Egypt's film industry is the largest in the Middle East, with an output that spreads across the region and the world.
In the run-up to and throughout the 2011 Revolution, a complex relationship formed between the industry and the people's uprising.
Both a form of political expression and a documentation of historical events, 'revolutionary' film techniques have contributed to the cultural memory of 2011.
At the same time, these films and their makers have been the target of increasing state c.
I. B. Tauris & Company Egyptian cinema and the 2011 revolution: film production and representing dissent, hardcover/ahmed ghazal
