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Ahmed Mazhar
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938"Remembering Ahmed Mazhar: The knight of Egyptian cinema" ''Ahram Online'', Ashraf Gharib, Sunday 8 Oct 2017 and his colleagues included and . Career His acting career started in 1951 when he was picked for a role in ''Zehour Al-Islam'' because of his riding skills and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of largest cities in the Arab world, the Arab world, and List of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is List of largest cities, one of the largest in the world by population with over 22.1 million people. The area that would become Cairo was part of ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis, Egypt, Memphis and Heliopolis (ancient Egypt), Heliopolis are near-by. Located near the Nile Delta, the predecessor settlement was Fustat following the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 641 next to an existing ancient Roman empire, Roman fortress, Babylon Fortress, Babylon. Subsequently, Cairo was founded by the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid dynasty in 969. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Islam
''Oh Islam'' (, translit. Wa Islamah, and also released as ''Love and Faith'') is a 1961 Egyptian drama film directed by Enrico Bomba and Andrew Marton. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The film was the first Egyptian film to be screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Cast ;Egyptians * Ahmed Mazhar as Mahmoud (Qutuz) * Rushdy Abaza as Baibars * Lobna Abdel Aziz as Jihad * Emad Hamdy as Aybak * Taheyya Kariokka as Shajar al-Durr * Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Faris ad-Din Aktai * Farid Shawki as Bltai * Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Aktai ;Italians * Ema Andi * Franco Carelli * Federico Chentrens * Mario Dionisi * Luisa Mattioli * Folco Lulli as Aktai * Silvana Pampanini as Shajar al-Durr See also * List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire M
''Empire M'' (, Transliteration, translit. Emberatoriet meem) is a 1972 Egyptian drama film directed by Hussein Kamal. The film was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival in 1973. It was also selected as the Egyptian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The film was remade in a Turkish as ''Benim Altı Sevgilim'' in 1977. Cast * Faten Hamama as Mother (Mona) * Ahmed Mazhar * Dawlad Abiad as Granny * Seif Abol Naga as Mostafa (as Khaled Abol Naga) * Hesham Selim as Son * Hayat Kandeel as Daughter See also * List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links * 1972 films 1970s Arabic-language films 1972 drama films Films directed by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo 30
''Cairo 30'' (, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif, and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel ''Modern Cairo''. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Soad Hosny as Ihsan * Ahmed Mazhar as The minister * Hamdy Ahmed as Mahgoub Abdel Dayem * Abdelmonem Ibrahim as Ahmed Bedier * Tawfik El Deken as Shahata Tourky * Abdelaziz Mikewy as Ali Taha * Aqeila Rateb as The minister's wife * Ahmed Tawfik as Salem El Ekshidy * Bahiga Hafez as Ikram hanem Synopsis The film takes place in the 1930’s, when a young man named Mahjoub Abdeldayem ( Hamdy Ahmed) comes from Upper Egypt to the slums of Cairo and gets to know a native of his village (Salem al-Ikhshidi) who offers a job lead. The job is to marry Ihsan (Soad Hosny), mistress of Qasim Bey (Ahmed Mazhar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia. Alongside his uncle Shirkuh, a Kurdish mercenary commander in service of the Zengid dynasty, Saladin was sent to Fatimid Egypt in 1164, on the orders of the Zengid ruler Nur ad-Din. With their original purpose being to help restore Shawar as the vizier to the teenage Fatimid caliph al-Adid, a power struggle ensued between Shirkuh and Shawar after the latter was reinstated. Saladin, meanwhile, climbed the ranks of the Fatimid government by virtue of his military successes against Crusader assaults and his personal closeness to al-Adid. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Will Not Confess
''I Will Not Confess'' (, ''Lan Aataref'') is a 1961 Egyptian crime film starring Faten Hamama, Ahmed Mazhar and Ahmed Ramzy. The film is directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh. Plot Amal (Faten Hamama) is the wife of Ahmed ( Ahmed Mazhar) who manages a textile factory. One day, she receives a threatening letter directed at Ahmed. The letter reveals that Ahmed committed a murder; he killed a teller to steal the factory's money. Amal remembers that her husband had come to her telling her that he had lost his money, and weeks later had restored his money. One of the factory workers (Salah Mansour) meets Amal and confirms what the letter said, claiming that he witnessed the crime. Amal seeks her brother's (Ahmed Ramzy) support. He goes to the worker and, after a heated and vehement argument, fights with him and eventually kills him. He immediately runs away. Minutes later, Amal reaches the worker's home to talk to him, and finds him dead. She is blamed for the crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale's Prayer
''The Nightingale's Prayer'' (, translit. ''Doaa al-Karawan'' ; also called ''The Curlew's Cry'') is a 1959 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and based on a novel titled Doaa al-Karawan (novel) by the prominent writer Taha Hussein. It stars Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar. In 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial, this film was selected one of the best 100 Egyptian film productions. It received an award of recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Amna is a young woman that witnesses the death of her older sister by her uncle, who had abandoned her family and left them with no support. She understands from her mother that her sister deserves to die because she has dishonored the family. Amna doesn't agree. She believes that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giza
Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza''; , , ' ) is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 4,872,448 in the 2017 census. It is located on the west bank of the Nile opposite central Cairo, and is a part of the Greater Cairo metropolis. Giza lies less than north of Memphis (''Men-nefer,'' today the village of Mit Rahina), which was the capital city of the unified Egyptian state during the reign of pharaoh Narmer, roughly 3100 BC. Giza is most famous as the location of the Giza Plateau, the site of some of the most impressive ancient monuments in the world, including a complex of ancient Egyptian royal mortuary and sacred structures, among which are the Great Sphinx, the Great Pyramid of Giza, and a number of other large pyramids and temples. Giza has always been a focal point in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guns And The Fury
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suad Husni
Soad Mohammad Kamal Hosny (, ; 26 January 1943 – 21 June 2001) was an Egyptian actress. She was known as the "Cinderella of the Screen" and one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and the Arab world. She is generally regarded as one of Egypt's most iconic female performers of the 20th-century, who played leading roles for many of the country's top directors, in a career spanning 83 films between 1959 and 1991, garnering several national and international accolades. Born in the Boulaq district of Cairo to an artistic family. Her father is Mohamed Hosni, who was one of the best Egyptian calligraphers. She is the sister of the singer Nagat El-Sagheera. She worked in the Egyptian Radio as a young child with Baba Sharo and was introduced for Film industry by Abdel Rahman El Khamisi. Her film debut was '' Hassan and Naima'' (1959), and she quickly rose to stardom at the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991 with nine films in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafika And Metwali
''Chafika et Metwal'' ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Soad Hosny and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Ali Badrakhan from a story by Salah Jahin. * Plot The film was based on a folktale about brother and sister Shafika and Metwally. Where the wayward sister (Souad Hosni) escapes her petty existence in a small Upper Egyptian village and moves to the city. Chafika's poverty finally takes her to acquire a bad reputation as a belly dancer and kept woman. Badrakhan gave the story an unconventional socio-political edge by setting it at the middle of the 19th century, when depraved Egyptian Pashas stopped at nothing to increase their wealth and influence, even if it meant trading in their own people's lives and sacrificing others’ integrity. Cast * Soad Hosny as Chafika * Ahmed Zaki as Metwalli * Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Diab * Ahmed Mazhar as Tarabishi Bek * Gami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Lutfi
Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Lotfi (; born Paula Mohamed Mostafa Shafik (); 3 January 1937 – 4 February 2020), was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the most popular actresses of Egyptian cinema's golden age. Early life Nadia was born in Cairo as Paula Mohamed Mostafa Shafiq to an Egyptian family, her father, Mohamed, and her mother, Fatma Khayri who named her daughter Paula after the name of a kind beautiful nun she met in the hospital. The family of Nadia Lutfi was Muslim. Career Paula began acting as a hobby; when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well. When the 24-year-old was about to make her screen debut in 1958, Omar Sharif was the reigning king of Egyptian cinema, and his wife, Egyptian superstar Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama (, ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
