Tarek El Shinnawi ( sometimes spelled El Shennawi or Shennawy ) ( Arabic : طارق الشناوي ) is an internationally recognised and renowned film critic and writer of Arab cinema . He is one of the most influential film critics of Arab cinema in the region , based in Cairo , Egypt . he writes in most of the top Arabic newspapers , magazines and websites for more than 30 years , he has more than 15 published books on Arab cinema various subjects . He also teaches the subject of film critique to the students in the final years of The Cairo university , faculty of Mass-communication . He has numerous cinematic participations in arbitration committees of International and Arab festivals . He has been frequently appointed as a jury member in Arab film festivals ( as '' in the 12th Osian 's - Cinefan Film Festival 2012 , 9th '' '' Dubai International Film Festival 2012 , 8th '' '' Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014 ) . '' He has made calls for reform of the old-fashioned censorship regulations that disallow cinema and TV to impersonate the prophets . These regulations were made in 1926 when Youssef Wahbi desired to make a film depicting prophet Muhammad which was disallowed by Al-Azhar
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Tarek El Shennawi