الكرنك by Naguib Mahfouz6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Ranked #36 on the list of 100 Best Egyptian Films 1933-2007 compiled by a team of Egyptian film critics and published in the Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper. Atef Salem directs tour de force performances by Sharif, Rushdi Abaza and Hind Rostom. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the “Bride of the Nile.” Starring Omar Sharif in one of his most complex roles, this sensual and atmospheric classic of Egyptian cinema is set on a Nile boat where the conflict between two men is ignited by a seductive gypsy who marries one man but loves the other. With the publication of his famous trilogy in 1956-57 he established the Egyptian novel as a highly artistic literary form. Obituary Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian novelist and first Arab Nobel laureate who sprang to world attention with his depictions of life in Cairo's old city Denys Johnson-Davies Wed 10.10. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. He portrays the changes that have occurred in the lives of the petit bourgeois Cairenes, highlighting the difference between one generation and another as these are influenced by new forces, ideas and events. ![]() Once there, they will sell their boat, the “Bride of the Nile,” in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. ![]()
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