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April 2, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100401/wl_mideast_afp/entertainmentegyptfrancefilmisrael_20100401183758

Egyptians Quit French Film Festival over Israeli Entry

(AFP) Egyptian film-makers who were to sit on the jury of a film festival in Cairo organized by the French embassy's cultural center are boycotting the event because one of the directors of one of the films is Israeli. Director Kamla Abu Zikri said she withdrew because she rejects "any sort of normalization with Israel."

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