Jehane Nojaim, American-Egyptian Film Maker, Arrested In Cairo

CAIRO -- An American film maker has told a colleague by phone that she was arrested by Egyptian police while documenting clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Jehane Nojaim's producer Karim Amer says she was detained and her camera was confiscated.

He said Wednesday he was separated from her after they both fled from tear gas.

Nojaim is an award-winning film maker of Egyptian ancestry, best known for her 2004 documentary "Control Room" about the pan-Arab news station, Al-Jazeera.

According to reports on Twitter, Nojaim is held at the Abidin police station in Cairo.

As protests in Cairo entered a sixth day on Thursday, Egypt's military rulers said that elections will be held as scheduled at the end of November. Egypt's Health Ministry said that 37 people have been killed in the clashes so far. The Egyptian rights group Elnadeem reports that at least 38 people have been killed. 2,000 demonstrators have been wounded.

Comments

[jimbo57]

09:50 PM on 11/25/2011

Columnist Mona El Tahawey was also picked up by Ministry of Interior police (has since been released). She says the boys from the Ministry slapped her around and groped her. Hope Jehane has better luck and gets out soon. These animals have got to go. The people have to stay strong and make them go.

And Assad...it's your turn next!

[donp700]

09:51 PM on 11/24/2011

Women ammounting to something is illegal in the Middle East. Wife and baby-maker is as far as you can go.

[TomMartin]

09:50 PM on 11/24/2011

It is sad that in Egypt the situation is so much worse than in Tunisia, the army is determined not to lose power.

[tnlcallen]

04:35 PM on 11/24/2011

I was hoping it was going to be Michael Moore.

[Stavo]

02:51 PM on 11/24/2011

Funny....the middle east is going democratic and the US is going into the same type of dictatorships that used to rule the middle east.

[liberalluke]

07:08 PM on 11/24/2011

Unbelievable comment, move to the middle east if things are so much better there. You watch too much MSNBC.

[TomMartin]

09:48 PM on 11/24/2011

Maybe Stavo watches too much Fox News, or listens to Rush, they are more likely to claim the US is becoming a dictatorship under Obama, than MSNBC.

[realitytrumpsbull]

02:39 PM on 11/24/2011

Media people make GREAT political subversives! Arrest em all! Maybe when they get out of prison, 4 years from now, they'll find new hobbies...

[Stavo]

02:50 PM on 11/24/2011

Like hiding under rocks....do we?

[simian sez]

01:58 PM on 11/24/2011

Going into a volatile political situation such as Cairo has been this week, "you puts your money down and you takes your chances".

[NunyaDamn]

01:36 PM on 11/24/2011

I hope she is released soon and allowed to take her footage.

[Luke008]

12:39 PM on 11/24/2011

Why would the Egyptian military fine Egyptian citizens for not voting? Doubt if it has anything to do with promoting democracy.

[pennlady]

01:42 PM on 11/24/2011

Compulsory voting is in place in many countries.......google.

[gabright]

12:14 PM on 11/24/2011

Now that the celebrations are over, echos of Obama's speeches have faded and Mubarak is gone. Can't you just smell that fresh Arab spring in the air? More of the same from these dirbags, to come.

[JakeAZ]

12:16 PM on 11/24/2011

Um, which "dir(sic)bags" are you expecting more from?

[Luke008]

12:40 PM on 11/24/2011

The Egyptian government Obama supports.

[gooftroop]

07:20 PM on 11/25/2011

Gabby, like many TP types, fervently hoping and praying for bad news of any kind.

[frank day]

11:50 AM on 11/24/2011

Hoping for Jehane's swift release.