BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Youssef Chahine, the Arab world's greatest filmmaker and recipient of the 50th annual lifetime achievement award at the 1997

CAIRO (AFP) — Veteran Egyptian film-maker Youssef Chahine, Arab cinema's most celebrated director, died on Sunday aged 82 after several weeks in a coma.

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Youssef Chahine, one of Egypt's most lauded movie directors whose films over nearly five decades often went on Fellini-esque flights of

By VOA News Renowned Egyptian film maker Youssef Chahine, whose films reached beyond the Arab world, died early Sunday after several weeks in a coma.

Egypt’s most famous film director, Youssef Chahine, has died at the age of 82. A leading light in Egyptian cinema for more than half a century,

The award-winning Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine has died at the age of 82 in Cairo after a recent brain operation in France.

CAIRO: Youssef Chahine, the eminence grise of Egyptian cinema and one of the best-known Arab film directors, died Sunday in Cairo. Over nearly five decades

Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine has died in Cairo aged 82, four weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage. One of Arab cinema's most admired figures,

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine died in Cairo on Sunday at the age of 82 after six weeks in a coma, his office said.

by MT Bureau - July 28, 2008 - 0 comments Cairo -- Egyptian movie director Youssef Chahine, known for his cinematic takes on authoritarianism,

Egyptian film-maker Youssef Chahine, Arab cinema's most celebrated director, has died after several weeks in a coma, Egyptian state television reported on