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Lebleba
Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( ar, نينوتشكا مانوك كوبليان; born November 14, 1946 in Cairo), better known by her stage name Lebleba ( ar, لبلبة, , also Lubluba), is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer. She is the cousin of both Egyptian actress Feyrouz and entertainer Nelly. She was born in Cairo to an Egyptian family. She started as a child actress imitating other actresses, including appearances on the Egyptian National Theater promoted by Muallem Sadiq. She was given her first movie role through Egyptian film director and producer Anwar Wagdi and screenwriter / playwright Abo El Seoud El Ebiary in ''Habeebti Sousou''. El Ebiary also chose the name Lebleba after seeing the multi-talented child actress, comedian, dancer and singer Ninochka Kupelian. In the 1970s, she acted alongside Egyptian leading man Salah Zulfikar in '' Borj El-Athraa'' (1970) and '' Fi Saif Lazim Nohib'' (1974), and alongside Egyptian leading man Ahmed Zaki in ''Ma'ali al Wazir'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa 69
''Villa 69'' (Arabic: فيلا ٦٩) is a 2013 Egyptian film drama by director Ayten Amin, starring Khaled Abol Naga, Lebleba, and Arwa Gouda. The film stars Naga as a terminally ill architect who, while living happily in solitude, is forced to alter the way he lives when his sister and grandson move in with him. The film was directed by Amin and distributed by Al Massa Art Production. The film was shot in multiple locations in Egypt including Manial and Cairo. The film Villa 69 was inspired by the director's (Ayten Amin's) father, who fell ill for two years before passing away, which was the family's most intimate time with him. Amin states: "I realized that the last two years were the best ones." This experience with her father was not dramatic, but more about overcoming everyday conflicts. Therefore, in Amin's film, the terminally ill, moody old man, Hussein is a tribute to her own father; fighting with his elder sister and great-nephew, until his gentler side shows. Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of Egyptian film industry. Zulfikar had roles in more than hundred feature films in multiple genres during a 37-year career, mostly as the leading actor. In 1996, in the centenary of Egyptian cinema, ten of his films as an actor and five of his films as a producer were listed in the Top hundred Egyptian films of the 20th century. Salah Zulfikar was one of Egypt's heroes in its battle against the occupation while serving in the police. His son, Egyptian entrepreneur Ahmed Zulfikar, mentioned in a 1994 press release that his father participated in the guerrilla war in Ismailia against the British in 1944, and his patriotism was without limits. Afterwards, Zul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Elephant
''The Blue Elephant'' ( arz, الفيل الأزرق, Al Fil Al Azraq) is a 2014 Egyptian drama/ horror/mystery film produced and directed by Marwan Hamed in Cairo, Egypt. The story was originally translated into film from a 2012 Arabic novel written by the famous Egyptian writer Ahmed Mourad, and starring Egyptian actors Karim Abdel Aziz, Khaled El Sawy and Nelly Karim. The film talks about a man called Yehia, who unwillingly comes out of isolation after five years, to resume his service in El-Abbaseya psychiatric hospital, where he is in charge of evaluating the mental health of the criminally insane. It was followed by a sequel ''The Blue Elephant 2'' ( ar, 2 الفيل الأزرق, translit. Al Fil Al Azraq 2) released in 2019. According to Ahmed Mourad, writer of the Arabic novel, the book and the film hold two different endings. Director Marwan Hamed proposed a change in the closing scene of the movie to allow the film to adapt and satisfy a large mass of audience. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Summer We Must Love
In Summer We Must Love (Egyptian Arabic: في الصيف لازم نحب translit: ''Fi Saif Lazem Nihib'' or ''Fil Seef Lazem Neheb'') is 1974 Egyptian comedy featuring Salah Zulfikar in the leading role as Dr. Nabil, the psychiatrist and directed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Nour El-Sherif, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Samir Ghanem, Lebleba, Magda El-Khatib and Emad Hamdy. Plot Dr. Nabil, a psychiatrist and his orderly take four male patients to a beach resort in Alexandria to help them integrate into the society and overcome their mental illnesses. The four patients meet their new soul mates. Three of the girls are with their very old fashioned and strict father, but finally love combines between every young man and woman, and they agree to get married. This summer trip and love helped Dr. Nabil to treat his patients and cure them from their illness. Main cast * Salah Zulfikar: Dr. Nabil * Nour El-Sherif: Ahmed * Samir Ghanem: Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathariat Amti
''My Aunt's Theory'' ( ar, نظرية عمتى) is a comedy film directed by Akram Farid. The film stars Lebleba Ninochka Manoug Kupelian ( ar, نينوتشكا مانوك كوبليان; born November 14, 1946 in Cairo), better known by her stage name Lebleba ( ar, لبلبة, , also Lubluba), is an Egyptian film actress and entertainer. She is the cousin ... and Hassan Al Radad (who plays three different characters), and follows a woman trying to attract the attention of the host of the talk show that she edits. Plot The movie follows a young lady on a search for the perfect man, according to her aunt's theory on love and relationships. She finally falls in love with a famous TV program presenter, but their problems begin due to his fame and the growing number of his female fans. References External links * * Egyptian comedy films 2010s Arabic-language films 2013 comedy films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan And Marcus
''Hassan and Marcus'' ( ar, حسن ومرقص) is a 2008 Egyptian comedy-drama film directed by Ramy Imam. Background Being the first collaboration between Adel Emam and Omar Sharif, arguably the most prominent actors in Egypt and the Middle East, the movie was a much-anticipated summer blockbuster. However, its message proved so controversial that Facebook groups sporting Adel Emam's picture in Coptic garb called for a boycott of his movies, and the resulting emotional distress is reported to have prompted Imam to move from his home in Cairo to a summer house in Porto Marina, a resort on Egypt's northern coast. Imam, Sharif and other collaborators on the film have vehemently defended its content and criticised many conservatives and religious extremists who consider it blasphemous. Plot When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian priest (Adel Emam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other (1999 Film)
''The Other'' ( ar, الآخر, translit. El akhar, french: L'Autre) is a 1999 French-Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Lebanese soprano Majida El Roumi sang "Adam W Hanan", an Egyptian song included in the film. Plot Love sparks when Adam, back visiting Cairo from University of California, Los Angeles, meets Hanan, native journalist from a smaller town of Egypt in seek of a juicy story to expose the gritty truth about corruption running rampant in the country. A sappy romance between the two youth ensues, and the two quickly get married in the breathtaking deserts of Egypt. Adam's mother, Margaret, very much Americanized and obsessed with Western culture, expresses much displeasure with her son's rash decision to marry a girl such as Hanan, when it would be better to marry a wealthy Western woman, believing "money is the only thing that binds." Out of an unhealthy attachmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelly (Egyptian Entertainer)
Nelly Artin Kalfayan ( ar, نيلّي آرتين كالفيان, born 3 January 1949 in Cairo, Egypt), better known by only her mononym Nelly, is an Egyptian actress, singer, comedian, dancer, television personality, and all-around entertainer. Family background Nelly was born and 1949 to an Egyptian family of Armenian roots. The school she attended as a child was run by and for people of Armenian descent in Cairo. She is the younger sister of Feyrouz, a well-known child actress, and a cousin of Lubluba, another well-known Egyptian-Armenian film actress who is a little older than she is. Nelly was married to the Egyptian film director Houssam El-Din Mustafa, and later on she married musician Moody Elemam for a very short time. She later married Khaled Barakat (Egyptian businessman) and moved to London, then later divorced and married Adel Hossny, another Egyptian businessman working in the Tourism industry. Career Her father was a film director. and she started her career as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgo (film)
Virgo (Arabic: ''برج العذراء,'' translit. ''Borj Al-Athraa'', aliases: The Planet of the Virgo) is a 1970 Egyptian film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. The film stars Salah Zulfikar, Nahed Sherif and Adel Emam. Synopsis Fahmy is an ardent believer in Astrology and horoscopes and manages his life according to them. And a number of events increase his conviction, such as his promotion at work, which the horoscope predicts, the death of his uncle, and then his inheritance from him. An astrologer convinces him that his age is linked to a Virgo girl who has a black birthmark, which he is looking for. He discovers that she is Nana the fiancée of his friend Amin, so he tries to save her life. Nana and Ilham his wife agree on a plan to convince Fahmy of the mistake of relying on astrology. Crew * Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar * Screenplay: Farouk Saeed * Production studio: El Shoala Films (Mohamed Younes) * Distributor: General Egyptian Organization for Cinema Production * Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'ali Al Wazir
Ma'ali Al Wazir ( ar, معالي الوزير, lit=The Esteemed minister) is an Egyptian feature film, released on 2 February 2003, produced by Egyptian Media Production City, starred by Ahmed Zaki. Plot Rafat Rostom becomes a minister by a mistake as they mistake him for another person with the same name, and he starts having intense nightmares about his health and his family. Ra’fat asks his office manager Ateya to accompany him on a vacation to fight these nightmares. he finds out that sleeping in mosques and in police custody keeps him away from nightmares. Ra’fat decides finally to consult a psychiatrist, so he tells Ateya all his secrets and asks him to go to the psychiatrist and act on his behalf. ultimately Ra’fat gets paranoid that Ateya will sell his secrets to the media, so he request to have Ateya killed by a hitman.{{Cite web, url=https://www.elcinema.com/en/work/1009977/, title=Elcinema, last=, first=, date=, website=www.elcinema.com, archive-url=, archive- ... [...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] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
