Renowned Egyptian director Chahine dies at age 82 (AP)

Director Youssef Chahine presents the movie 'Heya Fawda' (Chaos) competing in the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007.  Egypt's official news agency said Sunday July 27, 2008 renowned film director Youssef Chahine has died in Cairo. He was 82. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, FILE)AP - Youssef Chahine, one of Egypt’s most lauded movie directors whose films over nearly five decades often went on Fellini-esque flights of fancy and tackled social ills and Islamic fundamentalism, died Sunday in Cairo. He was 82 years old.

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