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Youssef Chahine

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q708135&amp;oldid=2508303568" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Silver Bear · dated 1979
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2983682&amp;oldid=2528069987" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Collège Saint Marc, Alexandria
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q3404611&amp;oldid=2477890015" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">François Chalais Prize · dated 1999
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4119533&amp;oldid=2505999251" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Victoria College

Wikidata describes Youssef Chahine as Egyptian film director (1926–2008).

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