Nabiha Lotfy
She was born in Sidon and attended the American University of Beirut before moving to Cairo. There, she attended the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema, graduating in 1964. She helped establish the Association of Egyptian Women Filmmakers in 1990.
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Nabiha Lotfy
- Name
- Nabiha Lotfy
- Born
- 28 January 1937
- Occupation
- Film director, Filmmaker, Actor
- Died
- Nabiha Lotfy died on 17 June 2015. · Cairo.
- Nationality
- Egypt · Lebanon
- Education
- American University of Beirut
- Languages
- Arabic · Egyptian Arabic
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She produced more than a dozen documentaries and almost 50 feature films. Latfy was named to the National Order of the Cedar in 2006. She died in a hospital in Cairo after an illness of several months.
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• Name — Nabiha Lotfy • Born — 28 January 1937 • Citizenship — Egypt, Lebanon • Occupation — Film director, Filmmaker, Actor
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• Aal Yaal • Prayer in Old Cairo (1971) • Mohammad Ali Street (1989) • Karioka
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