Zaynab_(film)

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Zaynab (film)

1930 film

Zaynab is a 1930 Egyptian silent film directed by Mohammed Karim.[1][2] It is based on the 1913 novel under the same name by Mohammed Hussein Heikal.[3][4] The film stars Bahiga Hafez and Zaki Rostom.[5][6][7]

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Plot

A love story between Zaynab who works as a wage earner on agricultural lands and Ibrahim who supervises the farming of these lands. Her family rejects their marriage and make her marry a wealthy man, while Ibrahim gets drafted in the army leaving his sweetheart behind.

Staff

Cast

Primary cast

  • Bahiga Hafez as Zaynab
  • Zaki Rostom as Hassan
  • Sirag Mounir as Ibrahim
  • Dawlat Abyad as Zaynab's mother
  • Hassan Kamal as Mayor

Supporting cast

  • Hussein Aser
  • Munira Ahmed
  • Sayeda Fahmy
  • Abdelkader El-Messiri
  • Hassan Ahmadi
  • Gamal Hosni

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Abdelfattah, Heba Arafa (2023). Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-3995-2075-1. JSTOR 10.3366/jj.9941254.
  2. [2]
    Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
  3. [3]
    Shafik, Viola (2007). Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-065-3.
  4. [4]
    Vitali, Valentina; Willemen, Paul (2019-07-25). Theorising National Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83902-083-4.
  5. [5]
    The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2023-11-16. ISBN 978-0-7556-4741-5.
  6. [6]
    Brugman, J. (1984). An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt: By J. Brugman. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-07172-8.
  7. [7]
    Dina Al Mahdy (7 April 2020). "The golden age of Egyptian cinema".
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