''The Wedding of Zein'' ( ar, عرس الزين,
translit.
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Urs Al-Zayn) is a 1976 Kuwaiti
drama film
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directed by
Khalid Al Siddiq
Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname. .
It is based on the novel of the
same name by Sudanese writer
Tayeb Salih
Tayeb Salih ( ar, الطيب صالح, aṭ-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ; 12 July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best k ...
. The film was selected as the Kuwaiti entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
51st Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
* Ali Mahdi as Zein
* Sunni Dafallah
* Ibrahim Hujazi as Haneen
* Mohamed Khairi
* Soraya Roro
* Awad Siddig
* Tahiya Zaroug as Nama
See also
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References
External links
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1976 films
1976 drama films
Kuwaiti drama films
1970s Arabic-language films
Films based on Sudanese novels
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