Togo Mizrahi: The stateless pioneer of Egyptian cinema
Deborah Starr's Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema
Date of publication:
20 January,
2021
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Every human being has multiple identities, I am a human being, I am Egyptian when Egyptians are oppressed, I am Black when Blacks are oppressed, I am Jewish when Jews are oppressed and I am Palestinian when Palestinians are oppressed" —
Chehata Haroun
He made films with Layla Mourad and Umm Kulthum, served as the secretary of the Union of Egyptian Cinema, was feted by the local press as "the director who does the Egyptian film industry proud" but was then quickly forgotten. However, a new book by Deborah Starr,