinema ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Faten Hamama → influenced → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Faten Hamama → influenced → Arab cinema ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Raqs sharqi → hasCulturalContext → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Masri → usedIn → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
The Nightingale's Prayer → partOf → Egyptian cinema golden age ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Henry Barakat → influenced → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar → influenced → Egyptian popular cinema ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar → partOf → Egyptian film industry ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Mohamed Fawzi → fieldOfWork → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Mohamed Fawzi → notableFor → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Mohamed Fawzi → artisticMovement → Golden Age of Egyptian cinema ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Mohamed Fawzi → mediaAppearance → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Arab film market → relatedIndustry → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Egyptian theatre → relatedTo → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Salah Abu Seif → influenced → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
عمر الشريف → العمل في → السينما المصرية ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian cinema
Amina Rizk → industry → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim → notableWork → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Andre Ryder → activeIn → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Magda al-Sabahi → partOf → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Zaki Rostom → industry → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Abdallah Gheith → activeIn → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
Faten Hamama → fieldOfWork → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Hamama family
Amr Waked → notableFor → Egyptian cinema ⓘ
subject linked to: Waked
Yeşilçam → influencedBy → Egyptian cinema ⓘ