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Cinema Of Yemen
The cinema of Yemen consists of two Yemeni films as of 2008. Released in 2005, ''A New Day in Old Sana'a'' deals with a young man struggling between whether to go ahead with a traditional marriage or go with the woman he loves. In August 2008, Yemen’s Interior Minister Mutaher al-Masri supported the launch of a new feature film to educate the public about the consequences of Islamist extremism. '' The Losing Bet'' was produced by Fadl al-Olfi. The plot follows two Yemeni jihadis, who return from years living abroad. They are sent home by an Al Qaeda mastermind to recruit new members and carry out deadly operations in Yemen. - Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, August 29, 2008 Yemeni films * " The burdened" (2023) * '' 10 Days Before the Wedding'' (2018) * '' Yemen: The Silent War'' (2018) * '' The Mulberry House'' (Yemen/Syria/Egypt/UK/UAE; 2013) * '' Karama Has No Walls'' (Yemen/UAE; 2012) * '' The Losing Bet'' (2008) * ''A New Day in Old Sana'a'' (2005) Films shot in Yem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Day In Old Sana'a
''A New Day in Old Sana'a'' is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Bader Ben Hirsi, a British playwright and director of Yemeni ancestry, and produced by Ahmed Abdali. It was shot in San‘a’, the capital of Yemen, and was the first Yemeni film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was advertised as the first film to come out of Yemen. The running time of the film was 86 minutes, and versions were released in English and Arabic (with English subtitles). In addition to Cannes, the film was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival; after its showing in Cairo, Hirsi received a prize of £E100,000 from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. Plot The film is shown through the eyes of Federico, a photographer from Italy. Tariq (a friend of Federico) is scheduled to marry Bilquis, the daughter of a rich judge. However, while out in the city one night, he catches sight of a woman he believes to be Bilquis, and falls in love with her. The woman turns out to be a ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The World
This is a list of cinema of the world by continent and country. By continent *Cinema of Africa *Cinema of Asia **South Asian cinema **Southeast Asian cinema *Cinema of North America *Cinema of Latin America *Cinema of Europe *Cinema of Oceania By country *Cinema of Afghanistan *Cinema of Albania *Cinema of Algeria *Cinema of Argentina *Cinema of Armenia *Cinema of Australia *Cinema of Austria *Cinema of Azerbaijan *Cinema of Bahrain *Cinema of Bangladesh * Cinema of Belarus *Cinema of Belgium * Cinema of Bhutan * Cinema of Bosnia and Herzegovina *Cinema of Brazil *Cinema of Bulgaria *Cinema of Burkina Faso *Cinema of Burma *Cinema of Cambodia *Cinema of Canada **Cinema of Quebec * Cinema of Chad *Cinema of Chile *Cinema of China *Cinema of Colombia *Cinema of Croatia *Cinema of Cuba *Cinema of Cyprus *Cinema of the Czech Republic *Cinema of Denmark *Cinema of Ecuador *Cinema of Egypt *Cinema of Estonia *Cinema of the Faroe Islands * Cinema of Fiji *Cinema of Finland *Cinema of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The Middle East
Middle Eastern Cinema collectively refers to the film industries of Western Asia and part of North Africa. By definition, it encompasses the film industries of Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. As such, the film industries of these countries are also part of the cinema of Asia, or in the case of Egypt, Africa. Since the inception of cinema in Europe and the United States, many people assumed that cinema in the Middle East arrived much later than Western Cinema. However, it was found that cinema was brought into most of the Arab countries by the beginning of the 20th century by Pathé Frères or the Lumière Brothers. Eventually by the 1950s Egyptian cinema was the main dominating Arab and Middle Eastern film industry and this led to many other Middle Eastern countries incorporating Egyptian conventions into their own films. Each Middle Eastern country has a different and dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Gamal
Amr Gamal Sayed Ahmed ( arz, عمرو جمال سيد أحمد; born 3 August 1991) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian club Pharco FC as a striker. Career Club On 28 May 2013, Gamal made his debut with Al-Ahly senior team in 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League match against Ghazl El Mahalla SC. He came off the bench to score the winner in the 90th minute. On 26 December 2013, Gamal played his second league game with Al-Ahly against El-Entag El-Harby in a win 2–0. He came off the bench in the first half and scored a goal. Gamal was a member of the Al-Ahly squad that won the 2013 CAF Champions League and was included in the squad for 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. He participated against C.F. Monterrey in the second half. On 27 October 2014, he suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament during the game against Alassiouty Sport in the season of 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League, five minutes after the beginning of the game. After eight months, Gamal returned to football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousef Assabahi
Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims. It is also transliterated in many ways, including Yousef, Yousif, Youssef, Youssif, Yousuf and Yusef. Given name Yossef * Yossef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete * Yossef Romano (1940–1972), Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter (also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano), killed in the 1972 Munich massacre Youcef * Youcef Abdi (born 1977), Australian athlete *Youcef Belaïli, Algerian footballer *Youcef Ghazali, Algerian footballer *Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian sentenced to death for Christian beliefs * Youcef Touati, Algerian footballer Yousef * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufian Abulohom
Sufiyan ( fa, صوفيان; also Romanized as Şufīyān, Soofiyan, Şowfyān, and Sūfīyān) is a city and capital of Sufiyan District, in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2016 census, its population was 9963, in 3273 families. There is a major cement factory operated by the Sufiyan Cement Company to the southeast of the city. The city has at least 5 mosques, 4 of them in close proximity in the city centre. References Populated places in Shabestar County Cities in East Azerbaijan Province {{Shabestar-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadija Al-Salami
Khadija al-Salami ( ar, خديجة السلامي; born November 11, 1966, in Sana'a, Yemen), is the first Yemeni female film producer and director. Al-Salami currently resides in Paris, France. She has been nominated and also won awards at film festivals such as the Dubai International Film Festival and Vesoul Asian Film Festival. Her semi-autobiographical 2014 film, '' I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced'' was submitted to the Academy Awards, but was not selected. Early life and education At an early age, al-Salami was sent to live with relatives after her mother divorced her father over severe domestic abuse. At age 11, she was forced by her grandmother into an early marriage and was raped by her husband. Some weeks later her husband returned her to her uncle, who immediately disowned her and returned her to her single mother. She escaped the immense family and society pressure by finding employment with the local television station and simultaneously attending school in the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ishaq
Sara Ishaq is a Yemeni-Scottish film director. Ishaq directed and produced the critically acclaimed film '' Karama Has No Walls'' (2012). The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and BAFTA Scotland New Talents award. In 2013, her award-winning feature film '' The Mulberry House'', which deals with her relationship with her family against the backdrop of the 2011 Yemeni uprising, premiered at IDFA. Education Sara Ishaq attended Yemen Modern School (YMS) until the summer of 2001. At the age of 17, she continued her education at Linlithgow Academy in Scotland for a year of high school (2001-2002) before her higher education. Ishaq then joined University of Edinburgh in 2003, where she obtained her MA (Honours) in Humanities and Social Sciences, with a focus on religious studies, social and political theory, International & Human Rights Law & Modern Middle Eastern Studies in 2007. She returned to academia in 2010 to pursue an MFA in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bader Ben Hirsi
Al-Bader Ben Yahya al-Hirsi, commonly known as Bader Ben Hirsi, ( ar, بدر بن هرسي, born 1968) is an English playwright and director of Yemeni ancestry. Early life and education Hirsi's father, Yahya al-Hirsi al-Ban, was from the city of Lahij. Al-Ban moved from Yemen to Britain in the 1960s, and it was in that country that Bader Ben Hirsi was born and raised, along with six brothers and seven sisters. Hirsi received a degree in business from the University of Buckingham, and worked in London as an investment banker for several years. However, he decided to move into drama, and received a degree in drama production from Goldsmiths College, part of the University of London. Three of his plays, ''A Boring Affair'', ''Claptrap'', and ''On the Side of the Angels'', were performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of his sisters married Prince Muhammad al-Badr as his third wife. Professional career In 1995, Hirsi visited Yemen for the first time, and in 1996, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fiore Delle Mille E Una Notte
''Arabian Nights'' is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Its original Italian title is ', which means ''The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights''. The film is an adaptation of the ancient Arabic anthology ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, One Thousand and One Nights'', also known as the ''Arabian Nights''. It is the last of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life", which began with ''The Decameron (1971 film), The Decameron'' and continued with ''The Canterbury Tales (film), The Canterbury Tales''. The lead was played by young Franco Merli who was discovered for this film by Pasolini. The film is an adaptation of several stories within the original collection but they are presented out of order and without the Scheherazade, Dunyazad and King Shahriyar frame story. The film contains abundant nudity, sex and slapstick humor. It preserves the eroticism and the story within a story structure of ''Arabian Nights'' and has been called "perhaps the best and certainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
