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Youssef Chahine Renowned Egyptian Filmmaker Dies

July 28, 2008

In more than 40 films and documentaries, Youssef Chahine sought to capture and defend the spirit of multicultural tolerance against the forces he saw undermining it: fundamentalism, dictatorship and imperialism. Youssef Chahine, an Egyptian filmmaker whose work over nearly five decades made him a renowned figure in Arab cinema, died Sunday at Al Maadi Military Hospital ...