The photos of the opening ceremony of CIFF on this page show: Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny with Spanish Minister of Culture César Antonio Molina (top left); Egyptian actors Samira Ahmed and Omar Sharif with international guests Julia Ormond, Alicia Silverstone, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell (top right); Susan Sarandon (right); and Nur and Mouhand (far right), the two Turkish stars of the hugely popular Turkish TV soap opera Nur.

parent page (20 - 26 November 2008, issue #923)