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Redefining cinema in Egypt

Some heavy-hitters in Egypt's cinema world have helped create a home for independent movies.
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An old concept is breathing new life into Cairo's cinema scene.

When the emergence of 3-D films threatened to flatten attendance at the Odeon Cinema in downtown Cairo, the old theater added a new dimension of its own: "A cinema for movies not screened in the cinema."

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