The 2019 Cairo International Film Festival just ended and we had to talk about how the stars were able to grab the spotlight with their dazzling red carpet looks. Most of the celebrities went for black and white dresses for the opening ceremony up until the closing one as well. Why black and white? Sure, it gives a timeless classic elegant look, but black and white looks also serve a lot of other fashion purposes that we're going to be showing you now...
Black dresses are incredibly flattering

Black dresses were a lot of people's choice on the red carpet. Black is very flattering and it suits everyone. Engy Wegdan looked stunning in a beautiful black dress. Yousra chose a one-shoulder black dress with silver detail.
Black and white dresses for a classic formal look

Send Sabry and Mona Zaki wore beautiful elegant white dresses, while Hind Sabri and Mona Zaki chose white dresses. Dorra, Nesreen Tafesh and Rania Youssef wore black dresses. Nesreen Tafesh wore a beautiful white gown that looked elegant and royal.
Bold and soft looks in black

Black leather dresses were a bold modern choice by actresses Heidy Karam and Reem Moustafa . Mais Hamdan, however, picked a beautiful velvet dress that gave her a soft romantic look.
White dresses

There were some really beautiful white dresses on the red carpet. Mai Selim's dress was a showstopper; simple, ethereal and absolutely beautiful. Mona Zaki, Hend Sabry and Bushra also wore white dresses at the Cairo International Film Festival red carpet.
A mix between black and white

And then there was both, a mixture between black and white in one look. Dorra wore a checkered blazer dress and paired it over-the-knee-boots and Rania Youssef wore a mixed striped dress.
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Mais Hamdan
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Yousra
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Mai Selim
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Bushra
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Radwa El Sherbiny
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Dorra Zarrouk
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Mona Zaki
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Hala Shiha
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Engy Wegdan
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Hoda El Etreby
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Ayten Amer
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Salma Abu Deif
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Reem Moustafa
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Rania Youssef
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Ola Roshdy
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Nesreen Tafesh
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Injy El Mokkaddem
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Hana El Zahed
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Mariam El Khosht
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Sandy
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Heidy Karam
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Hend Sabry
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Yasmeen El Hawary
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Yasmin Raeis
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Shereen Reda
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Mariam Hassan
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Sally Shahine
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Rania Youssef
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Racha Ben Maouia
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Engy Wegdan
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Rania Youssef
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Rania Youssef
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Nesreen Amin
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Amira Farrage
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Nesreen Amin
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Rogena
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Yasmin Raeis
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Bushra
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Rania Mansour
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Injy El Mokkaddem
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Hana Shiha
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Eman El Assi
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Dorra Zarrouk
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Ola Roshdy
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Razan Moughrabi
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Rania Youssef
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Passant Shawky
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Yasmine Al Massri
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Passant Shawky
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Rania Mansour
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Mais Hamdan
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Rania Mansour
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Rania Youssef
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Rania & Nourhan Mansour
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Rania Mansour
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Rania Youssef
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Yasmine Al Massri
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Mariam El Khosht
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Nour
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About the Author
Mai Atef
At a young age, she fell in love with fashion and writing, it was her favorite way of expressing herself. As soon as she finished her studies, she started working in journalism, writing about everything that had to do with women. She loves looking at the latest runway shows as she listens to old French music, which is a major inspiration for her writing.