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Shukry Sarhan
Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (13 March 1925 – 19 March 1997, ), better known as Shoukry Sarhan (), was an Egyptian actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest Egyptian actors of all time. Life and career Sarhan was born in El Sharqiya, Egypt on 13 March 1925. He graduated from the "High Institute of Acting in Egypt" in 1947. In 1949, Sarhan acted in his first movie, ''Lahalibo'' (لهاليبو, "Lahaleebo"). His rise to stardom was in 1951 when Youssef Chahine, a famous Egyptian film director, chose him for the lead role in the movie '' Son of the Nile'' (ابن النيل, "''Ibn El-Nil''"). In 1957, he starred in Ezz El-Dine Zulficar's '' Return My Heart'' (رد قلبي, "''Rodda Qalbi''"). His notable films included Mahmoud Zulfikar's '' The Unknown Woman'' (المرأة المجهولة , "''Al-Mar'a Al-Maghoola''") Kamal El Sheikh's '' Chased by the Dogs'' (اللص والكلاب, "''Al-Less wal Kelab''") among many others. Sarhan had earned the title "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Republic (Egypt)
The Order of the Republic is an Egyptian order of knighthood. History The Order was founded in 1953 to celebrate the rebirth of the Egypt, Republic of Egypt. Classes The order is composed of the following classes of merit : * First class – Grand Cordon * Second class * Third class * Fourth class * Fifth class Insignia * The ''ribbon'' is green with golden and red borders. Notable recipients * Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain (24 January 1973) * Omar Sharaf, Egyptian diplomat (February 1973) * Ginandjar Kartasasmita, List of speakers of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia (1978) * Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia * L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces * Idham Chalid, Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia (1959) * Che Guevara, Argentine revolutionary (1959) * Hassan Shehata, Egyptian footballer (1980) * Charles III, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, King o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Zulfikar
Mahmoud Zulfikar (; February 18, 1914 – May 22, 1970) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director, Film producer, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was a major figure in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry. He started his career as an architect, before becoming starting his film career as an actor in 1939. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in Egypt. He was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the "Talent Finder". Growing up in an Nobility, aristocratic family. He's also the elder brother of filmmaker Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Ezz El-Din Zulfikar and actor Salah Zulfikar. He obtained his high school diploma in 1930, then a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1935. He joined the Ministry of Endowments in the Islamic Decorations Department. There, he met the director Hussein Fawzy, who nominated him for the Leading actor, lead role in the film ''Bayayet El Tiffah'' (1939), and al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Male Film Actors
''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of recorded history ** Egyptian cuisine, the local culinary traditions of Egypt * Egypt, the modern country in northeastern Africa ** Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in contemporary Egypt ** A citizen of Egypt; see Demographics of Egypt * Ancient Egypt, a civilization from c. 3200 BC to 343 BC ** Ancient Egyptians, ethnic people of ancient Egypt ** Ancient Egyptian architecture, the architectural structure style ** Ancient Egyptian cuisine, the cuisine of ancient Egypt ** Egyptian language, the oldest known language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family * Copts, the ethnic Egyptian Christian minority ** Coptic language or Coptic Egyptian, the latest stage of the Egyptian language, spoken in Egypt until the 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
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1925 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies which will be regarded by historians as the beginning of his dictatorship. * January 5 – Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor (Wyoming) in the United States. Twelve days later, Ma Ferguson becomes first female governor of Texas. * January 25 – Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden because of ill health, and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler. * January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic. February * February 25 – Art Gillham records (for Columbia Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Barakat
Henry Antoun Barakat (, 11 June 1914, Cairo – 27 May 1997, Cairo) was a well known Egyptian film director. Biography He was born in Shubra to a Melkite Greek Catholic father of Syro-Lebanese descent, and a Syro-Lebanese mother. His father, Dr. Antoun Barakat, was a physician and received the title of Beik by the King for the services he rendered. During a career spanning for 50 years. He worked in different eras of the Egyptian film industry, directed 65 films, many of which are considered notable in Egyptian cinema. He made a large number of films with a number of extremely famous stars, including ten films with Farid Al-Atrash, three films with Abdel Halim Hafez, three films with Layla Mourad, two films with Salah Zulfikar, two films with Sabah, two films with Mohamed Fawzy, two films with Fairuz, and two films with Hoda Sultan. However, the biggest share went to the Faten Hamama, with whom he directed 18 films, some of which are among the most important films in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 years old. Her earliest roles were minor, but her activity and gradual success helped to establish her as a distinguished Egyptian actress. Later revered as an icon in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian cinema. In 1996, nine of the films she starred in were included in the Top hundred films in the history of Egyptian cinema by the cinema critics of Cairo International Film Festival. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. After a seven-year hiatus from acting, Hamama returned in 2000 in what was a much anticipated television series, ''Wajh al-Qamar, Wageh El Amar'' (وجه القمر, ''Face of the Moon''). Hamama substantially helped in improving the cinema industry in Egypt and emphasizing the importance of Women in film, women in cinema and Egyptian society. In 2000, she was selected as Star of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced Land reform in Egypt, far-reaching land reforms the following year. Following a 1954 Attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser, assassination attempt on his life by a Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization, put President Mohamed Naguib under house arrest and assumed executive office. He was 1956 Egyptian referendum, formally elected president in June 1956. Nasser's popularity in Egypt and the Arab world skyrocketed after his Suez Canal Authority, nationalization of the Suez Canal and his political victory in the subsequent Suez Crisis, known in Egypt as the ''Tripartite Aggression''. Calls for Arab Union, pan-Arab unity under his leadership increased, culminating with the formation of the United Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chased By The Dogs
''Chased by the Dogs'' or ''The Thief and the Dogs'' (, translit. El less wal kilab) is a 1962 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh, based on the 1961 novel ''The Thief and the Dogs'' by Naguib Mahfouz. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Shadia as Nour * Shukry Sarhan as Saeed Mahran * Kamal Al-Shennawi as Raouf Elwan * Samir Sabri as Taleb * Fakher Fakher * Salah Mansour See also * List of submissions to the 35th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal El Sheikh
Kamal El Sheikh (; 2 February 1919 – 2 January 2004) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987, with eight of them in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. He was known in the fifties and early sixties as "Hitchcock of Egypt" because of his influence on the cinema of the well-known British director. Selected filmography * ''Malak al-Rahma'' (1946 - editor) * ''Al-Manzel Raqam 13'' (1952) * ''Hob wa Dumoo`'' (1955) * ''Life or Death (film), Life or Death'' (1955) * ''Ard al-Salam'' (1957) * ''Sayyidat al-Qasr'' (1958) * ''Hobbi al-Wahid'' (1960) * ''Malaak wa Shaytan'' (1960) * ''Lan Aataref'' (1961) * ''Chased by the Dogs'' (1962) * ''Last Night (1964 film), Last Night'' (1964) *''Three Thieves (1966 film), Three Thieves'' (Story 3) (1966) *''The Man Who Lost His Shadow, The Man who lost his Shadow'' (1968) *''Sunset and Sunrise (film), Sunset and Sunrise'' (1970) *''Whom Should We Shoot?'' (1975) *''The Peacock (1982 film), The Peacock'' (1982) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unknown Woman (film)
''The Unknown Woman'' (Pseudonym, aliases: ''The Anonymous Woman'', ) is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar. It is based on the play ''Madame X''. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal el-Shennawi, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola. ''The Unknown Woman'' was produced and distributed by El Nasr Films Company and was released in Egypt on December 7, 1959, followed by the worldwide release. The film received high reviews, and It was the List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union, highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only Cinema of Africa, African film to ever achieve this box-office success. The film was remade in 1978 under the title :ar:%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9 %D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1 %D9%8A%D8%A7 %D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A (%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85), Life is Wasted, My Son (ضاع العمر يا ولدي). The film revolves in 1930, around Fatima who marries Dr. Ahmed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
