On Saturday evening, a fire broke out in one of the oldest film studios in Egypt and the Arab world. The flames destroyed the al-Ahram studio, built in 1944, in the Giza region west of the capital Cairo.
According to security sources, the flames then spread to three adjacent buildings. There were no casualties and the affected buildings were evacuated in time.
On Saturday morning, the residents of the evacuated houses spent the night in the surrounding streets, a journalist from the AFP news agency reported.
The Al-Ahram studio covers 27,000 square meters and houses three film sets, a projection room and an editing room. According to local media, the fire broke out after the filming of a television series that will be broadcast during the current fasting month of Ramadan. During this time, Egypt and the Arab world traditionally have the highest viewing figures.
In the 1950s, Egypt was considered the third largest film producer in the world and today accounts for about three-quarters of Arab film production. However, the number of films produced dropped to just 21 in 2022 due to the worst economic crisis in the country’s history. (saw/sda/afp)
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