CAIRO — "Clash," a highly acclaimed film by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, was finally released in cinemas around Egypt last week. The movie, which covers confrontations between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and state forces following the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, has been a topic of heated controversy among Egyptians since it first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
"'Clash' carries deep-seated humanistic meanings, without bias to any particular faction," said Rana al-Gami’i after viewing the movie on the first day of its Egyptian release at a cinema in the Giza governorate. The movie-goer in her 20s told Al-Monitor, "The film isn’t merely about an incident in a police transport vehicle, as some erroneously believe."
