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Syrian Cinema
Syrian cinema has existed since the early 20th century. The first Syrian film was ''Al Muttaham al Baree (The Innocent Suspect)'', released in 1928. Since the early 1960s, the film sector has been mainly managed by the National Organization for Cinema, a department of Ministry of Culture. The film industry blossomed in the 1960s, despite a significant shift toward nationalistic documentaries, and has continued to garner attention. Prominent filmmakers include Nazih Shabandar, Rasheed Jalal, and Qays al-Zubeydi. History In 1908, the first film ever screened in Syria was shown at a cafe in Aleppo. Eight years later, the Ottoman administration established the first film theater, in Damascus. The theater was inaugurated by the Ottoman governor, Jamal Pasha; however, it was burned down one month later. The French assumed mandate over Syria at the time, and many theaters were subsequently built in Damascus. The first Syrian film was ''Al Muttaham al Baree (The Innocent Suspect)'', a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memory Of A Night Of Love
Memory of a Night of Love (Arabic: ''ذكري ليلة حب'', French: ''Souvenir d'une Nuit d'Amour'', translit: ''Thikra Laylat Houbb'' or ''Zekra Lailat Hubb'') is a 1973 Syrian film starring Salah Zulfikar, Nelly and Nabila Ebeid. The film is written and directed by Seif El-Dine Chawkat. Plot On the outskirts of Beirut, Anwar lives happily with his heart-sick wife, Laila, and one day meets his ex-girlfriend Camelia, who works as a dancer. About Anwar and others, the wife is shocked, and Anwar is arrested. Will his friend the police officer find the real killer? Crew * Writer: Seif El-Dine Chawkat * Director: Seif El-Dine Chawkat * Produced by: Al Furat for Cinema * Distribution: Lebanese Andalusian Films (Abbas Nasser - Sobhi Al-Nouri) * Soundtrack: Suhail Arafa * Cinematographer: Ahmed Abu Saeda * Editor: Saheb Haddad Cast Primary cast * Salah Zulfikar as Anwar Kayali * Nelly as Laila * Nabila Ebeid as Camellia * Rafiq Subaie as Abu Sayyah * Ziad Mawlawi as Abdo * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Dimashq
Cinema Dimashq (Translated from Arabic, Cinema Damascus) is a movie theater in Damascus, Syria. The theater was one of the largest single room cinemas in the Arab World The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ..., with a total seating capacity of 1500, the ground floor seated 1000 moviegoers and a large balcony seated 500. It is currently the only cinema in Syria featuring the latest American and European productions. The movie theater currently features 4 medium-sized projection rooms of about 300 places each. Opened in 1943 by Toufik Chammas, a prominent local businessman, Cinema Dimashq rapidly became a local entertainment proxy, bringing Syria into the era of cinematography. Closed in early 2005, and reopened in mid-2009, its current name is Cinema City. Completely reno ... [...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] |
The Dupes
''The Dupes'' ( ar, المخدوعون, 'al-makhdūʿūn') is a 1973 Syrian drama film directed by Tewfik Saleh and starring Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lotfi, Saleh Kholoki and Thanaa Debsi. Based on Ghassan Kanafani's 1963 novel, '' Men in the Sun'', the film portrays the lives of three Palestinian refugees after the 1948 Palestinian exodus by following three generations of men who made their way from Palestine to Iraq in the hope of reaching Kuwait to pursue their dreams of freedom and prosperity. ''The Dupes'' received very positive reviews from critics and won multiple awards locally and internationally. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Prize, and the 1972 Carthage Film Festival, where it won the Tanit d'Or. Cast * Mohamed Kheir-Halouani as Abou Keïss * Abderrahman Alrahy as Abou Kheizarane * Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala as Assaad * Saleh Kholoki as Marouane * Thanaa Debsi as Om Keï ... [...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] |
A Woman Of Fire (1971 Film)
A Woman of Fire (Arabic: ''امرأة من نار'', French: ''femme de feu'', translit: ''Imra' Min Nar'' or ''EMRA'A MEN NAR'') is a 1971 Syrian film starring Salah Zulfikar and Nahed Yousri. The film is written and directed by Reda Mayser. Synopsis Ahmed Lotfi is being chased by a group of people in Istanbul, but a girl named Turkan Abdel Hamid saves him from them. It turns out that she knew him, and a person named Shawkat told him that the reason for the chase was related to his brother Farid, who was being held by the Falcon Gang. Crew * Writer: Reda Mayser * Director: Reda Mayser * Produced by: Qablawi Films – Zalat * Distribution: Amal Film * Cinematographer: Youssef Antar * Editor: Reda Mayser Cast Primary cast * Salah Zulfikar in the role of Ahmed Lotfi * Nahed Yousri in the role of Nazik/Turkan * Ziyad Mawlawi in the role of Ziyad * Adeeb Qaddoura in the role of Fahd Supporting cast * Muhammad Khair Halawani * Adnan Ajlouni * George Amber * Reza Al-Tayyar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between disciplines: as a geological and biogeographical region, the term refers to a basaltic plateau bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon with Mount Hermon in the north and Wadi Raqqad in the east. As a geopolitical region, it refers to the border region captured from Syria by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967; the territory has been occupied by the latter since then and was subject to a de facto Israeli annexation in 1981. This region includes the western two-thirds of the geological Golan Heights and the Israeli-occupied part of Mount Hermon. The earliest evidence of human habitation on the Golan dates to the Upper Paleolithic period. According to the Bible, an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967. Escalated hostilities broke out amid poor relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours following the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which were signed at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, First Arab–Israeli War. Earlier, in 1956, regional tensions over the Straits of Tiran escalated in what became known as the Suez Crisis, when Israel invaded Egypt over the Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran, Egyptian closure of maritime passageways to Israeli shipping, ultimately resulting in the re-opening of the Straits of Tiran to Israel as well as the deployment of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) along the Borders of Israel#Border with Egypt, Egypt–Israel border. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nur Wa Thalam
Nur may refer to: In Islam * An-Nur, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Light". * Nūr (Islam), a concept, literally meaning "light" * An-Nur (The Light), the 24th chapter of the Qur'an * ''Risale-i Nur Collection'', a collection of works by Islamic scholar Said Nursî People * Nur (name) Places * Nur, Iran (other) * Nur, Poland * Nur County, in Iran * Nur Mountains "Mountains of Holy Light", a mountain range in Turkey * NUR Reactor, a research reactor in Algiers * Nur University (Bolivia) * National University of Rwanda * Nuristan Province, Afghanistan Other uses * Nur (biology), a family of transcription factors * National Union of Railwaymen, a trade union in the United Kingdom *Nur (Rawalpindi) railway station a railway station in Pakistan *Nur railway station a railway station in Pakistan * ''Nur'' (TV series), a Malaysian television series *Nur, a moon in the video game '' Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'' See also * Noor (other) Noor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazih Shabandar
Nazih is both a given name and a surname. It is an Arabic origin word, (Arabic: نزيه). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Nazih Abu Afach (born 1946), Syrian poet and painter * Nazih Ayubi (1943–1995), Egyptian writer * Nazih Deif (1923–1992), Egyptian economist * Nazih Elasmar (born 1953), Australian politician * Nazih Geagea (born 1941), Lebanese alpine skier * Nazih Kawakibi (1946–2009), Syrian architect Surname * Amjhad Nazih (born 2002), French football player * Hasan Nazih (1921–2012), Iranian jurist and politician * Hesham Nazih (born 1972), Egyptian composer * Imran Nazih Imran Nazih ( ar, عمران نزيه; born 25 January 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, he is a youth international for Morocco. Professional career Na ... (born 2006), Dutch football player of Moroccan origin {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazih Arabic masculine given names Arabic-language sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
