Editing Culture of Egypt (section)

===Cinema===
{{Main|Cinema of Egypt}}

[[File:Suad Husni 1979.jpg|alt=|thumb|222x222px|[[Soad Hosny]], Egyptian film star.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tadros |first=Gina |date=2022-01-26 |title=The 9 Best Soad Hosny Films to Watch on the Late Egyptian Actor's Birthday |url=https://en.vogue.me/culture/soad-hosny-best-films-watch-aelat-zizi-khalli-balak-min-zouzou/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Vogue Arabia |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yousry |first=Omar |date=2022-06-21 |title=7 Things You Didn't Know About Egypt's Cinderella Soad Hosny |url=https://scoopempire.com/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-egypts-cinderella-soad-hosny/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=Scoop Empire |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the most famous Egyptian and Arabic actresses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jalal |first=Maan |title=Soad Hosny: Remembering the Cinderella of Arab cinema |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2024/06/21/soad-hosny-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>]]
In 1940,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/Resources/Egypt/history-of-cinema-egypt |title=LAFF – History of Cinema: Egypt |access-date=2013-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130924085020/http://www.luxorafricanfilmfestival.com/Resources/Egypt/history-of-cinema-egypt |archive-date=2013-09-24 }}</ref> Egyptian cinema has flourished since the 1930s.<ref name="siscie">[http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Arts&Culture/Cinema&Drama/CinemaInEgypt/070401000000000001.htm Egyptian State Information Service (SIS) - Cinema In Egypt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419121835/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Arts%26Culture/Cinema%26Drama/CinemaInEgypt/070401000000000001.htm |date=2008-04-19 }}</ref> As a result, the Egyptian capital has been dubbed the "Hollywood of the Middle East", where the world-renowned [[Cairo International Film Festival]] is held every year. The festival has been rated by the [[FIAPF|International Federation of Film Producers Associations]] as being among the 11 top-class film festivals worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukhotmovies.com/film-festivals/cairo-film-festival/information.html|title=Find out more about the Cairo International Film Festival|author=Film Festivals|work=ukhotmovies.com|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208183113/http://www.ukhotmovies.com/film-festivals/cairo-film-festival/information.html|archive-date=8 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Egyptian film industry is the largest & most developed within Arabic-speaking cinema.<ref name="siscie"/>
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