Wedad
''Weddad'' ( ar, وداد, lit. “Song of Hope”) is a 1936 Egyptian romantic musical film. ''Weddad'', also transliterated as ''Wydad'', is based on a romantic tale inspired by Omar Khayyam's One Thousand and One Nights. The biggest production of its time, it was the film debut of Um Kalthoum. The film's success turned Misr Studios into the top studio in Egypt. The sports team Wydad AC in Casablanca, Morocco, is named after the film. Synopsis In the time of the Mamluk Sultanate, a rich trader named Baher has no choice but to sell his slave Wydad, who he's madly in love with, when he loses everything. But destiny will help them meet again. Cast and crew * Umm Kulthum * Ahmed Allam * Mokhtar Osman * Mansi Fahmi * Kouka * Mahmoud el-Meliguy * Yahya Nagati * Fouad Fahim * Fattouh Nashati Songs * “أيها الرائح المجد” (“O Smell of Glory”), lyrics by Sharif Al-Razi and music by Zakariyya Ahmad * “يا بشير الأنس” (“Oh Bashir Al-Anas”), ...
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Studio Misr
Studio Misr was a film studio established in Egypt in 1934 by the economist Talaat Harb. Owned and staffed by Egyptians, it was known as 'The Studio of Egypt'. For three decades, it was the leading Egyptian equivalent to Hollywood's major studios. Studio Misr's first film was '' Wedad'' (1936), the first film to star the singer Umm Kulthum. In 1939 Studio Misr made four films, including ''Determination Determination is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles.Kirby, L.D., Morrow, J., & Yih, J. (2014). The challenge of challenge: Pursuing determination as an emotion. In M. M. Tugade, ...'', out of a total of fifteen Egyptian films. Facing difficulty raising capital in the 1940s, Studio MISR reduced its emphasis on direct film production, increasingly renting out its development, printing and editing facilities to other Arab filmmakers. In 1946, for example, Studio MISR made three films - including '' Black Market'' - ou ...
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Riad Al Sunbati
Riad Mohamed El Sunbati ( arz, رياض محمد السنباطي), also written as Riad Sonbati or Riadh Sonbati (30 November 1906 – 10 September 1981) was a 20th-century Egyptian composer and musician who was considered an icon of Egyptian Music. The number of his lyric works is 539 works in Egyptian Opera, operetta, cinematic and religious song, poem, Taqtouqa and Mawalia. The number of song poets who he composed for is more than 120 poets. He composed for many famous Arab singers including Umm Kulthum, Fairouz (yet to be released), Asmahan, Warda Al-Jazairia, Najat Al Saghira, Mounira El Mahdeya, Fayza Ahmed, Saleh Abdel Hai, and Aziza Galal (who was the last singer to sing one of his melodies). Biography Sunbati was the first born boy after eight girls in a family in the city of Faraskur, Damietta Governorate, Egypt on 30 November 1906. His father was a singer, singing in the mawlids, weddings and religious holidays in the nearby villages and towns. Riad used to listen to ...
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Ahmed Badrakhan
Ahmed Badrakhan (18 September 1909 – 26 August 1969) was an Egyptian film director and screenwriter of Kurdish origin. He directed 41 films between 1936 and 1968. He is famous for his 1952 romantic drama '' A Night of Love'' starring Mahmoud Almeleji and Mariam Fakhr Eddine. He directed ''Intisar al-chabab'' (1941) which for the first time starred the virtuoso oud player and singer Farid al-Atrash along with singer Asmahan Amal al-Atrash ( ar, آمال الأطرش ', North Levantine ; November 25, 1918 – July 14, 1944),

Sharif Al-Razi
Sharīf ( ar, شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ( ). It may be used in three senses: #In the broadest sense, it refers to any descendant of Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim (the Banu Hashim or Hashimites, already in Muhammad's day an established clan within the Meccan tribe of the Quraysh), including all descendants of Muhammad's paternal uncles Abu Talib (the Talibids) and al-Abbas (the Abbasids).. #More often, it refers to a descendant of Ali, a son of Abu Talib and a paternal cousin of Muhammad (the Alids), especially but not exclusively through Ali's marriage with Muhammad's daughter Fatima (the Fatimids). In this sense, the most common one, the term effectively refers to all descendants of the prophet. #In its narrowest sense, it ...
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Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Mahmoud el-Meliguy ( arz, محمود المليجي, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles, but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles. Career El-Meliguy is the descendant of an Egyptian family that took its name from the Egyptian city of Melieg in Monufia Governorate. He breakthrough role came when Mohamed Abdel Wahab chose him to star in the film ''Lastu Mallak'' (''I'm Not an Angel''). He was paid 900 Egyptian pounds and quickly achieved stardom. People praised him for the villain role he played in that film, and film critics described him as “the wickedness of cinema”. Personal life Mahmoud el-Meliguy met the Egyptian actress Alwiya Gamil in 1938 and married her in 1939. He acted in several films with her. The couple had a happy and strong relatio ...
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Kouka (actress)
Kouka may refer to: *Kouka, Bam, Burkina Faso *Kouka, Banwa, Burkina Faso *Kouka, Cyprus *Kouka, Togo *The common name of Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1993) Ahmed Hassan Mohamed Abdelmonem Mohamed Mahgoub ( ar, أحمد حسن محمد عبد المنعم محمد محجوب; born 5 March 1993), known as Kouka or Koka, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club ... {{geodis ...
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Mansi Fahmi
Mansi may refer to: People * Mansi people, an indigenous people living in Tyumen Oblast, Russia ** Mansi language * Giovanni Domenico Mansi (1692–1769), Italian theologian, scholar, historian and archbishop * Kate Mansi, American actress born in 1987 Places * Mansi, Myanmar, a town in the Kachin State of Myanmar (Burma) * Mansi, Banmauk, a village in Myanmar (Burma) See also *Minsi (other) Minsi may refer to several articles: * Lenape Minsis, phratry of the Lenape - also been referred to as Munsi, Munsee, Monsi, and Muncey. * Camp Minsi, Scout camp * The Minsi Trail, also known as Bethlehem Pike * Minsi Trails Council Minsi Trails ... {{disambiguation, geo, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Wydad AC
Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional Association football, football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system, they are one of three clubs to have List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated, never been relegated from the top flight. Founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging the national movement for independence, led by Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi. They initially focused on water polo to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani – also known by the nickname of "Père Jégo" ("Father Jégo") – created the football section in 1939, he was the first manager of the team. The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception. Domestically, Wydad has won a record of 22 ...
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Mokhtar Osman
Mokhtar may refer to: Places *Bordj Badji Mokhtar, desert town in southwestern Algeria *Bordj Badji Mokhtar District, district in Algeria *Cham Mokhtar, village in Iran *Chebaita Mokhtar, town and commune in Algeria *Tam-e Mokhtar, village in Iran *Mokhtar, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, village in Iran *Mokhtar, Sistan and Baluchestan, village in Iran Other *Mokhtar (film) *Mokhtar (name) *El Mokhtar, an Arabian horse See also * Mukhtar A mukhtar ( ar, مختار, mukhtār, chosen one; el, μουχτάρης) is a village chief in the Levant: "an old institution that goes back to the time of the Ottoman rule". According to Amir S. Cheshin, Bill Hutman and Avi Melamed, the muk ...

Slave
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perform some form of work while also having their location or residence dictated by the enslaver. Many historical cases of enslavement occurred as a result of breaking the law, becoming indebted, or suffering a military defeat; other forms of slavery were instituted along demographic lines such as Racism, race. Slaves may be kept in bondage for life or for a fixed period of time, after which they would be Manumission, granted freedom. Although slavery is usually involuntary and involves coercion, there are also cases where people voluntary slavery, voluntarily enter into slavery to pay a debt or earn money due to poverty. In the course of human history, slavery was a typical feature of civilization, and was legal in most societies, but it is no ...
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Abdo Al-Srouji
In Medicine, abdo is short for abdominal. As a name, notable people called Abdo, Abdou or Abdu include: People A masculine Arabic name, and a nickname for Abdul. The name is also of Syriac origin and is a variant of 'Abdā, meaning 'servant' or 'slave'. Given name * Abdo Al-Edresi (born 1986), Yemeni football player *Abdou Alassane Dji Bo (born 1979), Nigerien judoka * Abdou Cherif, Moroccan singer *Abdou Diouf (born 1935), second president of Senegal *Abdou Doumbia (born 1990), French footballer *Abdou Soulé Elbak (born 1954), president of the autonomous island of Grande Comore *Abdo Hakim (born 1973), Lebanese actor and voice actor *Abdu al-Hamuli (1836–1901), Egyptian musician *Abdo Hussameddin (born 1954), Syrian politician and minister *Abdo Khal (born 1962), Saudi Arabian author *Abdou El-Kholti (born 1980), French footballer *Abdoh Otaif (born 1984), Saudi Arabian football player * Abdou Sall (born 1980), Senegalese footballer *Abdu Shaher, English martial artist *Abdo ...
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