Ministry of Culture to honor ' El Mamar' movie's makers

CAIRO - 29 October 2019: The Ministry of Culture represented by the Cultural Production Sector headed by veteran director Khaled Galal will honor ''El Mamar'' ( The passage) movie makers on Tuesday, October 29.

Successful Egyptian movie “El-Mamar” topped the Twitter trend after its first TV screening on ON TV channel on October 6.

The film was screened as part of the celebrations of the 46th anniversary of 6th of October War victory.


People interacted with the patriotic movie, especially that it screened as part of the celebrations of the glorious victory of October 6.

Egyptians were keen to watch the important patriotic movie which achieved booming success, with revenues amounting to over LE 65,000,000.

The film revolves around the role of the heroic Egyptian Commandos during the War of Attrition. The film is inspired by the brave patriotic operations performed by Group 39 in the Egyptian army headed by martyr Ibrahim al-Rifai.

The massive production discusses the time period from the 1967 war to the early days of the War of Attrition.

"El-Mamar", directed by Sherif Arafa and written by Arafa and Amir Teima, stars Ahmed Ezz, , Hend Sabry, Ahmed Rezk, Asma Abul Yazid, Eyad Nassar, Sherif Mounir, Mohamed Farag, Ahmed Falawkas and Enaam Salousa, among others.

Veteran musician Omar Khairat composed the movie’s soundtrack.