Samirah Alkassim
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Samirah Alkassim is an independent documentary filmmaker and film educator with many years experience living and working in the Middle East. She has over 12 years experience teaching film production and studies in Singapore, Cairo, Jordan, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Formerly head of the film program at the American University in Cairo. Some of her published articles include “Cracking the Monolith: Film and Video Art in Egypt” (New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, April 2004), and “Tracing an Archaeology of Experimental Video in Cairo” (Nebula, April 2006). deristea.com.
