AIWFF’s Best 100 Films on Women in Arab Cinema

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Aswan International Women's Film Festival was founded in 2017 by Egyptian screenwriter Mohamed Abdel Khalek and has quickly become one of Egypt's premier film events.

On it's 5th edition they announced a list of the 100 best films on women throughout the history of Egyptian and Arab cinema, chosen by 70 Egyptian and Arab film critics.

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    Le Challat de Tunis

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Aziza

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ayn Aqli

    1974 — a.k.a. Where Is My Mind?, in 0 top lists
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    Bidaya wa nihaya

    1960 — a.k.a. The Beginning and the End, in 2 top lists Check
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    Kashf El Mastoor

    1994, in 0 top lists
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    Mothakerat morahkah

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Almurahikat

    1960 — a.k.a. Teenagers, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bab Al-Sama Maftuh

    1989 — a.k.a. A Door to the Sky, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nahla

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    Papicha

    2019, in 0 top lists
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    El Naddaha

    1975, in 0 top lists
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    Les petites guerres

    1982 — a.k.a. Little Wars, in 2 top lists Check
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    Sayedat el kasr

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
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    Genenet al asmak

    2008 — a.k.a. The Aquarium, in 0 top lists Check
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    Beer El Herman

    1969 — a.k.a. The Well of Deprivation, in 0 top lists
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    Yaumiyat na'ib fi-l-aryaf

    1968 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Prosecutor, in 0 top lists Check
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    Obedience alarm

    1993, in 0 top lists
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    El-Ustazah Fatmah

    1952 — a.k.a. The Lawyer Fatma, in 0 top lists Check
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    Milh Hadha al-Bahr

    2008 — a.k.a. Salt of This Sea, in 1 top list Check
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    Al zouga talattashar

    1962 — a.k.a. Wife Number 13, in 1 top list Check
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    A Love Affair in Casablanca

    1991, in 0 top lists
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    Zouqâq al-Midaqq

    1963 — a.k.a. Midaq Alley, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ghazal al-banat

    1949 — a.k.a. The Flirtation of Girls, in 1 top list Check
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    Bab el makam

    2005 — a.k.a. Passion, in 0 top lists Check
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    L'enfant endormi

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lel Hob Qesa Akhira

    1986, in 0 top lists
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    Yom lel-Sittat

    2016 — a.k.a. A Day for Women, in 0 top lists Check
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    Les yeux secs

    2003 — a.k.a. Cry No More, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sofia

    2018, in 0 top lists
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    Marcides

    1993 — a.k.a. Mercedes, in 2 top lists Check
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    Sur la planche

    2011 — a.k.a. On the Edge, in 0 top lists Check
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    El-Raqesah wa el-Seyasi

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    Aala Kaf Ifrit

    2017 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Dogs, in 2 top lists
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    Al Sadah Al Rejal

    1987, in 0 top lists
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    Zawgaty wal kalb

    1971 — a.k.a. My Wife and the Dog, in 0 top lists Check
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    La saison des hommes

    2000 — a.k.a. The Season of Men, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dunia

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    678

    2010 — a.k.a. Cairo 678, in 0 top lists Check
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    Wahed-Sefr

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lamma hikyit Maryam

    2001 — a.k.a. When Maryam Spoke Out, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rachida

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Khally ballak men ZouZou

    1972 — a.k.a. Watch Out for ZouZou, in 1 top list Check
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    Bentein men misr

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ana Nojoom bent alasherah wamotalagah

    2014 — a.k.a. I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced, in 0 top lists Check
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    Noura Rêve

    2019 — a.k.a. Noura's Dream, in 0 top lists
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    Nissa... wa nissa

    1999 — a.k.a. Women... and Women, in 0 top lists Check
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    Imm el aroussa

    1964 — a.k.a. Mother of the Bride, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kheit al rafeigh, -al

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sahar el layaly

    2003 — a.k.a. Sleepless Nights, in 0 top lists Check
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    Al-kompars

    1993 — a.k.a. The Extras, in 1 top list Check
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