Articles

ORSETTA BORGHERO

By Sherif Awad At the age of eighteen, leaving Rovigo, a small town between Venice and Bologna, was the first footstep taken by Italian actress Orsetta Borghero on an international career in cinema...

YASMINE BELLY DANCER

by Sherif Awad Armenians in Egypt were a community that perceived their own language, churches, and social institutions since their early presence in the 6th and 7th centuries. History tells us that a...

CRISTINA PAROVEL

Italian actress Cristina Parovel dives from charming to conscious roles in Hollywood by Sherif Awad Although the European film industry is quite vast, rewarding and prosperous among many European...

ALISA KHAZANOVA

by Sherif Awad This long narrative is the directorial debut by Russian-born Alisa Khazanova,  a former Bolshoi ballerina who also wrote and produced. Khazanova, as an actress, co-starred in 18...

CHRISTINE SOLOMON

by Sherif Awad Rising actress Christine Solomon is of Egyptian, Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. Talent runs in the family as she is related to notable Egyptian director Sandra Nashaat and Egyptian...

FLONJA KODHELI

by Sherif Awad Among the films screened at the competition of the 31st Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries (2-8 September), is Sworn Virgin, an Albanian-Italian drama revolving around...