‘Egyptian Cinematic’ to archive Egyptian cinematic heritage

CAIRO – 10 July 2018: Minister of Culture Enas Abdeldayem announced that the Egyptian Ministry of culture decided to create the first documented archive of the Egyptian cinema and its heritage since 1896 and name it "Egyptian Cinematic".

The "Egyptian Cinematic" comes in light of the ministry's efforts to immortalize the Egyptian cinematic heritage through the creation of a documented archive.

The Egyptian cinema was the first representative of Egyptians to the Arab world and the representative of Egyptians and Arabs to the rest of the world.

Head of the National Film Center, Khaled Abdel Jalil, stated that the archive comes as part of the Ministry of Culture efforts to support the Egyptian cinematic heritage that represented the Egyptian and Arab identity and culture for decades.