Amaya Martin

Articolo della Rivista, Anno XII, numero 23, giugno 2022

in La rivista di Arablit, a. XII, n. 23, giugno 2022, pp. 7-24. This article analyzes the differences between the novel Anā ḥurrah (I Am Free), published in 1954 and written by the Egyptian author and journalist Iḥsān ‘Abd al-Quddūs, and its adaptation to the cinema, released in 1959 and directed by the Egyptian filmmaker Ṣalāḥ Abū Sayf. The article studies how the profound social and political changes that took place in the intervening five years in Egyptian society affected the perception and representation of the plot. While the film retained the primary story line, major variations [...]