Dr.Rashika El-Ridi speaks to Al Masry Al Youm in a very controversial interview where she believes that she was awarded this prize as a satisfactory award from UNESCO to Egypt after the loss of Farouk Hosni !!
I am shocked honestly because the rest of the interview about the impact of dictatorship and science showed a great political understanding. Hosni did not lose because of geo-political reasons on the contrary he lost because he does not deserve it again where as Dr. El-Ridi deserves her award.
The film is about Hypatia , the Egyptian Philosopher in Alexandria during the Roman rule and rising of Christianity in Egypt. The film is similar to Youssef Zidan's Azazel focusing on her struggle with radical Christians during that time and her death on their hands