A chaabi music group, MAHRAGAN revolutionized Egyptian music.

MAHRAGAN is a chabbi music group. They revolutionized Egyptian music and became the symbol of an oppressed generation that had the courage to speak out after the end of the Mubarak era.

a film by Omar AL SHAMY (Omar ELSHAMY)

Egypt / France, 2012, Documentary, 25'

Graduation film
Varan Workshops in Egypt (7 weeks) - Cairo
Themes: Arts, Politics

Title: MAHRAGAN
Filming location: Cairo
Duration: 25 min
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: French
Themes: Political Arts
Tags: Music, Activism
Shooting format: HD

Director: Omar Al Shamy (Omar Elshamy)
Image: Omar Elshamy
Editing: Hagar Hamdy & Hagar Hamdy Salim

Production: Ateliers Varan
Co-production: CFI, Semat, Arte & French Institute of Egypt

Coordinator of the Cairo Workshop: David Ghéron Tretiakoff

A project (Ateliers Varan) carried out with SEMAT, CFI, ARTE France and the French Institute in Cairo.

FILM AVAILABLE ONLINE
https://ateliersvaran.com/fr/cinematheque/mahragan_1343

AWARDS, FESTIVALS AND BROADCASTS
* Selection | Visa for music (Rabat, Morocco, 2014)
* Selection | Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland, 2013)
* Available | IFCinéma, platform of the French institute
* Available | Multimedia library of the Quai Branly Museum (France)