El Gouna Film Festival Honors Mona Zaki and Unveils New Rising Stars

• The 9th El Gouna Film Festival took place from October 15-23.
• Egyptian actress Mona Zaki received the Career Achievement Award at the festival.
• The festival announced the third cohort of its Rising Stars program, featuring five emerging talents from the Arab world.
• The new Rising Stars include Egyptian director Abdallah Dnewar, Saudi writer-director Razan AlSoghayer, and others.
• Mona Zaki, honored at the festival, has a career spanning over three decades.