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Raghba Motawahesha

Untamed Desire (1991)

110 min - Drama, - 22 June 1991
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A widow living with her daughter and sister-in-law attempt to forget a scandal committed by her late husband. The story of the film is based on the story "Murder on Goat Island" by the Italian playwright Ago Bettiز

Director:  Khairy Beshara
Writers:  Wahid Hamid

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A widow living with her daughter and sister-in-law attempt to forget a scandal committed by her late husband...

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Jamila, the Algerian

Poster for the movie "Jamila, the Algerian"
Poster for the movie "Jamila, the Algerian"

Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

123 min - Drama, History, War - 9 December 1958
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Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.

Director:  Youssef Chahine
Writers:  Youssef El Sebai
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