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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, Egyptian actor Amr Waked arrives on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in el-Gouna, Egypt. Egypt's actors union has revoked the membership of two performers after they took part in a briefing in Washington on proposed constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to extend his rule. The union on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, accused Waked and Khaled Abol Naga, also known as Kal Naga, of treason. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egyptian actors expelled from union over el-Sissi criticism

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2017 file photo, Egyptian actor Amr Waked arrives on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in el-Gouna, Egypt. Waked, an Egyptian actor known for his criticism of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s government, said Thursday, March 7, 2019, that a military court has sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison in two separate cases. Waked, a 45-year-old actor living in Spain said his lawyer told him he was convicted of “disseminating false news and insulting state institutions.” (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egyptian actor says military court sentenced him to 8 years

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 22, 2017 photo, Egyptian actor Amr Waked arrives on the red carpet during the first International El Gouna Film Festival, in the Red Sea resort of el-Gouna, Egypt. An Egyptian court has convicted actor Amr Waked of &quot;Salmon Fishing in the Yemen&quot; fame for damaging a car parked outside his Cairo home, sentencing him to three months in prison, his lawyer said on Monday, in a case suspected of serving as punishment for the actor's opposition to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's rule. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

‘Geostorm’ actor convicted in his native Egypt

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor star in "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," a quirky British love story that doesn't quite live up to its appealing premise. (Photo courtesy CBS Film)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’

By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times