Interest in the 'golden age' of Egyptian cinema has reignited online. Harnessing the aesthetics and personality of the once-towering industry, Abdulrhman Mohamed's art acts as a creative portal into Egyptian cinema and the creative national psyche.
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Fairouz, also spelled Fayrouz, Fairuz, and Fayruz, byname of Nuhād al-Ḥaddād, (born November 20, 1934? [see Researcher’s Note], Beirut, Lebanon), Lebanese singer and actress widely considered to be one of the most celebrated Arab singers of the 20th century. Fairouz’s husband was Assi Rahbani, who along with his brother Mansour Rahbani known together as the Rahbani Brothers wrote and composed the majority of the songs and plays that Fairouz performed from the mid-1950s until Assi suffered a debilitating stroke in 1973. Subsequently Fairouz began collaborating, separately, with her son and daughter Ziad and Rima Rahbani.
Fairouz was born Nuhad al-Haddad, the first
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Togo Mizrahi: The stateless pioneer of Egyptian cinema
Deborah Starr s Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema Date of publication: 20 January, 2021 Share this page:
Every human being has multiple identities, I am a human being, I am Egyptian when Egyptians are oppressed, I am Black when Blacks are oppressed, I am Jewish when Jews are oppressed and I am Palestinian when Palestinians are oppressed
Chehata Haroun
He made films with Layla Mourad and Umm Kulthum, served as the secretary of the Union of Egyptian Cinema, was feted by the local press as the director who does the Egyptian film industry proud but was then quickly forgotten. However, a new book by Deborah Starr,