18 Days
Sep 06 2011
•2h 5m
•Drama
10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.
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Ahmed Helmy
The Tailor
Amr Waked
Essam Maher Youssef
Mona Zaki
Mona
Nahed El Sebai
Usha
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