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EGYPT - LEBANON - ARAB - CINEMA - CULTURE - INTERNET - SOCIAL - WOMEN
This picture taken on January 23, 2021 in Cairo shows a phone displaying a scene from the Netflix-produced pan-Arab film "Ashab wala Aaz" (Perfect Strangers) depicting Egyptian actress Mona Zaki. Netflix's first Arabic film production was set to be a big event, but within days of its release, public opinion was so inflamed that critics called for a ban on the platform. The Arabic version, one of countless remakes of the Italian comedy-drama "Perfetti Sconosciutti", was released on January 20 and it immediately shot up to the most watched list in Egypt.

Khaled DESOUKI / AFP