CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment's cosy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim clerics, with some calling for the ...

Three of our writers give their thoughts on Magdy Ahmed Aly’s new film Mawlana (The Preacher), which premiered at Dubai International Film Festival in December and is currently screening in Egyptian ...

Actor Amr Saad is excited about his new movie "Mawlana", to be completed this month, but expects it will raise controversy as it depicts the lives of sheikhs and their relationship with their ...

Sabah Distribution Company has decided not to screen the Egyptian film Mawlana in Lebanese cinemas over the Beirut censorship authority’s objection over 12 minutes in the film. The company’s decision ...

The Egyptian drama Mawlana (The Preacher) will get a special evening gala screening on Saturday, 10 December, within a lineup of special gala screenings taking place at Madinat Arena throughout the ...

Directed by Magdy Ahmed Ali, the film Mawlana (The Preacher) will be screened on 23 March at the Metropolitan State University Film Space in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. The screening is part of the ...

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) today announced they will present Magdi Ahmed Ali’s ‘Mawlana’ and Vatche Boulghourjian’s ‘Tramontane’ to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in ...

An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment’s cosy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim leaders, with some calling for the film to be banned.

Laborers work on the restoration of the Coptic Christian Cathedral complex in the aftermath of a bomb attack, in Cairo, Egypt December 17, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany By Mohamed Zaki CAIRO ...

An Egyptian box office hit that highlights the religious establishment's cosy relations with the state has provoked a backlash from Sunni Muslim clerics, with some calling for the film to be banned.

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