Egypt stops screening of film on Jewish community

Associated Press ^ | March 12, 2013 5:21 PM EDT | Sarah El Deeb

[Olog-hai]

Egyptian security agencies have stopped the screening of a documentary on the Egyptian Jewish community a day before it was due to debut in local cinemas, the film producer said in a statement Tuesday.

He said no reasons were given.

The “Jews of Egypt”, a documentary that follows the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the 20^th century until they left under duress in large numbers in the late 1950s, was screened in Egypt last year in a private film festival and had been approved by censorship, a regular procedure in Egypt. …

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The “Jews of Egypt”, a documentary...

Needs a catchier title like "The Eternal Jew" or something, however there might be copyright issues.

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Thanks Olog-hai.

...security agencies have stopped the screening of a documentary on the Egyptian Jewish community a day before it was due to debut in local cinemas... follows the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the 20th century until they left under duress in large numbers in the late 1950s... had been approved by censorship, a regular procedure in Egypt.