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Jews of Egypt / Session Film Production presents ; directed by Amir Ramses.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Egypt--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- History.
- Egypt--Ethnic relations.
- Egypt.
- Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- History.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (96 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : ArtMattan, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In Arabic and French with English subtitles; credits in Arabic and English
- System Details:
- Streaming video file
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Covers the prominent role of Egypt's Jewish population in business and the arts in the first half of the 20th century and then dwells on their expulsion in 1956. Includes testimonials by exiled Egyptian Jews, most of whom lived in Paris; Mohamed Abu El-Ghar, the author of Jews of Egypt: From Prosperity to Diaspora as well as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who participated in an attack of Jewish shops in Egypt in 1947 and Esam Fawzi, a sociologist
- Participant:
- Mohamed Abul Ghar, Ahmed Hamroush, Esam Fawzi, Albert Arri
- Credits:
- Photography, Yusif al-Ẓaw ; music, editing, Hīsham al-Khamisī
- Notes:
- Description based on videodisc (DVD) version record
- Other Format:
- Videodisc (DVD) version: Jews of Egypt.
- OCLC:
- 1112734303
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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