Tahani Rached

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Tahani Rached
Born (1947-05-16) May 16, 1947 (age 78)
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1973-present

Tahani Rached is a Canadian-Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work Four Women of Egypt . She has directed more than 20 documentary films in her career. [1]

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Life and career

Tahani Rached was born on May 16, 1947, in Cairo, Egypt. In 1966, she moved to Montreal to pursue painting. She was a student at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal where she studied painting for two years. [1] She became more involved with the community and thus, turned to filmmaking. [2]

She was hired as a staff filmmaker by Canada's National Film Board in 1981. Rached however, left the Film Board in 2004 to return to Egypt to make films. [3]

In 2023 she was named the recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for her career achievements. [4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. Cairo, Egypt: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN   9789774249433 . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Hottell, Ruth; Pallister, Janis (2005). French-speaking women documentarians : a guide. New York: P.Lang. ISBN   9780820476148 . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Jean Siag, "Québec dévoile les lauréats des Prix du Québec". La Presse , October 26, 2023.
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