489 Days is an animated documentary about the harrowing experiences of Egyptian-American Mohamed Soltan, who survived 16 months of hunger strike in an Egyptian prison. Caught up in the political turmoil which followed the Arab Spring uprisings, Soltan was unjustly incarcerated between August 2013 and May 2015, when the United States government intervened to release him weeks after an Egyptian court sentenced him to life in prison. The film is also the larger story of an estimated 60,000 political detainees currently held in Egypt without due process, and in violation of local and international human rights conventions.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1538690
Date08 1900
CreatorsElmalky, Rania
ContributorsLevin, Melinda, Khalaf, Tania, DeMeritt, Jacqueline
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formativ, 150 pages, Text
RightsUse restricted to UNT Community, Elmalky, Rania, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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