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Shadia
Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2017), better known by her stage name Shadia ( ar, شادية, ''Shādiyya''), was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the third wife of Salah Zulfikar. ''Shadia'' was one of the iconic actresses and singers in Egypt and the Middle East region and a symbol of the golden age of Egyptian cinema and is known of her many patriotic songs. Her movies and songs are popular in Egypt and all the Arab World. Critics consider her the most successful comprehensive Egyptian and Arabic artist of all time. Her first appearance in a film was in ''"Azhar wa Ashwak"'' (''Flowers and Thorns''), and her last film was ''"La Tas'alni Man Ana"'' (''Don't Ask Me Who I Am''). She is also known for her patriotic song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love) and her breakthrough leading role in the Egyptian movie "''Al Maraa Al ...
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The Unknown Woman (film)
The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, arz, المرأة المجهولة, al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, Al-Murra Al-Maghoola, El murra el maghoula) 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, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola. It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that. Plot Fatima marries Dr. Ahmed and they give birth to Samir. She goes to visit her friend Souad, the police attack the place because it is suspicious and arrest everyone, including Fatima, she gets released but Ahmed divorces her. Fatima is forced to work as a singer in a Cabaret, the thug Abbas asks Fatima for a sum of money (a royalty) in order to protect her. Selling the lottery tickets, her son Samir becomes a famous lawyer, Abbas gets out of prison, and threatens Fatima in ...
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Salah Zulfikar
Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of Egyptian film industry. Zulfikar had roles in more than hundred feature films in multiple genres during a 37-year career, mostly as the leading actor. In 1996, in the centenary of Egyptian cinema, ten of his films as an actor and five of his films as a producer were listed in the Top hundred Egyptian films of the 20th century. Salah Zulfikar was one of Egypt's heroes in its battle against the occupation while serving in the police. His son, Egyptian entrepreneur Ahmed Zulfikar, mentioned in a 1994 press release that his father participated in the guerrilla war in Ismailia against the British in 1944, and his patriotism was without limits. Afterwards, Zul ...
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My Wife's Dignity
''My Wife's Dignity'' (Egyptian Arabic: كرامة زوجتي translit: ''Karamet Zawgati'' or ''Karamat Zawjati'') is 1967 Egyptian film written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. Plot Mahmoud is a womanizer. He spends all his time in relationships without thinking about marriage and tries to get close to Nadia, his club partner for five years, but she repels him, forcing him to ask for marriage and stipulates that before agreeing that if he betrays her, she will betray him in the same way. Mahmoud agrees and marries her, and she succeeds in turning him into another successful person in his working life. After months of marriage, the wife suspects her husband’s actions, then discovers his betrayal with one of his clients, and begins to act with him in a way that suggests that she is cheating on him, which makes him live in torment and pain, and when the suspicion increases, he divorces her and leaves Cairo to fo ...
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Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana ( ar, عبد الحليم علي شبانة), commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez ( ar, عبد الحليم حافظ,) (June 21, 1929 – March 30, 1977), was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer. He is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian musicians along with Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Mohamed Fawzi, and Shadia. As his popularity grew, he was given the nickname 'el-Andaleeb el-Asmar ( ar, العندليب الأسمر), meaning ''The Dark-Skinned Nightingale''. To date, he has sold over 80 million records. Early life Born Abdel Halim Ali Shabanah in El-Halawat in El Sharqia, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Cairo, he was the fourth child of Ali Ismail Shabanah. He had two brothers, Ismail and Mohamed, and one sister, Alyah. His mother died from labor complications three days after giving birth to him – something that made people around him believe that he brought bad luck. His father died ...
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Appointment With Life
Appointment with Life ( ar, موعد مع الحياة, ''Maw`ed Ma` al-Hayat'') is a 1953 Egyptian drama film directed, written and produced by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. The film stars Faten Hamama, Shoukry Sarhan and Shadia. Plot (Faten Hamama) plays Amal, the only daughter of a famous doctor, who lives with Fatimah (Shadia). Fatimah has a crush on Mamdouh, Amal's father, and Amal is in love with Ahmed (Shoukry Sarhan), an engineer. Amal's father learns of a deadly disease that his daughter has, and decides to hide the truth from her. The doctors have told him that she has only about six months to live, if she can not be cured. Amal finds out and her father faces her with the truth. He requests a talented foreign specialist, who was actually able to cure her disease. She, after recovering, marries her longtime love, Ahmed. Primary cast * Faten Hamama * Shukry Sarhan * Shadia Fatma Ahmed Kamal Shaker ( ar, فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 193128 November 2 ...
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Wakeful Eyes
Wakeful Eyes (Egyptian Arabic: ''عيون'' ''سهرانة'' translit: ''Uyoon Sahranah'' aliases: Sleepless Night) is a 1956 Egyptian romantic drama directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. The film stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. The film is Salah Zulfikar's film debut. Plot A good man "Saber Effendi" hardly settled for months in one house with his daughter Fatima. He claims to her that he works in a newspaper printing press, hates mixing with people, and takes pity on her from temptation. In the new residence, "Fatma" contacts the neighbor's son; “Salah” (Salah Zulfikar) who is a student in the last year of the Police College, and they are bound by love, so he goes to marry her from her father, where he works in the newspaper. The daughter discovers that her father does not work in that newspaper. She returns home and tells him about her discovery, and he confesses to her that he was a secretary to the prosecution. And he had another older daughter, who committed suicide to g ...
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My Wife, The Director General
My Wife, the Director General ( ar, مراتي مدير عام, translit.Miraty Modir 'Am) is a 1966 Egyptian Comedy film directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. It stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. The film is listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films of the 20th century. Plot Hussein Omar, the head of the projects department, is surprised by the transfer of his wife, Ismat Fahmy, as the general manager of the construction company he works for. This stems from many paradoxes from his co-workers and the different temperament of his wife in dealing with him at work from home. Cast * Salah Zulfikar as Hussein Omar * Shadia as Ismat Fahmy * Tawfik El Deken as Abou El Khir Hassanein * Yousuf Shaaban as the director's secretary * Shafik Nour El Din as Abdel 'Awy * Cariman as Aida * El Deif Ahmed as Hotel waiter * Adel Emam as Abou El Magd See also * Cinema of Egypt * Lists of Egyptian films * Salah Zulfikar filmography * List of Egyptian films of the 1960s Below are lists of films produced i ...
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Emad Hamdy
Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia El Guindy, and they had one son. Filmography * Al Souk Al Sawdaa (The Black Market) 1945. * Garam Badaweyya 1946. * Dayman Fe Qalbi (Always in my Heart) 1946. * Azhar W Ashwak 1947. * Al Tadheya Al Kobra 1947. * Layt Al Shabab 1948. * Al Wageb (Duty) 1948. * Shamshon Al Gabbar 1948. * Al Bayt Al Kebeer (The Big House) 1949. * Sitt al-Bayt 1949. * Al Sagena Raqam 17 1949. * Al Saqr (The Hawk) 1950. * Demaa Fel Saharaa (Blood in the Desert) 1950. * Ana al-Madi (I am the Past) 1951. * Mashgool Beghery 1951. * Wadaan Ya Gharamy (Goodbye my love) 1951. * Samaet Al Telephon 1951. * Zohoor Al Eslam 1951. * Ashky Lemeen 1951. * Men Gher Wadaa 1951. * Sayyedet Al Qetar (The Lady of the Train) 1952. * Al Manzel Raqam 13 (The House Number 13) 195 ...
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Farid Al-Atrash
Farid al-Atrash ( ar, فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1916 – December 26, 1974), also written Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor. Having immigrated to Egypt at the age of only nine years old with his mother and siblings, he studied there under numerous respected musicians. Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades—recording 500 songs and starring in 31 movies. Sometimes referred to as "malek al-oud", he is one of the most important figures of 20th- century Arab music. Early life Al-Atrash was born in Al-Qurayya, in southern Syria to the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army. His father was Syrian and his mother was Lebanese. As a young child, al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation. Later, they were naturalized by the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid's mother sang and played the Oud, wh ...
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My Wife's Goblin
''My Wife's Goblin'' also known as ''My Wife's Ghost'' ( arz, عفريت مراتي , translit. Afreet Meraty) is a 1968 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. Primary cast * Salah Zulfikar as Saleh * Shadia as Aida * Emad Hamdy as Raef * Adel Emam as Shafaey * Hassan Hussein as Lamey See also * Cinema of Egypt * Lists of Egyptian films * Salah Zulfikar filmography * List of Egyptian films of 1968 * List of Egyptian films of the 1960s Below are lists of films produced in Egypt in the 1960s. *List of Egyptian films of 1960 *List of Egyptian films of 1961 *List of Egyptian films of 1962 *List of Egyptian films of 1963 *List of Egyptian films of 1964 *List of Egyptian films of 19 ... References External links * My Wife's Goblin on elCinema* “Raw Narrative Walks on Two Feet.” ''Like a Summer Never to Be Repeated'', by Mohamed Berrada and Christina Phillips, American University in Cairo Press, Cairo; New York, 2009, pp. 139–154. ''JSTOR'', ww ...
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Mahmoud Zulfikar
Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar (18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He started his career as an architect, before becoming an actor in 1939. He was a major figure in Egyptian film industry. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in the Egyptian cinema, 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". Zulfikar was able to go beyond the limits of the film location with accurate calculations and through his imaginations, he could make his scripts alive. This earned him in Egypt the nickname of "The Event Maker". Early life Mahmoud Qasdy Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar was born on February 18, 1914 in Tanta, Egypt. His father, Ahmed Mourad Bek Zulfikar, served as a senior police commissioner in the Ministry of Interior and his mother Nabila hanem Zulfikar was a housewife. He was the fourth among eight siblings. ...
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Top 100 Egyptian Films
Top 100 Egyptian films aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Greatest 100 Egyptian films in 20th century or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema (Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما المصرية) is the result of a referendum in which many Egyptian critics participated in 1996 to choose the 100 best Egyptian films of the 20th century, as part of the activities of the Cairo International Film Festival in its 20th edition, on the occasion of the centenary of Egyptian cinema, which coincides with the first film screening in Egypt in 1896. The films were selected from 1927 (where ''Layla'' was shown, the first Egyptian feature-length film) until 1996, and were announced during the celebration that was held in 1996. The referendum was supervised by the writer Saad Eddin Wahba. Top 10 films Full list Record numbers As an actor and producer, Salah Zulfikar has a share of 13 films in the list, 5 of which as a producer (inclu ...
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