The Bathhouse of Malatily

The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)

The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man. * The film was produced in 1971 AD, and it remained locked in drawers, and the censors did not allow it to be shown until 1973 AD, after it was shown before the Egyptian Parliament, and large parts of the film were cut, exceeding 20 minutes. This is due to the sexual themes in the film and the political symbols and projections that it showed. Salah Abu Seif. ** Note: There is no complete original copy of the film