AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoFilm: El Gouna Film Festival has opened in Hurghada with 77 films, kicking off the region’s autumn festival season. Cairo’s 47th International Film Festival has also unveiled a programme of 145 films from 64 countries. Screenings: Japanese Film Week brings free films to Cairo and Alexandria from October 17–24, with screenings at the Cairo Opera House and Alexandria’s Jesuit Cultural Centre. Archaeology: Excavations in Behbeit El Hagar uncovered the head of a colossal statue of Ramesses II; archaeologists estimate it once stood about 28 feet tall. Visual Arts: Egyptian-French photographer Yomna El Beyaly’s Amsterdam exhibition offers an intimate portrait of women and girls in Cairo through her photographs. Literature: Egyptian author Samar Nour won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel for Asha the Scarab and the Moon; the winning book will be translated into English. Heritage: A restored second-century Egyptian portrait known as the Tondo of the Two Brothers is set to travel to Rome for an exhibition.
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