In our culture, describing a man or a woman as an animal, especially a dog, is considered a huge insult, a sign of disrespect and rudeness. President Sadat was the president of Egypt, its representative and icon. Regardless of his policies inside Egypt I believe it is an insult to all Egyptians. I would even say an insult not only to us but to the Arab world as a whole.

The insulting scenes have been cut in Egyptian cinemas. In fact, according to the censorship board, the copy they received from the studio came without these scenes. The Sadat family reacted fast. Ruqakia Sadat’s [Anwar Sadat’s eldest daughter] lawyer sent an immediate objection memo to the American ambassador and has filed a lawsuit at a court in Cairo to stop the screening of the film in Egypt and to confiscate all of the film's copies in the country.

All the people I have met in the streets are shocked and angry, especially those who saw the clip itself. Even those who do not like Sadat felt that it was a huge insult. This is not a case of the East overreacting or being overly sensitive towards the West. I remember that many Americans did not like it when a company produced a monkey doll named after Obama. This is the same issue.

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