I approached film critic Samir Farid through our work at the Cairo International Film Festival, which he presided over for one course, which many now have been one of the best. Although we have met many times apart for more than a quarter of a century, the first was when he took over the Ismailia Film Festival I went to cover the festival for the first time in my life ... this festival, which I now chair, while Samir Farid left our world, which leaves me with a twinge and a double sadness because I wished I could read Or listen to his opinion at the festival To come.
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