
Writing
Naguib Mahfouz
Born — Died
1911-12-11 — 2006-08-30
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
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Writing
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42 titles
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.
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Sternstunde Kunst
1998
7.1The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Saladin
1963
8.5Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds other temptations that try to lure her in.
The Barred Road
1958
8.2Set 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.
The Beginning and the End
1960
9.0A 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.
The Thugs of El-Husseiniya
1954
6.3When 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
The Well of Deprivation
1969
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7.1The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Saladin
1963
8.5Faiza is raised in a family where the mother and the two sisters work in illegal acts. They try to drag her in with them but she refuses. She studies to become a school teacher and decides to move to the countryside away from them, but she finds other temptations that try to lure her in.
The Barred Road
1958
8.2Set 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.
The Beginning and the End
1960
9.0A 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.
The Thugs of El-Husseiniya
1954
6.3When 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
The Well of Deprivation
1969
7.4When 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...?
The Choice
1971
7.5Zuhra 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.
Miramar
1969
6.4In 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.
Rayya and Sekina
1952
5.0A 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 .
The Devil Preaches
1981
7.1Abdel 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.
The Beast
1954
7.0The 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.
Three Stories
1968
6.7This 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.
The Thief and the Dogs
1962
6.7Three 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.
We the Students
1959
9.0With 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.
Lak Yom Ya Zalem
1951
6.4Adel 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.
Amira.. My Love
1975
7.7An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.
Ayoub
1983
6.3Well 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.
Empire M
1972
7.2Djamila, 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...
Jamila, the Algerian
1958
NRThe 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.
Al Sokkareya
1973
7.5Sultan 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.
They Made Me a Criminal
1954
6.8Haridy 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.
The Thug
1957
5.0The 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.
Wikalet El-Balah Market
1982
6.210 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.
Mansion of Longing
1966
6.2Actress 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.
The Sinners
1976
8.6In 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.
Between Heaven and Earth
1959
NRThe 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.
Al-Sarab
1970
5.0Zaatar 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.
People Of The Top
1981
6.0Monier 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.
The Criminal
1978
8.0Two 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.
The Avenger
1947
Alaa is the youngest son of Abdul Latif and Neamat. He loves his neighbor, Suhair, and both are students at the Faculty of Law. They have a romantic love relationship until reality shocks them with the appearance of a wealthy suitor, who wants to propose to Suhair.
Can You Please?
1986
6.0Tensions 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.
Al-Harafish
1986
NRAs 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.
An Investigation
1980
7.0An impostor recently got out of prison only to get back into crime life as he embezzles women by deceiving them with black magic.
The Charmer
1958
NR(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).
Shahd Al-Maleka
1985
7.0The 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.
Al-Shahat
1973
NRA 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.
Tawheeda
1976
NRWhen the police find a woman's body at the pyramids, a group of people sees their missing loved ones in the dead woman's picture, including a mother whose daughter ran away to work in Cairo, a manager whose mistress left him, and a man who used to flirt with his young maid.
Forbidden Photos: Third Story (Photo)
1971
6.3Khadiga 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.
The Fools Alley
1955
NRAbu 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.
The Servant
1984
NRA story about the impact of social customs and traditions on the behavior of Egyptian society
A Notorious House
1965
