Egypt… Controversy on social media about the movie “The Atheist” as its release approaches
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The campaign to boycott the movie “The Atheist” continues on social media in Egypt, after the film’s makers announced that it will be released in Egyptian cinemas on August 14, 2024.
  • retrospectology@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It sounds like the film is still pro-religion in the end, odd that it is receiving such backlash.

    Places like Egypt and other middle eastern countries definitely need their Richard Dawkins moment (even though I don’t think he’s a great person), but I don’t think this is it.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I’m also not a fan of Dawkins, but The God Delusion was a turning point for a huge number of people and it has been translated into Arabic. Dawkins used to give Arabic editions away for free, but I don’t know if he still does. Regardless, it can be found online, where it’s probably safer to read-

      https://archive.org/details/TheGodDelusionArabic

      It also doesn’t help that one of Egypt’s most prominent atheists, Sherif Gaber, decided to use the risk to his life both physically and legally as a way to make money. He kept asking for more and more money so he could escape Egypt, then he stayed anyway and now he’s about to be imprisoned.