Inas El Dighade

Inas El Degheidy (born 10 March 1953) is an Egyptian film director.

Inas directs films of social and realistic essence, often by using explicit scenes; this has made her being labelled as "controversial". While her films often analyze women's struggles in society, she does not like the term "women's cinema".

Her movie Al-Samt (Silence) tackles the subject of a woman sexually abused by her father. The Egyptian Board of Censors has demanded that the script be modified to ensure the father is portrayed as mentally diseased and thus unrepresentative of the general Egyptian male figure.

Films `Afwan ayuha al-qanun (Pardon, Law), 1985 al-Tahhadi (The Challenge), 1988 Zaman al-mamnu` (Age of the Forbidden), 1988 Imra`a wahida la takfi (One Woman is Not Enough), 1990 Qadiyat Samiha Badran (The Case of Samiha Badran), 1992 al-Qatila (Lady Killer), 1992 Discu disku (Disco, Disco), 1993 Lahm rakhis (Cheap Flesh), 1994 Istakoza (Lobster), 1996 Dantilla (Lace), 1998. Winner of best director at Pusan Film Festival. Kalam al-layl (Night Whispers), 1999 al-Warda al-hamra (The Red Rose), 2000 Mudhakkarat murahiqa (Diary of a Teenage Girl), 2001 Night Talk, 2002 Al-Bahithat `an al-huriya (Looking for Freedom), 2004