Youssef El Kaeid
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An Egyptian novelist, whose full name is Mohamed Youssef Youssef El Kaeid. He was born in Beheira in 1944. He is considered one of the pioneers of the Egyptian novel, and has been...Read more influenced by the style of Naguib Mahfouz, with whom he had a close friendship. He received many awards, including the State Appreciation Award in Literature in 2008. His novel War in the Land of Egypt was ranked fourth among the best hundred Arab novels. He has written many novellas, and many of his fictional works have been adapted into series and films, including Citizen Masrey, The President's Visit, and Upper Egypt Train.
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The film follows the story of a mayor named Abdel Razek Al-Sharshabi (Omar Sharif) when his youngest son, Tawfiq (Khaled Al-Nabawi),is asked to enlist. His wife (Safia Al-Omari) refuses to let her son go, so someone suggests that he send someone to impersonate his son to enlist in his place. Indeed, after intimidation and encouragement, he convinces a poor father named Abdul Mawjoud (Ezzat Al-Alayli) to send his Egyptian son (Abdullah Mahmoud) to enlist, even though he is the only one of his mother and father, in exchange for giving him five acres. Indeed, an Egyptian goes to the army in the name of the mayor’s son.
