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| Shadi Abdel Salam .. Caricature by Valentin Druzhinin - Russia |
The prominent Egyptian director Shadi Abdel Salam
(1930-1986) considered to be one of the most reputed directors of Arab
cinema. His works and historical vision reflected ancient Egyptian
culture as well as Islamic and Coptic heritage.
His feature film "The Mummy" put Egyptian cinema on the world cinema map, it won several awards, including the "Georges Sadoul" Award in Paris in the year of its production in 1970, in 2009, the International Film Foundation chose it as one of the most important films in the history of world cinema. He restored the original version and was celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year.