Escaping Tel Aviv

Escaping Tel Aviv
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySherif Arafa
Written byAmr Samir Atef
Produced byHesham Abdel Khalek
StarringKarim Abdel Aziz
Mona Zaki
Sherif Mounir
CinematographyAyman Abu El-Makarem
Edited byDalia El-Nasser
Music byOmar Khairat
Production
company
Al-Nasr - Oscar - Al-Masah
Distributed byDiamond Art Production
Release date
  • November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13)
CountryEgypt
LanguagesEgyptian Arabic, Hebrew

Welad El-Am (Arabic: ولاد العم; English: The Cousins), known internationally as Escaping Tel Aviv, is a 2009 Egyptian film directed by Sherif Arafa and starring Karim Abdel Aziz, Mona Zaki and Sherif Mounir.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "'Welad El-Am': A simplistic confrontation with a reinvented enemy". Daily News Egypt. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ (18 March 2010). Joden in de schurkenrol in drakerig actiethriller, Trouw (in Dutch), Retrieved December 15, 2010 (critical review saying the movie glorifies Arabs and paints Israeli Jews as villains, just as bad as Hollywood films painting Arabs as villains)
  3. ^ (16 March 2010). Deze film doorbreekt taboe in Arabische wereld, NU.nl (in Dutch), Retrieved December 15, 2010 (reporting that film caused much controversy in Arab media)