EGYPT SEASON 2022
Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the
future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
In collaboration with Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Clash - Film Screening and Oud Performance
Saturday 26th November 2022
Tickets are available via the UPP website. For more information and to book, please click here.
17:15 Doors Open
17:45 Talk ”Clash and Clashes in Egyptian Cinema after 2011” - Professor Chihab El Khachab, Associate Professor in Visual Anthropology, University of Oxford.
17:55 Oud performance by Tarik Beshir
18:15 Clash screening begins
Talk summary:
”Clash and Clashes in Egyptian Cinema after 2011”
Summary: This talk will briefly situate Clash among similar fiction films representing the January 25th, 2011 revolution in Egypt, and will highlight some internal struggles in the film industry about how to represent the revolution since 2011.
Speaker: Professor Chihab El Khachab, Associate Professor in Visual Anthropology, University of Oxford.
Oud Performance:
Solo Oud Performance of selected instrumental pieces from the classical Ottoman repertory, popular in Egypt and the Levant in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Tickets are available via the UPP website. For more information and to book, please click here.
Organised in collaboration with The Ultimate Picture Palace.