Atef Salem ( arz, عاطف سالم; 23 July 1927 – 30 July 2002) was an Egyptian

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. He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist

Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. M ...

.Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Atef Salem ; Social realist of Egyptian cinema', ''

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. His 1967 film '' Khan el khalili'' was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

Selected filmography

* '' Om El Arrousa (Mother of the Bride)'' (1963) * ''

A Wife from Paris ''A Wife from Paris'' ( ar, زوجة من باريس, translit. ''Zawga Mn Paris'') is a 1966 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Atef Salem. in arabic Cast * Salah Zulfikar as Dr. Wagih * Roushdy Abaza as Nagi * Fouad El Mohandes as Daou ...

'' (1966) * '' Khan el khalili'' (1967)

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* 1927 births 2002 deaths Egyptian film directors {{Egypt-film-director-stub