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  Sherif El-Azma
Dounia-Amar / Beautiful World
 
  Egypt 2000 – Videotape, MiniDV, 18:00
colour, stereo, Arabic subtitled in English
 
'in/tangible cartographies – new arab video' was commisioned by World Wide Video Festival 2001, and especially curated by Jayce Salloum.
A look at class divisions, community, fame, and ego through the lives of two singers in Cairo, a pop-star and a struggling artist. Completely separated by class their worlds barely meet. El-Azma takes us into spaces of comfort and contention with video portraits that bring the two singers and worlds together.

– Jayce Salloum



Sherif El-Azma ° 1975 Manchester, UK
Lives and works in Cairo, Egype


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