Yehia Chahine ( ar, يحيى شاهين, ) (28 July 1917 – 18 March 1994) was an

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film producer and an actor of film and theatre. He is most notable for his role in the film adaptations of the '' Cairo Trilogy'', a trilogy written by the

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-winning

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ian author

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 ...

Life and career

Yehia Chahine was born in Imbaba, Giza. His father's name was Yehia Chahine too. He received a diploma in performing arts and started acting in theatre. His first performance was in the play ''Murtafa`t wa Darag'' (''Heights and Stairs''). In 1935, he acted in his first film. He acted in numerous films, but his most notable role is that of Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, a Cairene

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, in the '' Cairo Trilogy'' films. The three films, ''Bayn al-Qasrayn'' (''Palace Walk'', which is based on the ''

Palace Walk Palace Walk (Arabic title بين القصرين) is a novel by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, and the first installment of Mahfouz's ''Cairo Trilogy''. Originally published in 1956 with the title ''Bayn al-qasrayn'', the bo ...

'' novel) in 1964, ''Qasr al-Shawq'' (''Palace of Desire'') in 1967 and ''Al-Sukkariya'' (''Sugar Street'') in 1973, were set in Cairo and followed the family of Abd al-Jawwad across three generations, from World War I to the overthrow of

King Farouk Farouk I (; ar, فاروق الأول ''Fārūq al-Awwal''; 11 February 1920 – 18 March 1965) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1 ...

in 1952. They were well received and successful in Egypt and the Arab world. Additionally, he has acted in many other successful films. He starred in film director

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed ...

's '' Ibn al-Nile'' (''Son of the Nile'') along with

Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama ( ar, فاتن حمامه ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was ...

in 1951. He played a leading role in the 1954 film ''Gaalouni Mujriman'' (''I Have Been Made a Murderer''), which was based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz. In 1957, he starred in ''

La Anam ''Sleepless'' ( ar, لا أنام, translit. La Anam) is a 1957 Egyptian melodrama film. The film follows the intricate story of Nadia Lutfi, a daughter of divorced parents who suffers from Electra complex, which drives her to intervene i ...

'' (''Sleepless''), a film that was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. His last film role was in 1988, in the film ''Kul Hatha al-Hub'' (''All this Love''). Chahine received several awards for his film roles. In 1993, he received the Sciences and Arts prize. He died at the age of 76, on 18 March 1994.

Films

*1947 – ''Azhar wa Ashwak'' (أزهار وأشواك) *1958 – "Haza Hoya el hob" ( هذا هو الحب) *1966 – " Thalath Losoos" (ثلاث لصوص) *1968 – "

The Splendor of Love The Splendor of Love (Pseudonym, aliases: The Beauty of Love Egyptian Arabic: ''روعة الحب'', Transliteration, translit. ''Rawa'et Al Hubb'') is a 1968 in film, 1968 Egyptian film directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. Synopsis The young girl Haya ...

" (روعة الحب) *1969 – " Shey Min el Khouf" (شيء من الخوف)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chahine, Yehia 1917 births 1994 deaths Egyptian male stage actors Egyptian male film actors Egyptian film producers 20th-century Egyptian male actors