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Alwiya Gamil
Alwiya Gamil () was an Egyptian actress of Lebanese origin whose real name was Elisabeth Khalil Majdalani. She was born in Lebanon on December 15, 1910 and immigrated with her parents to Egypt. Career Gamil began her career at the age of 15 when she joined Youssef Wahbi's performing group Ramesses in 1925. It is believed that Wahbi gave her the stage name. Gamil is known for her notable roles in '' Zainab'' (1930), '' Victory of Youth'' (1941), '' Berlanti'' (1944). She also appeared in ''No Agreement'' (1961) '' The Cursed Palace'' (1962) and '' A Wife From Paris'' (1996). She retired in 1967. Personal life Gamil married twice. Her second marriage was in 1939 to the Egyptian actor, Mahmoud el-Meliguy. They did not have children but raised her three children from her first marriage together. Gamil died on August 16, 1994. See also * Lists of Egyptians The following is a list of some of the notable Egyptians inside and outside of Egypt: Actors Male actors * Abdel Moneim M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Mahmoud el-Meligy (, ; 22 December 1910 – 6 June 1983) was an Egyptian screenwriter and an actor of film, theater, and television. He started his career playing minor roles but achieved stardom in the late 1930s. A popular and award-winning actor, he has acted in hundreds of films and was famous for his evil, villain roles. Career El-Meligy is the descendant of an Egyptian family that took its name from the Egyptian city of Melieg in Monufia Governorate Monufia ( ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. Monufia’s name was derived from the hieroglyphic word “Nafr”, which means “The Good Land”. It is located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, to the south of Gharbia .... His breakthrough role came when Mohamed Abdel Wahab chose him to star in the film ''Lastu Mallak'' (''I'm Not an Angel''). He was paid 900 Egyptian pounds and quickly achieved stardom. People praised him for the villain role he played in that film, and film critics describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the coastline. Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of . Beirut is the country's capital and largest city. Human habitation in Lebanon dates to 5000 BC. From 3200 to 539 BC, it was part of Phoenicia, a maritime civilization that spanned the Mediterranean Basin. In 64 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire and the subsequent Byzantine Empire. After the seventh century, it Muslim conquest of the Levant, came under the rule of different Islamic caliphates, including the Rashidun Caliphate, Rashidun, Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid. The 11th century saw the establishment of Christian Crusader states, which fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Wahbi
Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb () (14 July 1898 – 17 October 1982) was an Egyptian stage, film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of all time, who also served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. He was born to a high state official in Egypt but renounced his family's wealth and traveled to Rome in the 1919 to study theatre, married with Elena Lunda. Besides his stage work, he acted in around 50 films in Egyptian cinema, starting with ''Awlad al-Zawat'' ('' Sons of Aristocrats,'' 1932) to "Iskanderiya... lih?" ('' Alexandria... Why?'', 1978). Early life Youssef Wahbi was born into an Egyptian family, from the Fayoum region. He was named after the place where he was born, ''Bahr Yussef'' and his father worked as an inspector in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. Career In 1926, Turkish filmmaker Vedat Örfi Bengü approached Wahbi to play the role of the Prophet Muhammed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesses (troupe)
Ramesses or Ramses may refer to: Ancient Egypt Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty * Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty * Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, a son of Ramesses II Pharaohs of the twentieth dynasty * Ramesses III, adversary of the Sea Peoples * Ramesses IV * Ramesses V * Ramesses VI * Ramesses VII * Ramesses VIII * Ramesses IX * Ramesses X * Ramesses XI Locations * Pi-Ramesses, founded by pharaoh Ramesses II on the former site of Avaris Books * The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned, a novel by Anne Rice * The ''Ramses'' (''Ramsès'') series of five best-selling historical novels, by French author and Egyptologist Christian Jacq Entertainers and artists * Albert Marchinsky, an illusionist whose stage name was "The Great Rameses" * Ramases, an early-1970s-era British musician * Ramsés VII, pseudonym used by Argentine singer-songwriter Tanguito (1945-197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaynab (film)
''Zaynab'' is a 1930 Egyptian silent film directed by Mohammed Karim. It is based on the 1913 novel under the same name by Mohammed Hussein Heikal. The film stars Bahiga Hafez and Zaki Rostom. Plot A love story between Zaynab who works as a wage earner on agricultural lands and Ibrahim who supervises the farming of these lands. Her family rejects their marriage and make her marry a wealthy man, while Ibrahim gets drafted in the army leaving his sweetheart behind. Staff * Directed by: Mohammed Karim * Written by: Mohammed Hussein Heikal * Cinematography: Mohamed Abdel Azim, Hassan Murad, Gaston Madre * Editing: Mohammed Karim * Music: Bahiga Hafez * Producer: Youssef Wahbi * Production studio: Ramses Film Cast Primary cast * Bahiga Hafez as Zaynab * Zaki Rostom as Hassan * Sirag Mounir as Ibrahim * Dawlat Abyad as Zaynab's mother * Hassan Kamal as Mayor Supporting cast * Hussein Aser * Alwiya Gamil * Munira Ahmed * Sayeda Fahmy * Abdelkader El-Messiri * Hassan Ahmadi * Gamal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intisar Al-Shabab
''Intisar al-Shabab'' (') is an Egyptian film released in 1941. It was the first film featuring sibling actor-singers Asmahan and her brother Farid al-Atrash, the latter of whom composed all the songs in the film. Al-Atrash presented the operetta-within-a-film ''ليلة في الأندلس'' (“A Night in Andalusia”), the first of several lyrical theatre pieces in Egyptian cinema, including text from poet Ahmed Rami quoted from The Barber of Seville. The operetta includes two acts with four scenes and features music in the maqam of Ajam. When the film was shown in southern Syria in 1941, the Druze tribal men shot rifles the screen in reaction to seeing actress Asmahan, who came from a noble Druze family, shown in the film in make-up and dressed in Western-style clothing. Synopsis Waheed (Farid al-Atrash) and his sister Nadia ( Asmahan) leave the Levant by train to follow their acting dreams, and on the train they meet teacher Al-Attar ( Abdel Fatah Al Kasri). Al-Attar invites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlanti (film)
''Berlanti'' () is a 1944 Egyptian drama film written, directed by and starring Youssef Wahbi and Nour Al Hoda. It was produced by Ahmed Darwish for Studio Misr and was released on January 1, 1944 by Studio Misr. Synopsis After the death Berlanti's father, she became depressed and her mother becomes ill, so Berlanti is forced to work as a singer so that she can be psy for her mother’s treatment. The lawyer Sami marries her. Berlanti sees that she is standing in the way of Sami's success. She sacrifices her reputation so that he can leave her. He believes this and expels her and they got divorced. He marries the Samiha anfter and then Berlanti is accused of murder. And Samy steps up to defend her. Staff * Directed and written by: Youssef Wahbi * Cinematography: Mohamed Abdel Azim * Music: **Riad Al Sunbati **Mohamed El Qasabgi **Mohamed El Kahlawy * Producer: Ahmed Darwish * Production studio: Studio Misr * Distributor: Studio Misr * Costumes: Helmy Rafla Cast * Youssef Wahb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cursed Palace
The Cursed Palace also known as The Accursed Castle (, translit: ''Al Qasr Al Mal’oun'') is 1962 Egyptian horror film starring Salah Zulfikar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and directed by Hassan Reda. Synopsis Fahmy, a rich and paralyzed man, asked the young lawyer, Hassan, to make his will for him. When Hassan returned to present the will to Fahmy and found that he had changed his mind due to the appearance of some signs of madness on his daughter, who was constantly saying that she had seen someone kill her father in the dark, Hassan, with the help of his colleague Fathi, tried to find the secret key. He was suspected of Negeya and the palace servant's marina. The ghosts and strange sounds in the night made the atmosphere very tense, and after several incidents things gradually became clear. Fahmy's twin brother was recently released from prison, so he replaced his brother after he imprisoned him in a secret hall at the bottom of the palace to kill him in time. The criminal brother's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Wife From Paris
''A Wife from Paris'' (, translit. ''Zawga Mn Paris'') is a 1966 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Atef Salem. in arabic Cast * Salah Zulfikar as Dr. Wagih * Roushdy Abaza as Nagi * Fouad El Mohandes as Daoud * Nabila Ebeid as Samia * Karima El Sherif (Dr. Wagih’s wife, also named Samia) * Ahmed al-Haddad (Othman, a professor) * Amin El-Heinedy (Sheikh Hawash, the Al-Masih ad-Dajjal or Muslim Antichrist) * Abdel Ghani Nagdi (Abdel Dayem) * Hussein Ismail (Imran) * Hassan Atla (delivery truck owner) * Sayed Abdullah (mayor) * Poussi (Abdel Dayem’s daughter) * Ibrahim Hechmat (Badr, one of the men at the oasis) * Alwiya Gamil (Dr. Wagih’s mother-in-law) * Eskandar Mansy (station official) * Mary Bay Bay Synopsis An oasis named Paris hosts a small town in the New Valley Governorate. As the 1952 Egyptian revolution brews, Dr. Wagih flees there, but his wife Samia refuses to follow him under pressure from her mother. Samia returns to Cairo, and Dr. Wagih is le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Egyptians
The following is a list of some of the notable Egyptians inside and outside of Egypt: Actors Male actors * Abdel Moneim Madbouly * Adel Emam * Ahmed Zaki * Ahmed El-Fishawy * Ahmed El Sakka * Ahmed Ezz * Ahmed Helmy * Ahmed Malek * Ahmed Mekky * Ahmed Ramzy * Ali Mansur * Amr Waked * Anwar Wagdy * Ashraf Abdel Baqi * Emad Hamdy * Ezzat Abou Aouf * Fareed Shawky * George Sidhom * Hassan Youssef * Hussein Fahmy * Ismail Yaseen * Kamal El Shennawy * Kal Naga * Karim Abdel Aziz * Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz * Maged el-Kedwany * Mostafa Amar * Mena Massoud * Mohamed Emam * Mohamed Ramadan * Nour El-Sherif * Omar Sharif, Academy Award nominee * Rushdy Abaza * Rami Malek, Academy Award winner * Ramy Youssef * Saeed Saleh * Salah Zulfikar * Samir Ghanem * Shoukry Sarhan * Stephan Rosti * Yehia Chahine * Youssef El Sherif Actresses * Amena Rizk * Amina Khalil * Assia Dagher * Asmaa Abulyazeid * Aziza Amir * Bahiga Hafez * Bushra * Donia S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 Births
Events January * January 6 – Abé language, Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan becomes a protectorate of the British Empire. * January 11 – Charcot Island is discovered by the Antarctic expedition led by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot on the ship ''Pourquoi-Pas (1908), Pourquoi Pas?'' Charcot returns from his expedition on February 11. * January 12 – Great January Comet of 1910 first observed (perihelion: January 17). * January 15 – Amidst the constitutional crisis caused by the House of Lords rejecting the People's Budget the January 1910 United Kingdom general election is held resulting in a hung parliament with neither Liberals nor Conservatives gaining a majority. * January 21 – 1910 Great Flood of Paris, The Great Flood of Paris begins when the Seine over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
