(CNN) – The Egyptian businessman, Naguib Sawiris, commented on Tuesday, on the question of whether he had seen the film “The Atheist,” indicating that he had not done so because he was “banned” from to show it, emphasizing that “the ban was wrong.”
Former Twitter user “X” wrote to Sawiris: “What do you think of the movie The Atheist?”
The Egyptian businessman answered the question by saying: “I didn’t see it because I was banned… and the ban is wrong!”, according to him.
The film faced punishment by announcing its release date and launching its promotional ad last month, a lawsuit, and calls for a boycott on social media platforms. in Egypt.
Among them is a lawsuit filed by Councilor Mortada Mansour, who was the president of Zamalek Club of Egypt, before the administrative judge, suspending and withdrawing licenses for the film “The Atheist” by a- inside and outside Egypt.
A lawsuit was also filed against the producer Ahmed Al-Sabki, producer of the film “The Atheist,” by Nader Seif El-Din, author and director of a film of the same name, recorded in 2014 , to stop showing the film. , and accused its makers of “violation and infringement” of its intellectual property rights “For the name of the film and its idea,” according to the government newspaper portal Al-Ahram.
