#shadi abdel salam

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The Eloquent Peasant (Shadi Abdel Salam, Egypt, 1970)

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Shadi Abdel Salam - The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

[roseillith]

شكاوى الفلاح الفصيح // THE ELOQUENT PEASANT  (1970) dir. SHADI ABDEL SALAM

[wellntruly]

I made my top ten list for 2022

1 Amadeus (Forman, 1984) Recommended for: Interview With the Vampire fans

2 Chungking Express (Kar-Wai, 1994) Recommended for: Cowboy Bebop fans

3 Dog Day Afternoon (Lumet, 1975) Recommended for: poor little meow meow fans

4 The Night of Counting the Years (Abdel Salam, 1969) Recommended for: Piranesi fans

5 The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992) Recommended for: Yann Tiersen fans

6 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee, 2000) Recommended for: Lawrence of Arabia fans

7 California Split (Altman, 1974) Recommended for: 'friendships are romances' posts fans

8 The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973) Recommended for: actually, David Lynch fans

9 All That Heaven Allows (Sirk, 1955) Recommended for: Carol fans

10 All That Jazz (Fosse, 1979) Recommended for: Velvet Goldmine fans

Let me know how you like the single, askance reference approach, I'm experimenting with succinct weird ways to pitch things to the people I think will like them. Links go to my original Letterboxd "review" (comment), and if you click the poster or title there you'll be taken to the short synopsis, cast & crew, wide header image for some vibes, etc.

[thehereticpharaoh]

The Egyptian actor Mohamed Sobhi from the movie Akhenaten by Egyptian filmmaker Shadi Abdel Salam. He embarked on the journey after the release of his 1969 classic The Mummy: The Night of Counting the Years, the project, however, was never realized, mostly because Egypt’s Ministry of Culture, which Abdel Salam had relied on for production (it had also produced his debut), would not take it on, and the budget for a production of that scale could not be guaranteed by anyone else at the time. Yet, Abdel Salam wrote the screenplay for the film, drew the storyboards in his usual elaborate fashion, designed its characters and their costumes.

[melancoliadelaresistencia]

The Night of Counting the Years (1969), Shadi Abdel Salam.

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On 26 October, the Palestinian Ministry of Health released the list of names of Palestinians killed since 7 October. Among them, from the al-Najjar family, are:

Fatima Khalil Mahmoud (74);

Fahmi Muhammad Hamdan (74) and his wife;

Fahmi's son Muhammad Fahmi Muhammad (41), pictured above on the left, his wife, and their children Omar Muhammad Fahmi (14), Abdul Rahman Muhammad Fahmi (13), Fatima Muhammad Fahmi (5), Yusuf Muhammad Fahmi (4), and Anas Muhammad Fahmi (3);

and Fahmi's son Firas Fahmi Muhammad (36) and his children Fatima Firas Fahmi (10), Obaida Firas Fahmi (8), Aleman Firas Fahmi (5), and Sarah Firas Fahmi (3);

Hamdan Hamdan Ahmed (56) and his children Ehteram Hamdan Hamdan (34) and Muhammad Hamdan Hamdan (17);

Ayman Shaaban Shukri (55), pictured above on right;

Hanan Ahmed Muhammad (55) and her brother Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad;

Zahra Ibrahim Muhammad (52);

Muhammad Salman Shaldan (52); 

Amal Hamada Khalil (50);

Suhaila Hussein Hassan (45) and her sister Samira Hussein Hassan (58);

Ramadan Ibrahim Suleiman (45);

Fathia Abdel Hafez Khalil (44);

Fateen Fawzi Muhammad (42) and her siblings Mazen Fawzi Muhammad (34), Bara'a Fawzi Muhammad (28), and Soha Fawzi Muhammad;

Sawsan Sobhi Abdel Salam (41);

Haneen Saad Mustafa (34);

Khulud Atta Muhammad (34);

Dua Bashir Abdel Karim (32);

Salman Amin Salman (32);

Samah Khader Saleh (30);

Mahmud Talal Awad (28);

Muhammad Shaldan Salman (26) and his siblings Mahmud Shaldan Salman (25), Rawan Shaldan Salman (22), and Ruba Shaldan Salman (17);

Ghada Nabil Hassan (26) and her sibling Farah Nabil Hassan (10);

Afnan Zaki Jumaa (25); 

Farah Suleiman Salman (24) and their siblings Nadim Suleiman Salman (20), Yazan Suleiman Salman (14), and Safa Suleiman Salman (1);

Abdul Moin Salman (23);

Rana Ahmed Abdel Majeed (23);

Muhammad Ahmed Mahmoud (16);

Sama Fahd Musa (16) and her siblings Hikmat Fahd Musa (13) and Muhammad Fahd Musa (9);

Shahid Muhammad Hussein (14) and his sibling Waaed Muhammad Hussein (12);

Mahmoud Ahmed Saleh (12);

Salma Muhammad Rasmi (6);

Obaida Muhammad Rajaa (6) and her sister Toulin Muhammad Rajaa (4);

Moeen Suleiman Moeen (6) and his siblings Jude Suleiman Moeen (4), Mihraman Suleiman Moeen (1), and Zayn al-Din Suleiman Moeen (less than a year old);

Aya Salah al-Din Hamdan (4) and her brother Sanad Salah al-Din Hamdan (3);

Omar Ahmed Nawaf (3) and his sister Aya Ahmed Nawaf (1);

Ayed Ismail, his wife, and their three children, including Juri Ayed Ismail (1);

Bassel, an engineer and a father to four children who is remembered for being "extremely talented" and "very generous with people;"

Lubna Muhammad Youssef (23);

Nisreen Muhammad Muhammad (less than a year old);

Hassan Mahmoud Ibrahim (33) and his children Adam Hassan Mahmoud, Ali Hassan Mahmoud, and Jana Hassan Mahmoud (2);

Afaf Muhammad Abdel Mohsen (49);

Arkan Fawzi Salman and his sisters Rana Fawzi Salman (39) and Lauren Fawzi Salman;

Ibtisam Ibrahim Hamdan (61);

Raed Hamada Muhammad (24);

Tariq Musa Suleiman (38);

Muhammad Abdelkarim Muhammad (46) and his sons Abdelkarim Muhammad Abdelkarim (15) and Wasim Muhammad Abdelkarim (13);

Sanaa Kayan Hamada (39);

Abdullah Ayesh Abdul (70) and his daughter Shaima Abdullah Ayesh (34);

Essam Muhammad Essam (10) and his sister Sarah Muhammad Essam (11);

Subhia Kamel Ibrahim (59);

Shaer Walid Hassan (37) and his sister Rawa Walid Hassan (28);

Wadih Yahya Hassan (33), who was martyred by iof forces during their storming of Hebron;

Shadi Nasser Muhammad (22);

Tuhfa Hassan Hussein (22);

Yusuf Mahmud Mustafa (51) and his daughter Farida Yusuf Mahmud (32);

Islam Ibrahim Saeed (37);

Alaa Ziad Ismail (33);

Muhammad Awad Ismail (36);

Hudhayfah Tayseer Ayesh (33), a journalist;

and Amal Hamada Othman (2).

Counselor Muhammad Fahmi al-Najjar, who lived with and was martyred with 16 members of his family, including his wife and children, was a lawyer and member of the Board of the National Authority for Documentation and Prosecution of Occupation Crimes. His house was directly bombed. 

Their relative, Ramy Abdu, states that Fatima Khalil Mahmoud (Mukhalalti) and Fahmi Muhammad Hamdan al-Najjar were judges. Firas Fahmi Muhammad al-Najjar, whose wife and children were also martyred, was an engineer. 

You can read more about the human lives lost in Palestine on the Martyrs of Gaza Twitter account and on my blog.

[theprettiestlamb]

🇵🇸 Palestine GFMs

While I don’t have a huge chunk of followers, I want to help boost the voices of those in need of aid in Gaza who have reached out.

I’ve included their names under the cut, as well as direct links to their posts with more information.

This will be updated for every message I receive.

Osama Al-Anqar

Mohammed Ayyad

Mohammed Bardaweel

Ashraf Alanqar

Muhammad and Hiyam Shehab

Shady Samir Ashour

Laila Shaqoura

Fahed Shehab

Bilal Abed Rabou

Reem Shaheen

Mahmoud Ayyad

Ahmed Halas

Amal Musa

Mohammed Swierh

Habib

Osama Abdel Salam Al-Qarnawi

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The Eloquent Peasant (Shadi Abdel Salam, Egypt, 1970)

[sacredwhores]

Shadi Abdel Salam - The Night of Counting the Years (1969)

[roseillith]

المومياء THE NIGHT OF COUNTING THE YEARS (1969) dir. SHADI ABDEL SALAM

[wellntruly]

door replied to your post "I made my top ten list for 2022"

for piranesi fans you say

I sure do. For monumental carved figures, lyricism, and a vague sense that you are being manipulated, though you can't figure out which direction it's coming from, and your own heart was made for friendship. The Night of Counting the Years, original Arabic Al-Mummia, a rather medium-low resolution but at least we have it copy available public domain all over; I watched it through YouTube. I cannot teeellll you how much I want to see Martin Scorsese's restored version from his World Cinema Project.

[thehereticpharaoh]

Abdel Salam wished to invoke an identity that he felt had dissipated from his nation’s consciousness in order to ameliorate the issue of his people not knowing “their history as well as they should.”

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'Scheherazade': The 1001 nights show that came to life in Oman

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'Scheherazade': The 1001 nights show that came to life in Oman

Considered one of the Arab world’s most prestigious musical venues, the Royal Opera House Muscat brought its 2023/2024 season to a close with a two-day theatre performance of Scheherazade.

The star of the show, however, was off-stage: veteran Lebanese choreographer Walid Aouni, who directed, choreographed, and designed the entire production.

The colourful show, based on the legendary female protagonist of the Middle Eastern collection of fables One Thousand and One Nights, took place on May 23 and 24, featuring a dance production by the Egyptian Modern Theatre Dance Company of the Cairo Opera House.

For Aouni, this artistic collaboration between Egypt and Oman carries particular significance.

“Despite the difficulties, cooperation is important,” Aouni told The New Arab from his base in Cairo.

“At the moment, the Arab world is in a disturbed state. Whether in Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, or Iraq, our culture represents our presence, and we should hold onto it,” he added. 

Born in 1951, Aouni left his native Lebanon before the country’s devastating civil war, relocating to Belgium, where his story with the liberating art form of dance began. “In my opinion, dance is universal,” he said. “The movement of the body can express more than words. It has different directions, kinds of symbolism, and a wide imagination.”

Aouni initially studied graphic and plastic arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. However, his path changed when he became an assistant to the renowned French dancer Maurice Béjart, who founded the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland.

According to Aouni, he worked with Béjart for 15 years, learning how to modernise dance. During his time in Belgium, Aouni acquired knowledge in scenography, costume design, and dance.

In 1980, Aouni formed his first troupe in Belgium — a notable achievement for an Arab creative in Europe at the time. His inaugural production focused on the famous Lebanese-American poet and writer Khalil Gibran and his relationship with the American patron and editor Mary Haskell.

In 1993, Aouni’s journey took him to Egypt, where, at the request of former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny, he established the Egyptian Modern Theatre Dance Company, which continues to thrive today.

Aouni claims that the dance company was the first of its kind in the region. “In the beginning, there were difficulties,” he said. “It was a new concept, and some of my ideas were refused.” But things eventually improved. With his intellectual approach, Aouni began creating productions based on notable Egyptian figures, including the late visual artist Tahia Halim, Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, and film director Shadi Abdel Salam.

Then, in 2000, one of his major productions, Scheherazade — the storyteller who charmingly told tales night after night to her husband King Shahryar (who had a violent habit of marrying a woman at night and killing her the next morning) — was born.

Over the decades, the play has been presented to audiences in Oman, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Germany. “No one knows who wrote One Thousand and One Nights. Scheherazade is a magical mystery,” added Aouni. “In the end, she is eternal. She is a symbol. Scheherazade is to the East what the Mona Lisa is to the West.”

The music of Aouni’s production is based on the orchestral score of the 19th-century Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who created his masterpiece in 1888. However, Aouni has modernised the play, dividing it into four acts and making changes over the years. For instance, he incorporated new characters, such as Aladdin, from the tales into the play. He also opened the play with a modern 1950s setting, with characters eventually returning to ancient times.

The play, adorned with vibrant costumes — crafted by Aouni himself — and accompanied by Rimsky-Korsakov’s rousing music, explores themes of heartbreak, revenge, jealousy, love, warfare, and power.

“It’s a story within a story within a story,” remarked Aouni. “My personal reading of the play differs from the direct narrative of Scheherazade. In my works, I like viewers to watch the scenes and interpret them as they wish. I leave the imagination to the viewer.”

The cast consisted of 36 members, taking on diverse roles such as princes, princesses, pirates, and dervishes, with Aouni insisting on an all-Egyptian ensemble to support the talent of his adopted country.

Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of Scheherazade, and Aouni is planning a grand celebration of his play in Egypt in 2025.

Rawaa Talass is a freelance journalist focusing on art and culture emerging from the Middle East. Her work has been published in Art Dubai, Arab News, Al Arabiya English,  Artsy, The Art Newspaper, Kayhan Life, Dubai Collection, and The National

Follow her on X: @byrawaatalass

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وزارة الصحة والسكان المصرية - 100 مليون صحة from Tamer Ashry on Vimeo.

وزارة الصحة والسكان المصرية - 100 مليون صحة Featuring: Mohamed Fouad Lyrics: Amir Teima Music Composition: Ehab Abdel Wahed Music Arrangement: Kareem Abdel Wahab Synergy Advertising Chairman: Tamer Mursi CEO: Hassan Kamal HR Director: Heba Sadat Chief Creative Officer: Mohamed Nassef Creative Director: Sam Khafagy Associate Creative Director: Abdel Rahman Fahmy Art Director: Mariam Sabry Senior Graphic Designer: Omnia Hesham Agency Producer: Mohamed Sherif Assistant Agency Producer: Nour El-Ghazawy 2nd. Assistant Agency Producer: Amr Etman Client Service Director: Rasha Samir Senior Account Manager: Nariman Serry Account Manager: Farah Mohamed Atef Account Executive: Yousef Habib Account Executive: Hadeel Saad Director: Tamer Ashry DOP: Mostafa Fahmy Art Director: Marwa Amer Stylist: Ghadir Khaled Production House: Teamwork Productions Executive Producer: Ahmed Bendary Head of Production: Khaled Galab Producer: Noha Habib Line Producer: Nour El-Badrawy Assistant Producer: Heba Habib - Passant Zedan Production Manager: Mohamed Saad - Ahmed Cheetos Production Team: Mahmoud El-Sayed - Mina - Fady - Khaled Russia - Mostafa - Hatem Fayeq - Islam Maro 1st. Assistant Director: Sherif Ashour 2nd. Assistant Director: Donia Salah 3rd. Assistant Director: Yousra Rasheed Camera Man: Bassem Mostafa Focus Puller: Karim Abdel Fatah Sound Engineer: Islam Abdel Salam Gaffer: Ahmed Resha Grip: Hussein Hamdy Video Assist: Wael Sayed Assistant Art Director: Rehab Abdel Rahman - Ahmed Abdelwahab - Passant Isamiel Assistant Stylist: Hams Elnahas - Moaz Hassan - Mariam Fath Allah - Menna Ahmed Assistant Sound Engineer: Mohamed Ali - Islam Orabi Prop master: Gasser Hassan Wardrobe: Refaat Abdel Hakim 2nd. Unit DOP: Omar Hossam Focus Puller: Amr Sherbini Assistant Director: Shady Mahran Post Production: VIVID Studios Editor: Baher Rasheed Colorist: Essam Abdel Salam Post Producer: Sarah Abou Zeid Sound Design and Mix: The Garage sound studio - Hosny Ali VO: Essam Seif