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Description

Along with the film Al Araba Al Madfuna Ⅲ, Al Araba Al Madfuna showcases Shawky's latest drawings and paintings. A trilogy, Al Araba Al Madfuna is a film inspired by the artist's visit to Al Araba Al Madfuna, a town that possesses ancient ruins and used to be the capital of a dynasty in Upper (southern) Egypt. Having witnessed the locals dig the ground in search of hidden treasures and seek to unearth their ancestors' secrets through alchemy and spiritual activities, Shawky overlays this mysterious experience with the contents of "Sunflowers" from Tales from Dayrut, a short story collection by Egyptian prose fiction writer Mohamed Mustagab, to reconstruct the narrative as a dreamlike film.