In Lebanon, among the newly elected deputies to Parliament, thirteen independents come from the 2019 protest movement. Whatever their demands, they will have to rub shoulders with and deal with politicians they wanted to see leave.

Zeina Antonios, correspondent in Lebanon, met two of these new deputies.

The Cannes Film Festival screenplay prize was awarded to an Egyptian film, "Boy from Heaven".

Directed by Tarik Saleh, Swede of Egyptian origin, this thriller, which takes place in the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, describes in detail the power struggle triggered by the sudden and spectacular death of the Grand Imam.

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