In many ways, Adel Imam is Egypt and all its contradictions, the leading man with character-actor looks, the comedian who never shies away from tackling social taboos. For close to four decades, Imam ...

Friday’s opening ceremony of the 14th edition of the Marrakech international film festival, saw a bevy of international directors and actors, including Isabelle Huppert, Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons, ...

If Albert Brooks, the American comedian, was really "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World," as the title of his satirical movie said, all he had to do was go into a Cairo video shop and pick up one ...

At a recent press conference held by prominent Egyptian comedian-actor Adel Imam at the Dubai International Film Festival, the actor observed a moment of silence for the assassination of Lebanese ...

“In many of my films I fight against discrimination and raise awareness about poverty and social problems - issues that need to be addressed but which are often not discussed easily. I asked myself ...

The film revolves around Saeed AL-Masri (Adel Imam), one of the pilots of the October War who lost his eye-sight after his plane crashed during the war. Saeed AL-Masri is forced to live in a home for ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab world's most famous comic actor, Adel Imam, will appeal a decision by an Egyptian court to sentence him to three months in jail for insulting Islam in his films and plays, ...