Inas El-Degheidy

Inas El Degheidy (born 10 March 1953) is an Egyptian film director.^[1]

Inas directs films of social and realistic essence, often by using explicit scenes; this has made her being labelled as "controversial".^{[citation needed]} While her films often analyze women's struggles in society, she does not like the term "women's cinema".^[1]

Life[]

Inas El Degheidy was born in Cairo, one of eight children of a conservative, middle-class family. Her father taught Arabic. while he was strict, he was the only one to support her in her family when she wanted to go to film school.^[1] She graduated from the Cinema Institute in 1975, and directed her first film Pardon Law in 1985.^[2]

Her movie Al-Samt (Silence) tackles the subject of a woman sexually abused by her father. The Egyptian Board of Censors has demanded that the script be modified to ensure the father is portrayed as mentally diseased and thus unrepresentative of the general Egyptian male figure.^[3]

Films[]

`Afwan ayuha al-qanun (Pardon, Law), 1985
al-Tahhadi (The Challenge), 1988
Zaman al-mamnu` (Age of the Forbidden), 1988
Imra`a wahida la takfi (One Woman is Not Enough), 1990
Qadiyat Samiha Badran (The Case of Samiha Badran), 1992
al-Qatila (Lady Killer), 1992
Discu disku (Disco, Disco), 1993
Lahm rakhis (Cheap Flesh), 1994
Istakoza (Lobster), 1996
Dantilla (Lace), 1998. Winner of best director at Pusan Film Festival.^[1]^[2]
Kalam al-layl (Night Whispers), 1999
al-Warda al-hamra (The Red Rose), 2000
Mudhakkarat murahiqa (Diary of a Teenage Girl), 2001
Night Talk, 2002
Al-Bahithat `an al-huriya (Looking for Freedom), 2004

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Rebecca Hillauer (2005). Encyclopedia Of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 59–65. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-61147-443-5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
^ Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Inas Al Degheidy: Breaking Taboos in an Age of Islamists Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Al Akhbar English, 5 January 2012.

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[Hillauer2005-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Rebecca Hillauer (2005). Encyclopedia Of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. pp. 59–65. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

[PallisterHottell2011-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Janis L. Pallister; Ruth A. Hottell (2011). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-61147-443-5. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

[Rahman-3] Mohammad Abdel Rahman, Inas Al Degheidy: Breaking Taboos in an Age of Islamists Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Al Akhbar English, 5 January 2012.

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