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Youssef Francis
Youssef Francis (Arabic: يوسف فرنسيس) (June 6, 1934 – April 14, 2001) is a director, author, and plastic artist, born in Cairo. His life He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the Department of Photography in 1957, then postgraduate studies for two years in the ceremony of Luxor, a diploma of the Higher Institute of Cinema, then postgraduate studies in the Department of Directing in 1970, and he has many books in various fields. At the beginning of his career, he worked as an illustrator for " Rose Al-Youssef" magazine in 1958 for a year, then he went to writing the script in 1965 and joined A l-Ahram newspaper in 1964, and he worked there until he reached the position of advisor to the editor-in-chief. He illustrated the serialized publication of Naguib Mahfuz's novel ''Miramar'' in 1966. Also he was appointed director of the Egyptian Cultural Center in 1987 in Paris. His first films, ''The Impossible'' in 1965 with the participation of Mustafa Mahmoud, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abi Foq Al-Shagara
''Abi foq al-Shagara'' (My Father Up on the Tree), is a 1969 Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian drama musical romantic film directed by Hussein Kamal and produced by Abdel Halim Hafez for Sawt al-Fann. The film stars Abdel Halim Hafez and Nadia Lutfi in lead roles where as Mervat Amin, Jenita Furneau, Samir Sabri and Salah Nazmi made supportive roles. The film has been shot in and around Alexandria, Egypt. The film became a blockbuster of that year particularly due to many kissing scenes. The film is considered one of the best films ever made in Egypt. It was the final film appearance by lead actor Abdel Halim Hafez before his death on March 30, 1977 due to liver failure as a complication from ''Schistosoma mansoni''. Plot Cast * Abdel Halim Hafez as Adel * Nadia Lutfi as Firdaus * Mervat Amin as Amaal * Samir Sabri as Ashraf * Salah Nazmi as Khamis * Amira as Ahlam * Nabila El Sayed * Imad Hamdi as Kamal * Hamed Morsi as Abdel Mawjood * Mahmoud Rashad * Nahed Samir References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Directors From Cairo
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Painters
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 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artists From Cairo
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such as a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Thieves (1966 Film)
Three Thieves also known as 3 Robbers (Egyptian Arabic: ثلاثة لصوص translit: ''Thalathat lousous'' french:''Trois voleurs'') is a 1966 Egyptian film. It tells 3 separate stories about three thieves. The film is written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and produced by Salah Zulfikar. Yehia Chahine played the role of the judge. First story: The gold thief Plot The events revolve around Mohsen, an employee who is transferred to Cairo. He searches for an apartment to live in. He finds an apartment, but is surprised by its high price. He requires that he buy meat from the owner of the apartment who owns a butcher's shop. He gets to know the butcher's wife and goes to her apartment and gives him some of her gold. The wife is against someone else who comes to buy another apartment, the wife refuses to meet Mohsen and he decides to steal the wife's gold. Cast * Salah Zulfikar: (Mohsen) * Hind Rostom: (Narges - Madbouly's wife) * Saeed Abu Bakr: (Musad Al-Bawab) * Mohamed Reda: (Ma ... [...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] |
Ihsan Abdel Quddous
Ihsan Abdel Quddous ( arz, إحسان عبد القدوس ', ) (1 January 1919 – 12 January 1990) was an Egyptian writer, novelist, and journalist and editor in Egypt's '' Al Akhbar'' and ''Al-Ahram'' newspapers. He wrote many novels that were adapted into films, and served as editor for many years of the literary journal ''Ruz al-Yusuf''. Early life and education Abdel Quddous was born in Cairo, Egypt, to an Egyptian father, Mohamed Abd El-Quddous, and Turkish-Lebanese journalist Rose al Yusuf. His favorite hobby as a child was reading. At the age of eleven, he started writing short stories and classical poems. His father, Mohamed Abdel Quddous, an Egyptian theater and film actor, motivated him to pursue a career in law. Ihsan graduated from law school in 1942 and worked as a lawyer. He was, at the beginning of his career, a trainee for the law firm of Edward Qussairi, a famous Egyptian lawyer. He was also an editor in '' Rose al Youssef'', a weekly magazine that his mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Mahmoud
Mustafa Kamal Mahmoud Hussein ( ar, مصطفى كمال محمود حسين; December 27, 1921 – 31 October 2009) commonly known as Mustafa Mahmoud ( ar, مصطفى محمود) was an Egyptian doctor, philosopher, and author. Mustafa was born in Shibin el-Kom, Monufia province, Egypt. He was trained as a doctor, but later chose a career as a journalist and author, traveling and writing on many subjects. He wrote 89 books on science, philosophy, religion, politics, and society as well as plays, tales, and travelogues. He is also known for his popular program '. Mustafa also founded a mosque, a medical clinic, and a charitable organization which were all named after him. Biography The material in this section is derived from self-published information by the subject. Early life Mustafa Mahmoud was raised in a middle-class family; his father was employed as a secretary in the province of El Gharbiyya. In elementary school, he struggled in class failing to graduate for three co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossible (1965 Film)
''The Impossible'' ( ar, المستحيل, translit. ''El Mustahil'') is a 1965 Egyptian drama film starring Nadia Lutfi and directed by Hussein Kamal. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ''The Impossible'' is a member of the Top 100 Egyptian films list.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Nadia Lutfi * Kamal el-Shennawi * Salah Mansour See also * CIFF Top 100 Egyptian films * List of Egyptian films of the 1960s * List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Egypt has submitted films for consideration for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1958, when Youssef Chahine's ''Cairo Station'' became both the first African and the first Arab film to contend for the award. The Foreign ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
