American documentary filmmaker was arrested yesterday, November 23, in Cairo, Egypt. CBS has the details on her arrest, and we’ve got the details of her colleague, Mona Eltahawy‘s arrest on the next page.
CAIRO, Egypt – An American filmmaker told a colleague by phone that she was arrested by Egyptian police while documenting clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
Jehane Noujaim was detained and her camera confiscated, according to producer Karim Amer.
Amer said Wednesday he was separated from her after they both fled from tear gas.
Nojaim is an award-winning filmmaker of Egyptian ancestry, best known for her 2004 documentary “Control Room” about the pan-Arab news station, Al-Jazeera.
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SOURCE: [CBS]
Click next to see the twitter timeline of her colleague who was also arrested, after being set free…
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