Egypt
Jihan el-Tahri is an Egyptian writer, director, and producer. After receiving a degree in political science from the American University in Cairo, she worked as a news correspondent for British and American newspapers, covering the Middle East and Africa. She has authored, directed and produced award-winning documentary films, and books and reported on political conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. In 1990, El-Tahri began directing and producing documentaries for French television and international broadcasters. Her produced and directed documentaries, including the award-winning film Behind the Rainbow. She also produced and directed the acclaimed documentary Cuba: An African Odyssey and the Emmy-nominated House of Saud. Her 2014 Egypt's Modern Pharaohs, a trilogy of films about former Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, was funded by a grant through the Doha Film Institute. Jihan's other accomplishments include being a member of the Executive Bureau of FEPACI (Federation of Pan-African Cinema) and the Secretary General of the Guild of African filmmakers in the Diaspora. Biography Source
Voleurs d’organes
(1990 - 1994)
The Spiral Tribe: Rave Parties in UK
(1990 - 1994)
Abortion in Ireland
(1990 - 1994)
Algérie: la vie malgré tout
(1990 - 1994)
Holidays in Hell
(1995 - 1998)
L’Afrique en morceaux: la tragédie des grands lacs
(1998)
54 heures d’angoisse
(2000)
Histoire d’un suicide: Pierre Bérégovoy
(2001)
Viewpoints on AIDS
(2002)
The Price of Aid
(2003)
House of Saud
(2005)
Cuba: An African Odyssey
(2006)
Behind the Rainbow
(2009)
Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs
(2014)
Egypt, France, USA and Qatar / 2014 / (56min x 3) 168mins / Historical Documentary / Arabic, French and Russian
Egypt, South Africa and France / 2006 / 118mins / Documentary / French, English, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
South Africa, Egypt and France / 2009 / 120mins / Documentary / English