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Oscars: Egypt Selects Abu Bakr Shawky's 'The Stories' for International Feature Race

Abu Bakr Shawky's drama "The Stories" - which is inspired by how the director's Egyptian father and Austrian mother began their love affair as pen pals - has been selected as Egypt's entry for the Academy Award for best international feature film. When Shawky's father Ahmed was an aspiring pianist in Cairo in 1967,...

Original source: Variety

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