The Main Film: The Jews of Egypt .. De Joden van Egypte

For centuries, the Egyptian Jewish community lived amongst Muslims and Christians in Egypt. This situation changed after the declaration of te state of Israel in 1948.
After the combined war against Egypt, known as the Suez War, where Israel started the attack against Egypt followed by England and France, the relation between the Egyptian Jews and the government has been deteriorating. Also many Egyptian Jews felt uneasy and hence started to emigrate to Europe and the United States, but some of them went to Israel. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government obliged some of them to leave the country.

Jews of Egypt is a Journey back to the time of tolerance in Egypt and a search for the reasons why it got lost for ever.

As the Film Director described it, it’s a documentary that captures fragments of the lives of the Egyptian Jewish community in the first half of the twentieth century until their second grand exodus after the tripartite attack of 1956 .. An attempt to understand the change in the identity of the Egyptian society that turned from a society full of tolerance and acceptance of one another .. and how it changed gradually by mixing religious and political views into a society that rejects the others .. a film about the cosmopolitan Egypt in the 40’s and Egypt in the new millennium .. how did the Jews of Egypt turn in the eyes of Egyptians from partners in the same country to enemies ..

More info:
Director: Amir Ramses
Screenplay: Amir Ramses
Producer: Haitham Al Khamissi
Orig. Titel: An Yahoud Masr
Section: Agenda 13
Original language: Arabic
Film type: Documentary Feature
Music: Haitham Al Khamissi
DoP: John Hakiem, Moustafa Youssef, Amir Ramses
Editor: Amir Ramses, Haitham Al Khamissi
Format: BluRay
Production Company: Session Film Productions