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Abbas Fares
Abbas Fares ( ar, عباس فارس;22 April 1902 – 13 February 1978) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1929 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Love'' (1951) * '' The Monster'' (1954) * ''The Poor Millionaire'' (1959) * ''In Desert and Wilderness ''In Desert and Wilderness'' ( pl, W pustyni i w puszczy) is a popular young adult novel by the Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1911. It is the author's only novel written for children/teenagers. It ...'' (1973) External links * 1902 births 1978 deaths Egyptian male film actors 20th-century Egyptian male actors {{Egypt-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Night Of Love (1951 Film)
''A Night of Love'' ( ar, Lailat gharam) is a 1951 Egyptian film directed by Ahmed Badrakhan and starring Mahmoud El-Meliguy. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. The film was written by Saleh Gawdat and Mohamed Abdelhalim Abdallah, and also stars Zeinab Sedky, Zouzou Nabil, Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim, Sanaa Samih, Sayed Abu Bakr, and Mohamed Abdel Muttalib. Laila is a foundling girl raised in an orphanage. She works as a nurse, but her colleagues plot to expel her from the hospital. She meets a wealthy young man who sees a future with her, but his father refuses after discovering her secret, so she tries to find her real parents. Plot In the Kafr al-Ashraf neighborhood of Qalyub, a mother ( Zouzou Nabil) leaves her infant daughter in front of a mosque, where Sheikh Imran (Zaki Ibrahim) found her and handed her over to the house of worship. From there, she was transferred to an orphanage run by Asim Effendi (Fattouh Nashati) and the director ( Negma Ibrahim), who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monster (1954 Film)
''The Monster'' ( ar, الوحش, El Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside. Cast * Anwar Wagdi * Mahmoud El-Meliguy as Ell Wahsh * Samia Gamal * Abbas Fares Abbas Fares ( ar, عباس فارس;22 April 1902 – 13 February 1978) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1929 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' A Night of Love'' (1951) * '' The Monster'' (1954) * ''The Poor Mi ... References External links * 1954 films 1954 crime films 1950s Arabic-language films Egyptian black-and-white films Films directed by Salah Abu Seif Egyptian crime films {{1950s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poor Millionaire (1959 Film)
''The Poor Millionaire'' ( ar, المليونير الفقير, translit=Al-Milyunayr Al-Faqir) is an Egyptian film released in 1959. It was directed by Hasan El-Saifi, and is starring Ismail Yassine, and Fayza Ahmed. Synopsis A mayor sends Jaran Effendi (Ismail Yassine) to Cairo out with £E 500 to buy a net for his son. However, a thief (Abbas Fares) steals the money, and Jaran is forced to work in a hotel, where he meets and falls in love with the receptionist (Fayza Ahmed). Songs Singer Fayza Ahmed performs four songs in the film, all featuring lyrics by Fathi Qura. The most famous number is “يا حلاوتك يا جمالك” (“Oh, Your Sweetness, Oh, Your Beauty”), including a melody by Farid al-Atrash. Duets with Ismail Yassine include “الأسانسير” (“Elevator,” with a melody by Abdel Aziz Mahmoud) and “أنا ح تجنن” (“I’m Going Crazy,” composed by Mounir Mourad). Finally, she sings another solo number entitled “غنت أغني ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Desert And Wilderness (1973 Film)
''Desert and Wilderness'' ( pl, W pustyni i w puszczy) is a 1973 Polish film directed by Władysław Ślesicki. Adapted from the 1911 novel ''In Desert and Wilderness'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Muhammad Ahmad, Mahdi's rebellion in Sudan. The film is 193 minutes long and is composed of 2 parts which were shown separately in theaters. Work on it started in 1971. It was filmed in Egypt, Sudan and Bulgaria, with an international cast and crew. At the same time, a four-part miniseries was made. - FilmPolski.pl (PL) It is similar to the film but has some additional scenes as well as some altered scenes. In Desert and Wilderness (2001 film), Another adaptation was released in 2001. Cast * Monika Rosca .... Nel Rawli ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Male Film Actors
Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history ** Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt * Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa ** Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt ** A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt * Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC ** Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt ** Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style ** Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt ** Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family * Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority ** Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
