Mohammed Al Qasabji

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Name :
Mohammed Al Qasabji

Birth Date :
15 April 1892

Nationality :
Egypt

An Egyptian composer, born in 1892 in Cairo. He grew up in a musical environment. His father was an outstanding oud player and composer. Umm Kulthum was his protege, while Riad El...Read more Sonbati was very clearly influenced by him, especially in the films which they composed their songs together, such as: Chant of Hope, O, Glory, and Rejoice, My Heart. He mentored many singers, including Layla Mourad, and Asmahan. He worked on renewing Arabic music in the same years that Sayed Darwish did, starting in 1917, as they both were influenced the classical European heritage in music, and introduced expression into singing. He also introduced harmony and polyphony to Arabic music without distorting the mood of this music or making it lose its spirit, character and national style.

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The Straight Road
A good man who loves his family and devotes himself to taking care of them. A woman intercepts him and takes him into her love. This changes his circumstances and he is distracted by her from his family. He neglects his work and his life is upended. He ends up killing this woman who killed him and betrayed him. Then he immigrates to Sinai, where he lives for a few years. When He returns to his family and finds that the children have grown up and married.
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The events of the film revolve around Youssef, the famous and strict lawyer, who receives his cousin, Laila, an orphan, after she finishes her studies. Laila brings the atmosphere of fun and joy to the palace. Youssef changes and accepts life, but he falls in love with a traitorous woman. Laila tries to advise her, but Youssef believes Laila. She is the one who has a lover who kicks her out of his house.
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Dananir
Minister Ja far Al Barmaki hears the Bedouin Dananir singing while passing through the desert. He asks her to accompany him to Baghdad where she sings in front of the Caliph Harun Al Rashid, and becomes his favorite singer, but the plots against Ja far turn Harun against him.
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Fatma
Fathy and his poor nurse Fatma have an unregistered marriage. When his older brother finds out, he kicks him out of the mansion. Fathy goes to live with her in her neighborhood, but he soon abandons her after she becomes pregnant with his child, and her neighbors help her prove her son s paternity
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Wedad
During the Mamluk era, a romance ensues between the wealthy merchant, Baher, and his odalisque with a melodic voice, Wedad. However, their relationship is tested when Baher loses all his fortune and he has to sell Wedad. Will their love survive adversity?
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