Abdel Halim Hafez
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Born Abdel Halim Shabaana in al-Halawaat, Sharkeyya (Delta of Egypt),graduated from the Higher institute of Arab Music - Composing Department in 1948. For four years, he taught...Read more music for schoolchildren in Tanta, Zagazeeg and finally Cairo. In 1959, he resigned and joined the Cairo Radio Orchestra as an oboe player. His first radio broadcast song was “Lekaa i.e. Rendezvous”. His first appearance on the silver screen was in “Lahn al-wafaa i.e. The song of truth”. Abdul Haleem joined “Sawt al-Fann” production company, with the world famous composer Abdul Wahhaab and director of photography Waheed Fareed, which produced a great number of films and audio works. His acting was characterized with simplicity and spontaneity. Haleem did not only sing in Egypt, but also in all of the Arab countries and some European countries. Almost all of the composers of the Arab world composed the music of his songs. His patriotic songs outnumbered 300 song and poem. All the Arab audience still remember some of his famous scenes on the silver screen. Especially in “Al khataaya i.e. Sins”, “Abby fawk al-shagara i.e. My Father atop a tree” and “Ma’boudat al-gamaheer i.e. The Beloved Diva”. Abdel Halim never married, yet rumors say that he was married to superstar Soaad Hosny.
Melody of Devotion
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The musician Allam takes Galal as his prot g and teaches him singing. As Galal starts a relationship with the singer Soheir, Allam tries to get close to Soheir and hopes that she will make up for the shock of his wife s cheating, until he discovers that she loves Galal.Bread Seller
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The husband dies and leaves his wife, Khadija, and their two children, Nemat and Sami. She goes to live with a relative of theirs. She is arrested on charges of burning down the factory where her husband worked. This crime was planned by President Abdul Hakim after Khadija refused to marry him. She becomes insane and is hospitalized for ten years until her memory returns. She begins a journey to search for Nemat and Sami.Love Story
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Ahmed is a music teacher in a small school. He supports his family, which consists of his blind mother and his younger brother. He has a friend who believes that he is talented as a singer and tries to direct him towards art. He leaves teaching, and as days go by he turns into a great singer through a radio program.The Empty Pillow
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(Salah) is a young man in the prime of his life and a student at the Faculty of Commerce. He lives the sweetest days of his life with his first love (Samiha). That happiness soon shatters the rock of reality when Samiha accepts a rich, successful groom named (Dr. Fouad). Salah's life is destroyed after that, then he tries to stand on his feet again in order to make Samiha regret what she did to him, he succeeds in his studies and work and gets married while he is still sick with his first love, so will he get rid of him and become truly happy in his life?Our Best Days
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An impoverished girl lives on the roof. Three young men live close by and they fall in love with her. They also learn that she has developed an illness which requires surgery. The three men rush to help her and one is left wondering who will succeed in helping her and who will she fall in love with?Days and Nights
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Two half-brothers grow up with each other, Yehia and Fathi. Yehia is a straight boy, unlike his drunken father. As for Fathi, he is a frivolous and imbecile young man. As a result of his neglect and his father's wrath, he expelled him from the house. However, Yehia reconciles between them. Meanwhile, Yehia gets to know Samia and falls in love with her, in order to compete with him. In that, Fathi is jealous of him.Girls of Today
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Salwa and Laila are two sisters who are the complete opposite in character; Salwa is gentle and well-mannered, while Laila is outgoing and bubbly. When Khaled gets involved in a romance with Laila, their differences come to the surface. Does similarity signify compatibility?