Victims & Heroes of Egyptian Cinema: Atef El-Tayeb’s Against the Government (Dud al-Hakuma, 1992)
Our hero is imperfect. He is not one of those idols whose footsteps we will be advised to follow in our everyday lives. In cultural terms, he is unclean. He does not look after the shape of his hair and beard. He shows us, and has once said, that he does not like to shave …