Sherif Arafa
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Sherif Arafa is an Egypt
ian director, writer and producer. He was born on December 25, 1960 and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. Both his father, Saad Arafa, and his older brother, Amr Arafa, are directors.
Sharif Arafa participated in the making of many of the movies in the history of Egyptian cinema, such as Birds of the Dark, The Mafia, and Halim
.
He directed the 2010 film Escaping Tel Aviv (Walad Ela' Am
) starring Moslem Salwa, (Mona Zaki
) who marries Ezzat (Sherif Mounir) and has two children, a boy and a girl. Ezzat, who turns out to be a Massad
spy, abducts her and the children and takes them from Egypt to Israel. She cooperates with the Egyptian secret service, who promises to help her escape with the children back to Egypt in exchange for agreeing to spy on her husband.
Arafa worked with big stars such as Soad Hosny and Ahmad Zaki and also many unknown faces to the film world such as Alaa Mohamed Heneidy, Mona Zaki
, Mohamed Nour, Mohamed Saad
, Ahmed Helmy, Haitham Ahmed Zaki, and many others. He produced several movies and television works such as Halim
, Tamer we shawkeya and "Lahazat Harega" "Critical moments".
Awards obtained:
He received many awards during his career, such as:
Awards for best director and best film of the Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to play movies with adults, Terrorism and Kebab
and The forgotten
Silver Award for best film festival in 1992 Milan African Film and film terrorism kebab
Bronze Award for best film festival in Venice in 1995 for "dark birds
Silver Award for best film festival in Milan in 1995 for "dark birds
The prize for best out of the festival's national cinema in 2007 for the film Halim
.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian director, writer and producer. He was born on December 25, 1960 and graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in 1982. Both his father, Saad Arafa, and his older brother, Amr Arafa, are directors.
Sharif Arafa participated in the making of many of the movies in the history of Egyptian cinema, such as Birds of the Dark, The Mafia, and Halim
Halim
Halim is an Arabic adjective meaning gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, "what we call a civilized man".In Islam, Al-Halīm is one of the 99 names of God, with that meaning.The name...
.
He directed the 2010 film Escaping Tel Aviv (Walad Ela' Am
Welad El Am
Welad El-Am is a 2009 Egyptian film directed by Sherif Arafa and starring Karim Abdel Aziz, Sherif Mounir and Mona Zaki....
) starring Moslem Salwa, (Mona Zaki
Mona Zaki
Mona Zaki is an Egyptian actress. Although she had no interest at all on being an actress, Mona Zaki is now a remarkable leading star. Mona started her career in acting accidentally, when she met Mohamed Sobhi, the famous Egyptian Actor and Director. Mona is a Mass Communication student at the...
) who marries Ezzat (Sherif Mounir) and has two children, a boy and a girl. Ezzat, who turns out to be a Massad
Massad
Massad may refer to:Summer Camps:* Camp Massad , a Jewish summer camp at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba* Camp Massad , a Jewish summer camp in Ste. Agathe, Quebec, based in Montreal...
spy, abducts her and the children and takes them from Egypt to Israel. She cooperates with the Egyptian secret service, who promises to help her escape with the children back to Egypt in exchange for agreeing to spy on her husband.
Arafa worked with big stars such as Soad Hosny and Ahmad Zaki and also many unknown faces to the film world such as Alaa Mohamed Heneidy, Mona Zaki
Mona Zaki
Mona Zaki is an Egyptian actress. Although she had no interest at all on being an actress, Mona Zaki is now a remarkable leading star. Mona started her career in acting accidentally, when she met Mohamed Sobhi, the famous Egyptian Actor and Director. Mona is a Mass Communication student at the...
, Mohamed Nour, Mohamed Saad
Mohamed Saad
Mohamed Saad Ahmad is an Egyptian film actor active since 2000.After several supporting roles, Saad took the lead in El Lembi...
, Ahmed Helmy, Haitham Ahmed Zaki, and many others. He produced several movies and television works such as Halim
Halim
Halim is an Arabic adjective meaning gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, "what we call a civilized man".In Islam, Al-Halīm is one of the 99 names of God, with that meaning.The name...
, Tamer we shawkeya and "Lahazat Harega" "Critical moments".
Awards obtained:
He received many awards during his career, such as:
Awards for best director and best film of the Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to play movies with adults, Terrorism and Kebab
Terrorism and Kebab
-Plot: The action primarily takes place in The Mogamma in Cairo, a well-known mammoth-sized government building that is a center of bureaucratic work. Adel Imam's character, Ahmed, queues up at the Mogamma one day to try to get a school transfer for his children, but gets bogged down...
and The forgotten
Silver Award for best film festival in 1992 Milan African Film and film terrorism kebab
Bronze Award for best film festival in Venice in 1995 for "dark birds
Silver Award for best film festival in Milan in 1995 for "dark birds
The prize for best out of the festival's national cinema in 2007 for the film Halim
Halim
Halim is an Arabic adjective meaning gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, "what we call a civilized man".In Islam, Al-Halīm is one of the 99 names of God, with that meaning.The name...
.