By Madame Sosostris The King As pop legend Mohamed Mounir rocked the stage in Golf Porto Marina, the North Coast, he was captured by the lens of Abdel-Hamid Eid. At the beginning of the concert, Mounir announced that he doesn't consider it a mere concert but a tribute to the 16 martyrs of the Rafah attack that took place in North Sinai. At 11pm, he started mesmerising his fans with a number of old patriotic songs, moving onto the numbers of his most recent album Qalby Mayaarafnish (My Heart Doesn't Know Me). �ô� To celebrate the 65th anniversary of India's independence, a flag hoisting ceremony was held by the newly named Indian Ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri. The celebration was organised at India House Bharat Bhawan and attended by members of the Indian community and friends of India in Egypt. �ôï The president of the Film House Association El-Amir Abaza is heading the Hurghada Festival for Asian Cinema (24-30 October) in its first edition. The festival is now receiving the participating films from 35 different countries including Russia, China, India, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Philippine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and Qatar. According to film critic Mohamed Qenawi, a number of Asian films which received prestigious awards from various festivals around the world such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice are participating. The festival will hold four special screenings: Al-Qadisya, written by Mahfouz Abdel-Rahman, directed by Salah Abu Seif, and starring the late Soad Hosni and Ezzat El-Alaili; Al-Tagroba (The Experiment) directed by Fouad El-Touhami; Moutawe' wi Bahiya, written by Said El-Kafrawi, directed by Saheb Haddad and starring Karam Moutawe, Soheir El-Morshedi and Abdel-Rahman Abu Zahra; and Leila Fil Iraq (A Night in Iraq) written by Mohamed Suleiman and Ahmed Kamel Mursi, directed by Mohamed Kamel Mursi and starring Ibrahim Galal, Nourhan Abdallah, Abdallah El-Azzawi and Lebanese singer Mohamed Suleiman. The festival will also screen six films by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. �ô Lebanese singer Nicole Saba entertained holidaymakers at Bianki village in the North Coast during the Eid vacation, performing for an hour and a half -- or almost. �ô� More concerts yet: El Sawy Culturewheel organised one of the best Eid concerts starring the urban folk singer Mohamed Adawia, son of the legend Ahmed Adawia. �ôï The Kempinski Nile Hotel General Manager Fuat Koroglu has announced that Eman El-Yasaky was promoted to the newly created position of director of public relations for Kempinski Nile Hotel. In this new role, El-Yasaky "will be responsible for leveraging cooperative opportunities and enhancing the awareness of the brand in Cairo". El-Yasaky brings more than eight years' experience in public relations, marketing, broadcasting, business development and multimedia design to Kempinski. �ô According to a survey by TNS, a leading market research company, viewer ratings of the drama serial channels soared in Ramadan, superseding all other programmes, and affecting the normal media scene; viewer ratings of films, sports and news channels' significantly dropped by comparison. The survey showed that Egyptians spend five hours on average in front of the TV in Ramadan, and that the peak viewership time is between 8pm and 9pm. Al-Hayat scored the highest ranking according to the survey. Al-Nahar ranked second, followed by Panorama Drama, and the one-year old CBC channel in the fourth position. Among the huge number of Egyptian series exclusively produced for Ramadan this year, TNS surveys showed that Al-Khawaga Abdel-Kader, starring Yehia El-Fakharani, topped the list in the first position, followed by Firqit Nagui Atallah, starring Adel Imam, in the second position, and Al-Bab fil Bab, a sit-com starring Sherif Salama and Caroline Khalil, in the third position.
