Sherif Arafa ( ar, شريف عرفة) (born on December 25, 1960) is an Egyptian director, writer and producer. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. Sharif Arafa participated in the making of many of the movies in the history of

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, such as ''Birds of Darkness'' , ''

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'' and ''

Welad El Am ''Welad El-Am'' ( ar, ولاد العم; en, The Cousins), known internationally as ''Escaping Tel Aviv'', is a 2009 Egyptian film directed by Sherif Arafa and starring Karim Abdel Aziz, Sherif Mounir and Mona Zaki.(18 March 2010)Joden in de sch ...

''. He produced several television works such as

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"Lahazat Harega" ''"Critical moments"''
He was famous for his political movies with the writer "Wahid Hame

Awards

He received many awards during his career such as: *Awards for best director and best film of the

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to play movies with adults,

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and The forgotten *Silver Award for best film festival in 1992 Milan African Film and film terrorism kebab *Bronze Award for best film festival in Venice in 1995 for "dark birds *Silver Award for best film festival in Milan in 1995 for "dark birds *The prize for best out of the festival's national cinema in 2007 for the film

Family

Both his father, Saad Arafa, and his younger brother,

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, are directors.

External links

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Sherif Arafa : official website of the artist, director and writer and producer of films
* https://www.elcinema.com/en/person/1004016/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Arafa, Sherif 1960 births Egyptian film directors Living people