Mohammed Fadel (name also spelled Muhammad Fadil) is a veteran

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ian television and film director. Fadel, along with Osama Anwar Okasha and Inaam Mohamed Ali, is credited in Egypt for establishing the genre of Egyptian dramatic serial television. He is considered a "godfather" of Egyptian television serials. Fadel began his career in the 1950s in radio. He wrote a number of television series in the 1960s and 1970s, the most notable of which was the comedic soap opera ''Al-Qahira wa-l-nas'' ("Cairo and the People"), which was themed on modernity and cultural authenticity. Divided into half-hour segments, the show was similar to American sitcom television, making it unique in Egyptian media during its time.Armbrust, 1996, p. 16. Afterwards, he directed a psychological film ''Etnen Wahed Sifr'' ("2-1-0") (1974) starring

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, it was a breakthrough, followed by the Ramadan soap operas ''Abna'i Al-A'izza', Shukran'' ("Dear Children, Thank You") in the late 1970s, ''Rihlat El-Sayyid Abul-Ela El-Bishri'' ("The Journey of Mr Abul-Ela El-Bishri") in the 1980s, ''Li Dawa'i Amniya'' ("For Security Measures") in 2005, and ''Sekket el-Hilali'' ("El-Hilali's Path") in 2006.Mustafa, Hani
Soap and sin
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''. 2006-11-18. His reputation was significantly raised with his television series "White Flag" (1989), written by Okasha. The show was set in

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and dealt with Egypt's wide income disparity, criminals-turned-wealthy and Egyptian high life. Fadel directed the 1982 romance film ''Hobb fil Zinzana'' ("Love in the Prison Cell") starring

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, the first films on Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in ''

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'' (1996) starring Ahmed Zaki, and Egyptian singer

Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, ar, فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī, link=no; 31 Dece ...

in the 1999 film ''Kawkab al-Sharq'' ("Star of the Orient"). The latter starred Fadel's wife, veteran actress Ferdous Abdel-Hamid.El-Bishlawi, Khairiya
A woman for all seasons
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''. 1999-06-16.

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