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voice can be non regional or have a hint of Arabic accent.
do not hurry the read, take you time. This is an indepdent documentary. Length is 30 minutes, voice narration will be about 8 pages of copy.
Mar 29, 2008 17:10:34 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Apr 02, 2008 13:00:00 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Yes (click here to learn more about
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I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EGYPT.
CAIRO IS MY HOME.
I LOVE IT HERE.
MY NAME IS HOSSAM ABOUL MAGD. I AM A VIDEOJOURNALIST AND MY WORK TAKES ME ALL OVER THE WORLD. I HAVE WORKED FOR THE ARABS AT AL JAZZERA… THE BRITS AT THE BBC… …AND FOR THE AMERICANS AT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND FOR PBS. .
NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WORLD CAN BE, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HOME.
I’M 35 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED …TO AN AMERICAN WOMAN. WE HAVE TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
THIS IS THE WAY I SEE WHERE I LIVE.
THIS IS THE WAY MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WORLD THINKS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE STEREOTYPE THAT IT’S ALL VIOLENCE HERE IS WRONG. ACTUALLY, THERE IS LESS EXTREMISM IN EGYPT TODAY THAN IN THE PAST.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS CHANGE, BUT THEIR AGGRESSION IS NOT THE ANSWER. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I WAS BEATEN, MY ARM BROKEN AND MY CAMERA DESTROYED AS I COVERED PARLIAMENTRARY ELECTIONS.
I DO NOT ACCEPT THEIR HARSH METHODS. I BELIEVE IN FREE SPEECH AND COMPLETELY FREE ELECTIONS.
BUT THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE… AN IMPORTANT STORY WHICH IS GOING UNCOVERED IN MY VIEW. ONE WITH BIG IMPLICATIONS. SOME RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS HAVE REFORMED THEIR WAYS…AND APOLOGIZED…AND NOW SEEK AN END TO VIOLENCE.
THIS MAKES ME WONDER…IF VIOLENT ATTACKS HERE HAVE LESSENED BECAUSE SOME EXTREMISTS HAVE BECOME MORE MODERATE, IS THERE A LESSON IN THIS FOR OTHERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
LIKE MOST ARABS, I’M MODERATE IN MY POLITICS. AND I AM A DEVOUT MUSLIM. I AM ANGRY ABOUT THE LEVEL OF EXTREMISM IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. LIKE EVERYONE I KNOW, I WANT IT STOPPED. IT UPSETS ME THAT THE RADICAL FRINGE HAS HIJACKED MY RELIGION. ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE NO MATTER HOW VIOLENT OTHERS MAKE IT SEEM. Portion of the script provided for audition purposes only:
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN EGYPT.
CAIRO IS MY HOME.
I LOVE IT HERE.
MY NAME IS HOSSAM ABOUL MAGD. I AM A VIDEOJOURNALIST AND MY WORK TAKES ME ALL OVER THE WORLD. I HAVE WORKED FOR THE ARABS AT AL JAZZERA… THE BRITS AT THE BBC… …AND FOR THE AMERICANS AT THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND FOR PBS. .
NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WORLD CAN BE, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HOME.
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