Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz, (born December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt—died August 30, 2006, Cairo), Egyptian novelist and screenplay writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, the first Arabic writer to be so honoured.

Works

Haret Naguib Mahfouz

a documentary about the life of the writer Naguib Mahfouz

Charactersd Himself

Jamila, the Algerian

Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Release Date1958-12-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count7

Saladin the Victorious

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Release Date1963-02-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count32

Morning and Evening Talk

The latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.

Release Date2001-11-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count28

Vote Count3

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.

Release Date1998-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count48

Bayn El Samaa W El Ard

In a Cairo building, the elevator breaks down with a number of strangers trapped inside, leading to first-time introductions under severe stress that causes many paradoxes, as the individual stories of each person are revealed.

Release Date2021-04-12

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Film Writer

Episode Count15

Vote Count3

The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice

The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice

Release Date1981-09-09

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count7

Heart of Night

Heart of Night

As Ga'far rebels against his grandfather's domineering attitude and weds a poor shepherdess, his grandfather kicks him out. After a while, Ga'far weds a wealthy woman, kickstarting an existential crisis as he tries to define who he is.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count15

The Beginning and the End

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

Release Date1994-06-24

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count15

حضرة المحترم

حضرة المحترم

Release Date1999-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count5

Forbidden

Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden)

Release Date1972-06-13

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Rayya and Sekina

In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Police work to unravel its secrets. Officer Ahmed is preparing a plan to uncover who's behind it and it turns out to be the gang of Raya and Sakina, who were targeting women to steal their jewelry.

Release Date1952-02-23

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10

The Beginning and the End

Set in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.

Release Date1960-10-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9

Three Stories

The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .. Tell the story of a courier in a government service approached the age of the pension did not enjoy his life at all decides to embezzlement of employees salaries and travel to Alexandria with one of the girls on the street to enjoy several weeks He was convinced that he did not harm anyone because all the employees did not need a salary except for one employee who was burdened with social burdens.

Release Date1968-02-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Empire M

Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Release Date1972-11-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

The Thug

Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid and after a while he separates and marries Hossnyia. Haridy forms an alliance against Abu Zaid, but he soon becomes more powerful and his condition turns to worse.

Release Date1957-04-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

The Thief and the Dogs

This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.

Release Date1962-11-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count12

Karnak

In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.

Release Date1975-12-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count9

We the Students

Three students, Adel, Hassanein, and Samir, face personal struggles. Adel is rejected by his father for loving his neighbor’s daughter, Hassanein seeks revenge for his father’s murder, and Samir deals with parental neglect after his parents’ divorce. Samir’s relationship with a maid leads to complications, prompting him to seek help from a dancer, Gamalat, for an abortion. The trio robs a bar for abortion money but finds it insufficient. Saidyh dies during the abortion, and Gamalat’s call to neighbors and the police results in their arrest and a fifteen-year prison sentence.

Release Date1959-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

The Bullies of Boulak

Mahrous joins the supporters of the teacher Abbas Fatwa Bulaq neighborhood, which pledges his former bully teacher Memon to avenge him from the teacher Atwa, who injured him in one of the battles and caused his inability to move, bully Abbas asked Mahrous to kill his fiancee Hamida metal jewelry salesman in order to kill the feelings of love refused Mahrous He escapes from the neighborhood and no one knows about his whereabouts except his friend Bayoumi, who recommends Hamida.

Release Date1981-01-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

The Sinners

Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account everyone of the guests she hosted at her apartment the night she was killed: her jealous fiancé, a school instructor, a corrupt market manager, one of Sanaa's friends who works as a contractor, and a stud who was Sanaa's secret lover. As the investigation progresses, all the conclusions about the characters are always under question.

Release Date1976-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

الثلاثية

Release Date1987-04-19

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Episode Count32

Vote Count1

The Beast

Abdel Sabour was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.

Release Date1954-03-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count8

Cairo 30

Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.

Release Date1966-10-31

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count16

Wedding Song

Set in the 1970's, a group of actors work on a new play. They discover that the play's events revolves around their true behind-the-scenes characters, with the script presenting their deepest and darkest secrets. The actors try to put a stop to the revealing play, but their manager insists that the show must go on.

Release Date2016-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count30

Vote Count9

Al Sokkareya

The film revolves around the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Gawad through his second and third generations, which consists of Yassin and Kamal the younger son, and the sons of Aisha / Khadija, in the age of young people and political and social transformations and their impact on their maturity and life paths.

Release Date1973-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Tawheeda

A love affair links Tawhida and Hussein, who travels abroad to improve his financial situation. Tawhida becomes pregnant and is forced to marry a wealthy man to cover up the scandal, but Hussein's return changes the course of her life.

Release Date1976-11-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Miramar

Zuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goes to Alexandria where she works in a motel and there she meets people with different ideologies and thoughts about life.

Release Date1969-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Midaq Alley

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Release Date1995-05-05

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count65

Wikalet El-Balah Market

The events take place in Wikalet El-Balah, where Master Nehmatullah takes controls of the trade in the region by getting rid of her competitors. She marries the poor young Abdullah and makes him in charge of everything which turns the events upside down.

Release Date1982-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Glimpse

Fouad is a very ambitious young man who meets the experienced and much older businessman, Gaber. Fouad becomes certain that Gaber will help him fulfill his dreams and goes with him to a trip but he rediscovers many of the facts he didn't know before.

Release Date2012-06-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count3

Heart of the Night

Ja'far rebels against his controlling grandfather and marries the shepherdess Marwanah. When his grandfather kicks him out, Ja'far is unable to support himself and Marwanah so he leaves her and marries the wealthy lady Huda, but he begins to struggle to prove himself.

Release Date1989-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count3

The Thugs of El-Husseiniya

A son succeeds his father as a ruffian in the Al-Husayniyah area. As conflict arises between the young man and the current thug, who competes with him over the same girl, the thug plots to put the young man in prison for several years.

Release Date1954-11-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Ayoub

An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.

Release Date1983-07-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Gossip Over the Nile

Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.

Release Date1971-11-15

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count12

The Pursued

In the fourth story of the epic of Harafish, Samaha Al-Nagy grandson of Ashour al-Nagy decides to marry Mahlabia. But Al-Qalali the bully of the neighborhood wants to marry her. When Samaha and Mahlabia try to escape, the men of Al-Qalali kill Mahlabia and frame Samaha, who flees to Upper Egypt.

Release Date1985-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Shahd Al-Maleka

(Zahira) is a poor girl who lives with her rich relative (Aziz Al-Naji). His wife (Alfat) wants to get rid of Zahira, so she facilitates her marriage to (Abdo), a simple baker. However, Zahira is looking for something higher and better than the baker. The neighborhood bully helps her divorce Abdo and marry the rich man (Mohamed Al-Faskhani).

Release Date1985-06-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Servant

Abu Sereeh agrees with his mistress, Fardous, to make Alaa, the son of her wealthy employer Hikmat, fall for her to blackmail him. Fardous marries Alaa, and runs Hikmat's company and is involved with senior employee Fathi in embezzlement operations.

Release Date1984-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Your Day Will Come

With her husband terminally ill, a wife becomes the target of her husband's friend who wants her money so bad that he kills his friend and proposes to his newly-widowed wife.

Release Date1951-11-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Dalal Al-Masria

Atiat is an orphan who grows up in a palace under the care of a wealthy woman. When the woman discovers that Atiat lost her virginity, she kicks her out, unaware that her own nephew, Fou'ad, is responsible. As Atiat becomes a dancer, she gets accused of a murder, and the judge turns out to be Fou'ad

Release Date1970-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

The Criminal

Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.

Release Date1978-09-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Al Sharida

Leila is a successful lawyer, she marries a wealthy illiterate contractor, Fathi, as each of them has a different culture. She is called Sawsan, and she informs Laila of their relationship, so she requests a divorce and gets it.

Release Date1980-11-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

Amira.. My Love

Adel is a director of a company and is married to Nabila, the daughter of Medhat, the owner of the company. Adel falls in love with the company employee's princess, reveals her feelings and that he was unfortunate in his life with his wife and that his marriage was an interest in relation to his position. A princess shared the same feelings and married her in secret, but Medhat finds out about them.

Release Date1975-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5

Layl Wa Khawana

The corrupt lawyer Mohaseb Awadallah exploits the small thief Salah to steal important documents from the safe of an investment company. When the lawyer feels that Salah's power is increasing, he gets rid of him through another thief named Shaqroun who carries out the lawyer’s plan.

Release Date1990-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Mansion of Longing

10 years after Fahmy died, Ahmed Abdel Gawad returned to his normal life. He falls for Zanouba who is in love with his son Yassin. As Zanouba marries Yassin, Kamal's idealism is compromised when Aida abandons him for a wealthy guy.

Release Date1966-12-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Charmer

An impostor recently got out of prison only to get back into crime life as he embezzles women by deceiving them with black magic.

Release Date1958-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Hunger

In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley.

Release Date1986-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count2

Alley of The Pestle

This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.

Release Date1963-09-21

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count3

Qaher Al Zalam

The film tells the story of the life of Ambed Arab literature Taha Hussein since his childhood in one of the villages of Minya, where he was able to overcome all difficulties despite being blind to leave his mark on literature, cultural scene and the educational system.

Release Date1979-02-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Al-Harafish

Tensions rise in the house of Suleiman Al-Nagy, the defender of the weak, because his son's wife, Radwana, fell in love with his other son Khider. When Radwana's husband Bark finds out, he accuses his brother of betraying him and tries to kill him but Khider denies the accusation and escapes.

Release Date1986-02-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

People Of The Top

Zaatar is a thief who works for Zaghloul the owner of an import and export company. Zaghloul exploits Zaatar and makes him smuggle goods from customs. Zaatar gets to know Siham,the sister of officer Mohammed, and they fall in love and he starts working on his own and competes with Zaghloul.

Release Date1981-05-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5

The Road

The carefree existence of a spoiled man comes to an end when his mother is arrested. With no education or tangible skills, the man’s only salvation lies in finding his mysterious, rich father whom he has never met. Moving from Alexandria to Cairo, the man becomes embroiled in an affair, while also falling for a pure-hearted journalist who is attempting to assist him in his aimless, futile journey. Adapted from Naguib Mahfouz’s 1964 novel of the same title.

Release Date1964-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count1

Al-Shahat

The story revolves around Omar Al-Hamzawi, a lawyer who lives with his wife Zainab and their two daughters Jamila and Buthaina. Omar has many thoughts about life and existence. After his illness, he travels to Alexandria to get out of his depression, but it increases after his return. His orientations change after his return and he becomes a nightclub goer. He also gets to know the singer Margaret and many other women after that. His life changes again towards isolation, Sufism, and reading the Quran.

Release Date1973-08-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Fugitive

A mayor agrees to marry his daughter Zainab to her cousin against her will, so she escapes and her cousin is determined to kill her . She meets a young doctor who takes her in. They agree to marry when he returns from his scholarship in Europe three years later, but she bears a child and joins a band.

Release Date1958-10-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

The Fools Alley

Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.

Release Date1955-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

The Choice

When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?

Release Date1971-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count12

Deprivation Well

When it gets dark each evening a virtuous young lady transforms into a notorious flirt but remembers none of it the next day. She is treated by a psychiatrist who tries his best to find the root of her problems and cure her once and for all

Release Date1969-12-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

An Investigation

As a mentally unstable man goes to the house of a female official of ill repute, she asks him to hide, after which she gets murdered. The investigators continue to look for the murderer, and many become suspects during the course of the investigation.

Release Date1980-06-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Samara Al-Amir

In the palace of a Pasha, the maid Shalabya and the driver Ali fall in love, but the Pasha fires them when he finds out. Shalabya starts working at a nightclub and grows famous. When she falls for Omar and decides to quit dancing for him, Ali tries to sabotage their relationship.

Release Date1992-04-29

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Al-Sarab

The rich man marries Kamel from Rabab, who discovers after marriage that he is sexually incapacitated, so he resorted to Dr. Amin for his treatment, and it becomes clear to the doctor that Kamel is a shy and introverted young man who lives with his mother after separating from his father and thereby adheres to it completely and adheres to the sex with a certain pattern that he cannot go out despite his attempts Standing.

Release Date1970-12-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

They Made Me a Criminal

Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him. Contrary to Sultan's expectations, the uncle sent him to an orphanage. When he leaves the orphanage, Sultan fails to find an honest job, and he vows revenge.

Release Date1954-10-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Love Above Pyramid's Plateau

The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage. Through their small incomes, and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded Cairo, so it follows a young couple's longing for their simpliest dreams - to be together.

Release Date1986-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count9

Two-faced

Karima lives a happy and stable life with her husband, Qadri, but during the lunar days her personality changes and she turns into a Bedouin personality because of a man's attempt to rape her on a moonlit night when she was young and she was wearing Bedouin acting clothes, so she goes to where the Bedouins live in the Haram Desert. She falls in love with Wael, who loves her back and marries her. Qadri becomes suspicious of his wife's behavior.

Release Date1973-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The era of love

Two friends, Hamdi, an actor in one of the Rod El Farag theaters, and Ezzat the merchant, compete to win the heart of their neighbor Badriya. Hamdi marries her and they work together in a political play. The police chase Hamdi, so he seeks refuge with his friend Hussein. He happens to find his wife Badriya in Hussein's apartment, and Hussein tried to rape her. Hamdi thinks she is cheating on him, but he discovers the truth after it is too late.

Release Date1986-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

A Bit of Torment

When her stepfather tries to rape her, Amal kills him and flees. She finds refuge in the house of the fine artist Ahmed Khaled who falls for her, but his protégé, the sculptor Sherif, also falls for her and competes with Ahmed to win her favor.

Release Date1969-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobDialogue

Vote Count1

The Avenger

Two chemists working at the same laboratory compete over the heart of the daughter of the laboratory owner. When the girl chooses one, the other gets jealous and ploys a scheme that aggravates and leads to a great explosion and an even greater tragedy.

Release Date1947-08-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Rhapsody in Autumn

Shawky, a man in his sixties, decides one day to enjoy his life as he pleases, no matter the consequences.

Release Date2009-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobShort Story

Stray Cats

A short feature about a prostitute named Dunia who spends the night with Amir, a rich man who loves Cairo at night. But when she returns the 500 dollars he gave her for their night of passion, he looks forward to spending another night with her after falling for her.

Release Date2005-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

I Am Free

Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late 1940s / early 1950s urban Egypt, and tells the story of a young woman’s search for personal freedom and a fulfilling identity as a young modern Egyptian.

Release Date1959-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count11

Noor El-E'youn

Dabes kills his rival Hassouna, and his widow gives birth to Noor. After her mother dies, Noor marries her cousin Mohsen, who causes her to wrongfully go to jail for prostitution. so what will happen?

Release Date1991-04-16

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Let's Unite

Release Date2024-09-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Between Heaven and Earth

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

Release Date1959-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count9

A Notorious House

A story about the impact of social customs and traditions on the behavior of Egyptian society

Release Date1965-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Scornful Man

When a young unemployed man is chased by creditors from all sides, a girl sympathizes with him. He decides to commit suicide by hanging himself but his attempt fails. However, he finds hidden money in the ceiling and becomes rich.

Release Date1956-05-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Khan El-Khalili

Ahmed is forced to interrupt his studies in order to support his family and for his younger brother (Rushdi) to continue his studies. He moves his family to the Khan Al-Khalili neighborhood, meets the residents of the Khan, and gets to know more about the teacher, Nono, who lives his life up and down. Rushdie continues his studies despite the frivolous life of entertainment he lives, and Rushdie becomes the only thing that Ahmed has achieved in his life.

Release Date1966-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Quail and Autumn

Eissa Al-Dabagh is a member of a washed-out political party that was defanged by the 1952 revolution. When he meets the prostitute Riri, he tries to use her to chase the mirage of the power and control he once had. But when he discovers that she is pregnant, he kicks her out.

Release Date1967-02-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

A criminal on leave

A lawyer tries to realize what crime is, and whether it is inherited or as a result of upbringing and the environment, and the lawyer comes up with a criminal and decides to treat him well and prepare him with all the appropriate circumstances.

Release Date1958-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Between Two Mansions

The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.

Release Date1964-03-02

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count1

The Devil Preaches

A rivalry between the region's bosses shows the misuse of power and rank and its consequences even against a young couple who dared to rebel against planned but unwanted marriage to one of them, a story of injustice and abuse .

Release Date1981-07-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Berry and the Cane

Set in old Cairo, Hassouna (Hamdy Gheith) is a mean thug who collects money from people for protection. He prosecutes Ashour El Nagy's (Ezzat El Alaily) family, who transform from wealth to poverty. Hassouna forces Ashour to divorce his wife and leave the neighborhood, and then tries to marry her.

Release Date1986-01-20

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

أسعد الله مساءك

Release Date1987-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Price of Freedom

As a freedom fighter carries out an operation against the English occupation, the English military ruler discovers that an army officer is aiding and abetting him. He arrests a group of civilians and threatens to kill them one by one if the officer doesn't divulge the freedom fighter's location.

Release Date1967-09-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Last Miracle

This movie is Based on " A Miracle " Short Story by The Noble prize winner NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

Release Date2025-11-19

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

The Accused

While the employee Ali is heading to the company’s branch in Ismailia in his own car, he witnesses an accident on the road in which a cyclist loses his balance, so Ali stops to check on the injured, but he's shocked by the people catching him and accusing him of killing the victim.

Release Date1980-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter