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Furigat
''Furigat'' (, translated as ''All's Well'') is an Egyptian film released on July 2, 1951. The film is directed by Hussein Fawzi, features a screenplay by Abo El Seoud El Ebiary, and stars Naima Akef, Mohsen Sarhan, Abbas Fares, and Hassan Fayek. The plot revolves around a belly dancer named Sett al-Kul who dreams of fame and money fronting a traveling music group. She sees her opportunity when her father returns a wealthy woman's lost purse, whereupon she offers to perform in the grandee's band. Synopsis The musicians of the Ataba and Zamar neighborhoods of Cairo are down on their luck and squatting in a coffee shop without regular gigs. Qanun (instrument), Qanun player Abu al-Khair (Abu al-Khair), currently unemployed like the rest, leads an informal troupe while his daughter Sett al-Kul (Naima Akef sings and belly dance, dances in a cabaret together with their neighbor Karawan (Hassan Fayek) and his daughter Sobia (Nawal Baghdadi). When the cabaret director tries to sell Sett al- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussein Fawzi
Husayn Fawzi Al-Najjar (; November 16, 1918 – December 10, 2003) was an Egyptian historian, Political Scientist, political scientist, strategist, and Islamic scholar. During his career, he published over 55 books on Middle Eastern History of the Middle East, history and political science, politics. Career Husayn Fawzi Al-Najjar graduated in 1940 from Fu'ād al-Awwal University (King Fuad I University, now Cairo University), where he majored in history. In the same year, he also graduated from the Egyptian Military Academy, Royal Egyptian Military Academy reserve forces. His class was the first of the reserve forces to attain the rank of army officers. He attended the Institute of Journalism and the Institute of Education at the university. In 1941, he began his career as an officer in the army and took an active part in World War II and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. From 1950 to 1954, he taught Russian history at the Egyptian military academy. In 1952, he played an active role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohsen Sarhan
Mohsen Sarhan (; 6 January 1914 in Port Said – 7 February 1993 in Cairo) was an Egyptian actor in multiple films and as part of the National Troupe. Biography One of his performances as part of the National Troupe received praise from ''The Scribe Arab Review''. He was once married to Samiha Ayoub, who has been referred to as "Arab theatre's leading lady". Selected filmography *''Bint el-Basha el-Mudir'' (1938) *''Ibn El-balad'' (1942) *''Furigat ''Furigat'' (, translated as ''All's Well'') is an Egyptian film released on July 2, 1951. The film is directed by Hussein Fawzi, features a screenplay by Abo El Seoud El Ebiary, and stars Naima Akef, Mohsen Sarhan, Abbas Fares, and Hassan Fayek. T ...'' (1951) *'' Lak Yawm Ya Zalem'' (1951) *'' The Final Encounter'' (1953) *'' Deprived Lover'' (1954) *'' Min alqatil'' (1956) *'' Inni Attahim'' (1960) *'' Kuwait Connection'' (1973) *'' Truth Has a Voice'' (1976) *'' Howa wa heya'' (1985) (TV miniseries) References 1914 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (also credited as ''Aboul Soud Ibiary'', ''Abu Seoud El-Ibiary''; ) (November 9, 1910 – March 17, 1969) was an Egyptian comic screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, and journalist. He wrote for journalism in the 1950s in "Al Kawakeb" (or "The Planets") and "Ahl Al Fann" (or "People of Art") magazines entitled "Yawmeyat Abo El Seoud El Ebiary" (or "Abo El Seoud El Ebiary's Diaries"). Called many names such as the "Molière Al Sharq," the "Molière Of The East", the "Ostaz Al Comedia" or "The Comedy Professor", "Al Nahr Al Motadafeq" or "The Flowing River", "Joker Al Aflam" or "The Joker Of Movies", "Manjam Al Zahab" or "The Gold Astrologer", and "Al Gabal Al Dahek" or "The Comic Mountain". El Ebiary wrote more than sixty-four comic plays too, most of them were starring the comedian Ismail Yasin, more than three hundred Arabic songs and more than five hundred Egyptian movies, which represents 17% of the history of the Egyptian and Arab cinema. Filmograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Fares
ʻAbbās Fāres (;22 April 1902 – 13 February 1978) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1929 and 1971. Selected filmography * '' The Will'' (1939) * '' A Night of Love'' (1951) * ''Furigat ''Furigat'' (, translated as ''All's Well'') is an Egyptian film released on July 2, 1951. The film is directed by Hussein Fawzi, features a screenplay by Abo El Seoud El Ebiary, and stars Naima Akef, Mohsen Sarhan, Abbas Fares, and Hassan Fayek. T ...'' (1951) * '' The Monster'' (1954) * '' The Poor Millionaire'' (1959) * '' Watch Out for ZouZou'' (1972) * '' In Desert and Wilderness'' (1973) External links * 1902 births 1978 deaths Egyptian male film actors 20th-century Egyptian male actors {{Egypt-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Akef
Naima Akef (, ; 7 October 1929 – 23 April 1966) was an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She was prolific during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta The Nile Delta (, or simply , ) is the River delta, delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the eas .... Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus (run by her grandfather), which was one of the best known circuses at the time. She started performing in the circus at the age of four, and quickly became one of the most popular acts with her acrobatic skills. Her family was based in the Bab el Khalq district of Cairo, but they traveled far and wide in order to perform. Career Dancing The circus disbanded when Akef was 14, but this was only the beginning of her career. Her grandfather had many connecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait border, the north and Saudi Arabia to Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border, the south. With a coastline of approximately , Kuwait also shares a maritime border with Iran, across the Persian Gulf. Kuwait is a city-state, most of the country's population reside in the urban area, urban agglomeration of Kuwait City, the capital and largest city. , Kuwait has a population of 4.82 million, of which 1.53 million are Kuwaiti nationality law, Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.29 million are Expatriates in Kuwait, foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Kuwait has the world's third List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population, largest number of foreign nationals as a percentage of the population, where its citizens make up less th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toson Moatamed
Toson may refer to: * Tōson Shimazaki (1872-1943), a Japanese author * Tosǒn (826-898), also romanized as Doseon Doseon Guksa (a.k.a. Yogong Seonsa, Yeongi Doseon) was a Koreans, Korean Buddhist monk (826-898) who lived during the decline of the Silla Dynasty, just prior to the foundation of the Goryeo Dynasty. At least 70 temples, monasteries and Hermitag ..., a Korean Buddhist monk and geomancer * Tahani Toson (born 1971), Egyptian volleyball player {{Disambiguation, human name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounir Al-Fangari
Muneer (also spelled Moneer, Monir, Mounir, or Muneyr, , meaning ''illuminating'', ''lightsome'', ''bright'', ''luminous'') is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to: Given name * Muneer Ahmad, American professor of law * {{anbl, Mounir Akbache * Munir Akram (born 1945), Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008 * Munir al-Rayyes (1901-1992), was a prominent Syrian newspaper editor and writer * Munir Awad (born 1981), citizen of Sweden who has fallen under suspicion of an association with terrorism * Muneer Ahmed Badini (born 1953), Pakistani writer * Munir Bashir (1930-1997), Assyrian musician * Munir Bhatti (died 2024), Pakistani field hockey player * Münir Ertegün (1883-1944), Turkish politician * Muneer Fareed (born 1956), American scholar * Münir Hüsrev Göle (1890–1955), Turkish politician * Munir El Haddadi (born 1995), Moroccan footballer * Mounir El Hamdaoui (born 1984), Dutch-Moroccan footballer * Monir Haidar, Bangladeshi journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widad Hamdi
Wedad Hamdi () was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid. Early life Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years. Hamdi started her career as a singer. Career Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's ''This Was My Father's Crime'' (1945). She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play ''Tamr Henna''. Personal life Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy. Murder Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name. Selected filmography Film *''This Was My Father's Crime'' (1945) *''Bread and Salt'' (1949) *''The Love Office'' (1950) *''A Million Pounds'' (1954) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Atleh
Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottish surname and a list of people with that surname Places * Hassan (crater), an impact crater on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn Africa * Abou El Hassan District, Algeria *Hassan Tower, the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat, Morocco * Hassan I Dam, on the Lakhdar River in Morocco *Hassan I Airport, serving El Aaiún, Western Sahara Americas *Chanhassen, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States * Hassan Township, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota, United States Asia *Hassan, Karnataka, a city and district headquarters in Karnataka, India **Hassan District, a district headquartered in Karnataka, India **Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency) ** Hassan Airport, Karnataka *Hasan, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran *Hasan, North Khora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulbul
The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands of the Indian Ocean. There are 166 species in 32 genera. While different species are found in a wide range of habitats, the African species are predominantly found in rainforest, whereas Asian bulbuls are predominantly found in more open areas. Taxonomy The family Pycnonotidae was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 as a subfamily Pycnonotinae of the thrush family Turdidae. The Persian word ''bulbul'' (بلبل) is sometimes used to refer to the " nightingale" as well as the bulbul, but the English word ''bulbul'' refers to the birds discussed in this article. A few species that were previously considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qanun (instrument)
The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon (; ; ; , ''qanun''; , ''qānūn''; ; ; ) is a Middle Eastern string instrument played either solo, or more often as part of an ensemble, in much of Iran, Arab East, and Arab Maghreb region of North Africa, later it reached West Africa, Central Asia due to Arab migration. It was also common in ancient (and modern-day) Armenia, and Greece. The name derives ultimately from Ancient Greek: κανών kanōn, meaning "rule, law, norm, principle". The qanun traces one of its origins to a stringed Assyrian instrument from the Old Assyrian Empire, specifically from the nineteenth century BC in Mesopotamia. This instrument came inscribed on a box of elephant ivory found in the old Assyrian capital Nimrud (ancient name: ''Caleh''). The instrument is a type of large zither with a thin trapezoidal soundboard that is famous for its unique melodramatic sound. Etymology The name derives ultimately . The qanun traces one of its origins to a stringed As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
