The annual star-studded El Gouna Film Festival kicked off this weekend with the opening ceremony taking place on Friday night. Everyone and anyone thriving in Egyptian cinema attended in their best-dressed attire (click here to see the sparkling outfits,) and yesterday the Arab celebs watched a screening of Ahmed Malek’s critically-acclaimed film,The Furnace.’ 

There are still a couple of days to go until the GFF comes to a close, so we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled on our timelines flooded with all the celebs’ posts. From make-up get-ready-with-me’s, to outfit snaps – we’ve rounded up our fave IG posts that make us wish we were there on the red Egyptian carpet!

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Yasmine Sabri

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الحياة حلوة بس نفهمها

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The gorgeous star wore a sparkling blue dress by Lebanese designer, Jean Pierre Khoury. 

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Tara Emad

27-year-old actress Tara posted some fun snaps behind-the-scenes of her glam lewks to the event.

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Huda El Mufti

Have you watched Huda play ‘Would You Rather’ with Cosmo ME yet? It’s a *must*. Click here to watch the full vid. 

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Ahmed Malek

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Fun at #GFF20.

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Rising star Ahmed Malek posts some pics of his Burberry outfiit from the opening night.

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Youssra 

Renowned star Youssra posts her chic outfit from the second day of the El Gouna Film Festival.

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Arwa Gouda

Arwa Gouda posts a couple of snaps from a fashion photo-shoot that took place in Gouna on Friday. The star wore a gorg balck and white jumpsuit. Click here to read our exclusive interview with her discussing social media. 

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Raya Abirached

TV presenter Raya shared some video snippets of her dreamy Zuhair Murad gown from the first GFF opening night. 

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Enjy Kiwan

OSN TV Presenter Enjy shared a BTS of her on the red carpet wearing none-other than our fave Emirati designer, Hamda Al Fahim.

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Nadine Farag

Egyptian TV personality Nadine snapped some cute ~ summer vibe ~ pics during the day in Gouna.

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Salma Abu Deif

26-year-old Egyptian actress Salma posted some beautiful B&W pics of her white silk gown for the opening night.