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Fateen Abdel Wahab
Fatin Abdel Wahab (; 22 November 1913 – 12 May 1972) was an Egyptian film director. He directed 52 films between 1949 and 1970. His 1961 film ''Wife Number 13'' was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1965 film '' Driven from Paradise'' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Awards It won the Lion’s Share award in the list of the 100 best comedies in Egyptian cinema, and the list included 17 works, based on the selection of the Alexandria Film Festival for the Red Sea Countries and the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics. Filmography * '' Al-Ustazah Fatimah'' (1952) * ''Miss Hanafi'' (1954) * '' Ismail Yassine in the Navy'' (1957) * '' Hamido's son'' (1957) * ' (1957) () * ''A Rumor of Love'' (1960) * ''Wife Number 13'' (1961) * ''Bride of the Nile'' (1963) * '' Driven from Paradise'' (1965) * '' Three Thieves'' (1966) * ''My Wife, the Director General'' (1966) * ''My Wife's Dignity'' (1967) * ''My Wife's Gobl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damietta
Damietta ( ' ) is a harbor, port city and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the Damietta branch, an eastern distributary of the Nile Delta, from the Mediterranean Sea, and about north of Cairo. It was a Catholic Diocese, bishopric and is a multiple titular see. It is also a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Etymology The modern name of the city comes from its Coptic name Tamiati ( ), which in turn most likely comes from Ancient Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian (, "mooring, port, town") and :wikt:𓊖, t:O49 (), a determinative used for towns and cities, although al-Maqrizi suggested a Syriac language, Syriac etymology. History Mentioned by the 6th-century geographer Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was called ''Tamíathis'' () in the Hellenistic period. Under the Rashidun Caliphate, Rashid caliph Umar (579–644), the Arabs took the city and successfully resisted the attempts by the Byzantine Empire to recover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rumor Of Love
''A Rumor of Love'' (aka ''The Love Rumor''; Arabic: إشاعة حب – ''Eshaet Hob'' or ''Ishayat hub'') is a 1960 Egyptian film by the director Fatin Abdel Wahab. The movie tells a story of a young man and the trouble he goes through to court the girl he is in love with. With the help of his uncle, the father of the girl, he manages to make her fall in love with him – but not after the entire town hears rumors about his womanizing ways. The film based on ''The Whole Town's Talking'', a play by Anita Loos and John Emerson.The Film's page on El Cinema.comSee (in Arabic)/ref> Plot Eshaet Hob starts with the introduction of a wealthy business man, Abdel Qader El Nashashgi ( Youssef Wahby), and his eccentric family – his outspoken wife, Bahiga (Ehsan Elsherif), his two nephews, Hussein (Omar Sharif) and Mahroos (Abdel-Menam Ibrahim), and his beautiful daughter, Samiha (Soad Hosny). Hussein, a lowly writer turned-manager in his uncle’s firm, is desperately in love with Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Deaths
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, mean solar time [the legal time scale], its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908 in science#Astronomy, 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 – The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' catches fire and sinks in Hong Kong's Victoria harbor while undergoing conversion to a floating university. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 – First Balkan War: Greece completes its Battle of Chios (1912), capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing Ulster loyalism, loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 18 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Enver Pasha comes to power. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of Hypocrisy
''Land of Hypocrisy'' (, translit. Ard el Nifaq) is a 1968 Egyptian comedy-drama film by Fatin Abdel Wahab. It is based on Yusuf Sibai's novel of the same name. The novel was previously depicted in the 1950 Egyptian film ''Virtue for Sale''. Cast * Fouad El Mohandes as Masoud Abu El Saad * Shwikar as Ilham * Samiha Ayoub as Susu * Hassan Mostafa as Uweiga Afandi (The manager) * Abdelrahim El Zarakany as The shopkeeper See also * Cinema of Egypt * Lists of Egyptian films * List of Egyptian films of the 1960s * List of Egyptian films of 1968 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 number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links * Land of Hypocrisy on elCinema 1960s Arabic-language films 1968 films 1968 comedy-drama films Egyptian comedy-drama films Films based on Egyptian novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife's Goblin
''My Wife's Goblin'' also known as ''My Wife's Ghost'' (, translit. Afreet Meraty) is a 1968 Egyptian romantic comedy film directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. Plot Aida and Saleh are married, Aida suffers from emptiness due to her husband Saleh's constant preoccupation with his work or with his friends. She fills her free time by watching movies. However, her constant viewing of movies causes her to impersonate characters. Sometimes she plays the heroine of "Ghada al-Kamelia," other times she plays Raya after watching the movie "Raya and Sakina." Another time she causes a scandal for her husband when she impersonates Irma Lados in the presence of her husband's guests who have come to the house with their manager to congratulate him on his promotion. After all of Saleh's failed attempts to treat his wife, his friend Raef suggested a plan to treat Aida by making her believe that her husband Saleh's real name is Hawash Hankoura and that he has a criminal past and that he has returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. The film was produced by Ramses Naguib for Ramses Naguib#Filmography, Ramses Naguib Films and was released on September 18, 1967 by Cairo Cinema Distribution Corporation. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wife, The Director General
My Wife, the Director General (, 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 * Kariman as Aida * El Deif Ahmed as Hotel waiter * Adel Emam as Abou El Magd * Abdul Mohsen Selim as Suleiman * Hussein Ismail as The janitor * Hala Fakher as Nawal * Nabila El-Sayed as The Maid * Hassan Atlah as Abu Khalil * Muhammad Shawqi as the driver See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Thieves (1966)
Three Thieves also known as 3 Robbers (Egyptian Arabic: ثلاثة لصوص translit: ''Thalathat lousous'' french:''Trois voleurs'') is a 1966 Egyptian film. It tells 3 separate stories about three thieves. The film is written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and produced by Salah Zulfikar. Yehia Chahine played the role of the judge. First story: The gold thief Plot The events revolve around Mohsen, an employee who is transferred to Cairo. He searches for an apartment to live in. He finds an apartment, but is surprised by its high price. He requires that he buy meat from the owner of the apartment who owns a butcher's shop. He gets to know the butcher's wife and goes to her apartment and gives him some of her gold. The wife is against someone else who comes to buy another apartment, the wife refuses to meet Mohsen and he decides to steal the wife's gold. Cast * Salah Zulfikar: (Mohsen) * Hind Rostom: (Narges - Madbouly's wife) * Saeed Abu Bakr: (Musad Al-Bawab) * Mohamed Reda: (Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bride Of The Nile
''Bride of The Nile'' (, translit. A'roos El Nil, aliases: Nile's Bride) is a 1963 Egyptian fantasy film directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab. It stars Lobna Abdel Aziz and Rushdy Abaza. Cast * Lobna Abdel Aziz as Hamis * Rushdy Abaza as Samy Fouad * Shwikar as Didi * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim as Fathy * Fouad Shafik as Doctor Hassan See also * Cinema of Egypt * Lists of Egyptian films * 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 o ... References External links * 1963 films 1960s Arabic-language films 1960s fantasy films Egyptian fantasy films Films directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab 1960s Egyptian films Arabic-language fantasy films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Economy of Lebanon, Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important Port of Beirut, seaport for the country and region, and rated a Global City, Beta- World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
