Representations of Palestine in Egyptian Cinema: Politics of (In)visibility traces how Egyptian cinema has represented Palestine across three paradigmatic moments in modern Egyptian history: in the years around the 1952 Revolution, which saw Egypt’s transition from monarchy to republic; in the wake of the 1967 Defeat, which signaled the end of Nasser’s pan-Arabist project; and around the turn of the twenty-first century, at which point Egypt had not only normalized relations with Israel but integrated into the neoliberal capitalist economy. The book offers a critical reconsideration of an important but largely neglected body of films on a struggle which persists until today. This presentation will introduce the book and touch on the topic’s relevance in the current moment.
Bio: Claire Begbie is a PhD student in Film and Moving Image Studies at Concordia University in Montreal/ Tiohtià:ke. Claire published her first monograph, Representations of Palestine in Egyptian Cinema: Politics of (In)visibility, with Peter Lang Publishing in 2023. She is a member of Academics for Palestine and the Raah Lab at Concordia University, as well as the Montreal-based film collective, Regards Palestiniens
