11/05/2010
Famous egyptian singer Mohamed Mounir acting in Destiny, directed by Youssef Chahine: "a prominent outsider in Egyptian cinema and at the same time its most internationally renowned representative, is reckoning with the growing fundamentalism of his country. Mounir plays the 12th century singer Marwan, who escapes an attempted assassination by stirred up fanatics the first time, but succumbs the second time - a reference to Algerian Rai singers, but also to Egyptian literary figures like Naguib Mahfouz or Farag F**a.
Mohammed Mounir, nubian-egyptian singer and actor, performs 'Alli sawtak' from the movie 'Al-Massir' ('Destiny', 1998, directed by the legendary master of egyptian cinema Youssef Chahine, (January 25, ...