Iris Nazmy
Iris Nazmy (died March 4, 2018) was an Egyptian writer, journalist and film critic. She was the President of the Alexandria Film Festival.
Iris Nazmy
- Name
- Iris Nazmy
- Education
- Cairo University
- Occupation
- Film critic, journalist
- Born
- 2000 · Cairo.
- Died
- 2018
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Languages
- Arabic
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Iris Nazmy (died March 4, 2018) was an Egyptian writer, journalist and film critic. She was the President of the Alexandria Film Festival.
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Iris Nazmy (2000–2018) was an Egyptian film critic, journalist and writer. The film critic was born in Cairo.
Iris Nazmy studied at Cairo University. The film critic worked for Akhbar el-Yom and Rose al-Yūsuf and held the position of president. Languages used include Arabic.
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• Name — Iris Nazmy • Education — Cairo University • Occupation — Film critic, journalist • Children — 2
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Nazmy was born in Cairo and graduated from Cairo University's Faculty of Arts. When she was a student, her first dialogue was with the then-Dean of the Faculty of Arts regarding the perceived inferiority of women who sit in cafeterias or coffee shops. This dialogue was published in Al Qahira newspaper. At the beginning of her career she worked at Sabāh al-Khayr and Rose al-Yūsuf magazine. She also worked in Dar Akhbar El Yom, in the accidents news department. She has participated in several festivals, including the establishment of the Cairo International Film Festival, Alexandria International Film Festival, and Aswan's African States Film Festivals. She is considered the first Egyptian woman to head a cinema festival.
Awards and honours
Nazmy won the honor of the Fourth National Festival of Egyptian Cinema. A book about her life, Iris Nazmi: brave heart, was written by Mona Thabet and published by the Cultural Development Fund in Egypt.
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