Basel Ramsis

An Egyptian-Spanish film director and writer, born in Cairo in 1973. Since 1999, I've lived and worked between Egypt and Spain, crafting films that explore themes of identity, migration, and cultural intersections. My notable works include “An Approach to Lavapiés (2002)”, “Swings” (2007), and “Sugar on the Side” (2014).

Beyond cinema, I've authored and published “Ain Shams 1995" and “Other Defeats” in 2023 with Cairo’s Kotob Khan Publishers.

Latest stories

Walls Between Us| Their enemy within

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Arabs racing to normalize ties with Israel give a false image of Arab public opinion, while anti-Zionist Israelis expose this to the world.

Basel Ramsis_ 10-6-2025

Walls Between Us| Their enemy within

El-Sisi, Alaa, and Laila: The media and the final act

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As Laila Soueif nears death on hunger strike, Egypt’s press stays silent. Will they cover her fate—or a pardon for her son, Alaa Abdel Fattah?

Basel Ramsis_ 4-6-2025

El-Sisi, Alaa, and Laila: The media and the final act

A president alone

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Hamstrung by reliance on US and Gulf handouts, El-Sisi's intervention on Palestine at the Baghdad summit will remain hollow without giving a voice to the Egyptian people

Basel Ramsis_ 23-5-2025

A president alone

Walls Between Us| The mind and conscience of the enemy

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Is "No Other Land" director on the same path shaped by Pappé, Shohat and Sivan—a break with Zionism toward a shared struggle where not all Israelis are enemies. Some are partners.

Basel Ramsis_ 16-5-2025

Walls Between Us| The mind and conscience of the enemy

Walls Between Us| Fame or victory for Palestinians

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Side by side on the Oscars stage, a Palestinian and an Israeli achieved a historic win for the first time. Maybe fame isn’t the price of defeat. Maybe it’s how walls begin to fall.

Basel Ramsis_ 13-5-2025

Walls Between Us| Fame or victory for Palestinians

Leila Khaled: Plane hijacker and the essence of Palestinian rage

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Palestine is allowed to exist only as a dream from the past. This film reveals the clash between lived resistance and a Western narrative that questions its very legitimacy.

Basel Ramsis_ 29-4-2025

Leila Khaled: Plane hijacker and the essence of Palestinian rage