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Atteyat El-Abnoudy
Egyptian director, writer, producer and actress, born in 1939 in a village in the Nile Delta. She obtained a BA in 1963 from Faculty of Law at Cairo University. In 1972, she gradu…
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Egyptian director, writer, producer and actress, born in 1939 in a village in the Nile Delta. She obtained a BA in 1963 from Faculty of Law at Cairo University. In 1972, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema. She also obtained a fellowship at the International Film and Television School from Britain in 1976, and became one of the most prominent names in the documentary film industry in Egypt. She also established a production company, Abnoud Film, and in all her films she focused on monitoring the daily social life of the toiling classes in Egypt. Among her works: The Nubia Train (2002), and Seas of Thirst (1981).
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2004
Ethiopia through Egyptian Eyes
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2002
The Nubia Train
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2000
Cairo 1000 - Cairo 2000
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1997
Egyptian Heroines
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1996
Days of Democracy
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1996
Girls Still Dream
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1995
Rawya
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1995
Women in Senegal
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1994
Responsible Women
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1993
Diary in Exile
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1992
Sellers and Buyers
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1990
Interview in Room No. 8
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1989
Rhythm of Life
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1982
Permissible Dreams
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1981
Seas of Thirst
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1979
To Move into Depth
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1977
The Sandwich
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1972
The Sad Song of Touha
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1971
Horse of Mud
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Two Festivals in Grenoble
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