''Papa'' ( arz, بابا,

translit. Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus '' trans-'' + '' liter-'') in predictable ways, such as Greek → , Cyrillic → , Greek → the digraph , Armenian → or ...

Baba) is a 2012 Egyptian drama film written by Karim Famy, directed by Akram Farid, and produced by Walid Al Kurdi for

New Century Production New Century Production ( ar, نيوسينشري للانتاج الفني) is an Egyptian film production company established by Walid Al Kurdi in 2004 as a new production branch of Dollar Film, itself first founded in 1949. Filmography Refere ...

. The film stars

Ahmed El Sakka Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sakka ( ar, أحمد محمد صلاح الدين السقا; born March 1, 1973) is an Egyptians, Egyptian action actor. The son of theatre director Salah El Sakka, he began his career with uncredited roles in a lot ...

, Dorra Zarrouk,

Nicole Saba Nicole Saba ( ar, نيكول سابا; born 26 June 1974) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese singer and actress. Career From 1998 to 2001, Saba was a member of the Lebanese pop group The 4 Cats, replacing Rola Bahnam. Saba released two albums with ...

and Salah Abdallah, and was first released in Egypt on 12 August 2012.

Plot

Hazem (Ahmed Al Sakka) is a successful

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences, spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with ...

who falls in love with Farida (Dorra Zarrouk) who works as an interior designer. When they get married, Hazem discovers his inability to father children and the two seek a medical solution through in vitro fertilization…

Cast

as Hazem *

Dorra Zarrouk Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk ( ar, درة إبراهيم زروق; born 13 January 1980) is a Tunisian actress living in Egypt. Early life Dorra was born in Tunis, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather, Ali Zouaoui, was an econom ...

as Farida *

* Salah Abdallah * Edward * Soleiman Eid * Lotfy Labib

External links

''Baba''
at the Internet Movie Database * 2012 films Egyptian romantic comedy films 2010s Arabic-language films {{Egypt-film-stub