Amr Salama’s film, “Sheikh Jackson,” has been selected as Egypt’s nominee for the Oscars’ best foreign-language film, Hollywood Reporter says. The film, which stars the like of Ahmed El Feshawy and Maged El Kedwany, is centered around a “hardline Islamic cleric” with a secret passion for the King of Pop.
Egypt submits “Sheikh Jackson” to Oscars’ best foreign-language film category