Reason and Revelation: The 'Destiny' of Youssef Chahine International Herald Tribune | October 17, 1997| | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Joan Dupont
International Herald Tribune
10-17-1997
Youssef (Joe) Chahine, the leading filmmaker of the Arab world, has spent a lifetime linking East to West, mixing his own blend of musical romance with historic themes and hidden messages. ''People look at my movies as if they were contemporary,'' he says.

''Destiny,'' which won the Cannes film festival's 50th anniversary award, is set in 12th-century Andalusia, with the Arab philosopher Averroes, a harbinger of the Enlightenment, as hero, surrounded by sheikhs and caliphs, and disciples with significant names the exiled Joseph, faithful ...

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