CAIRO Real Madrid Throwback Jersey , Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing first edition of El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) is one of the means to revive Egypt's leading role in the Middle East cinema industry and to show the world the country's filmmaking capabilities, said Egyptian business tycoon and GFF co-founder Samih Sawiris in an interview with Xinhua.
Sawiris is the founder of the Red Sea town of El Gouna north of world famous Hurghada resort city, which hosts the GFF co-founded by him and his brother Naguib Sawiris.
"The cinema is among the oldest industries that entered Egypt, at the same time when Hollywood started its black-and-white cinema. So Paris Saint-Germain Throwback Jersey , my brother and I have always had the desire to revive such a heritage and return Egypt to its filmmaking leading role in the Middle East," Sawiris said.
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"The GFF is a means to highlight to the world Egypt's filmmaking capabilities, remind the world of Egypt's cinema history and introduce to the world El Gouna resort town that hosts such a gala," the Egyptian billionaire told Xinhua Manchester City Throwback Jersey , adding that "it's like hitting several birds with one stone."
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