Author

Yasmin Desouki

is a film archivist and programmer currently working as the artistic director at Cimatheque–Alternative Film Centre in Cairo, Egypt. After completing her degree in cinema studies and film archiving and preservation at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she returned to Egypt where she managed the archival collection at Misr International Films for several years.

Articles by this author

issue 9

A Map Of Love And Loss

Egyptian Film Archives & Preservation Efforts

A tour of Egyptian film archives—or lack thereof—given by the archivist of Cairo’s Cimatheque, an alternative film centre in Downtown Cairo dedicated to celebrating the diversity, beauty and power of film from Egypt and beyond.