<p>Omar Robert Hamilton is an independent filmmaker, producer of the annual <a title="" href="http://www.palfest.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Palestine Festival of Literature</span></a> and a founding member of the <a title="" href="http://mosireen.org/?page_id=6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mosireen Collective</span></a> in Cairo.<br /><br />Since 2011 he has made dozens of short documentaries on the Egyptian Revolution, helping to make Mosireen the most watched non-profit YouTube channel in Egypt of all time. He has just finished filming his third fiction short, <a title="" href="http://www.riverdryfilm.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Though I Know the River is Dry</span></a>, in Palestine. His previous fiction films have played at dozens of international festivals, including Rotterdam, Dubai and Soho Rushes. <br /><br /><span>His documentary <a title="" href="http://www.orhamilton.com/films.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">films</span></a> have appeared on al Jazeera, ON TV and Tahrir TV,</span> his <a title="" href="http://www.orhamilton.com/articles.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">articles</span></a> in <a title="" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/omar-robert-hamilton" target="_blank">the Guardian</a>, the BBC and the Big Issue and his <a title="" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/56458828@N02/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">photographs</span></a> in the Guardian, BBC News, the Economist, al Shorouq and the Daily Beast.</p>