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| Arabic | الجزيرة |
| Directed by | Sherif Arafa |
| Written by | Mohamed Diab |
| Produced by | Mohamed Hassan Ramzy |
| Starring | Ahmed El Sakka Mahmoud Yacine Hend Sabry Khaled El Sawy |
| Music by | Omar Khairat |
| Distributed by | Rotana Studios El Nasr Films |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | ِArabic |
| Budget | 16,000,000 L.E |
| Box office | 22,000,000 L.E |
The Island (Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized: El-Gezeira) is a 2007 action-thriller Egyptian film starring Ahmed El Sakka, Mahmoud Yacine, Hend Sabri and Khaled Elsawy and directed by Sherif Arafa. In upper Egypt, a gang war for leadership leads to a massacre, killing the mother and wife of the young gang boss and most of his clan. He avenges them, and controls the whole island for trade in weapons and drugs, and makes illegal deals with the police.