Tewfik Saleh
Tewfik Saleh (Arabic: توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah.
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Tewfik Saleh
- Born
- 1926 · Alexandria.
- Died
- 2013 · Cairo.
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Education
- University of Paris
- Languages
- Arabic · Egyptian Arabic
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Tewfik Saleh (Arabic: توفيق صالح) was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah.
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Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria. He died on 18 August 2013 in Cairo. His first film was Fools' Alley (1955), co-written by Naguib Mahfouz, the Egyptian Nobel laureate in Literature. Saleh's other movies include Struggle of the Heroes (1962) and The Rebels (1968) among others. Saleh died on 18 August 2013 at the age of 86 in Cairo, Egypt.
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Struggle of the Heroes (1962) Sayed al-Bolti (1969) The Dupes (1973) Al-ayyam al-tawila (1980)
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Tewfik Saleh died at Cairo.
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- 1.Dickinson, Kay. Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond. Palgrave Macmillan. 167. 2016. 9781844577873.
- 2.Bibalex.org. Tewfik Saleh, AlexCinema. 1926-10-27.
- 3.English.ahram.org.eg. Tawfiq Saleh (1926 – 2013) - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online. 2013-08-29.
- 4.Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. 180.
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