Acting
Yousra
Born March 10, 1955 · Cairo, Egypt (age 71)
Yousra is an Egyptian actress and singer. She is the sister-in-law of actor Hesham Selim, son of a famous Egyptian football player, actor, and former president of Al Ahly, Saleh Selim. Yousra is considered a glamorous icon for the Middle East and is an influential voice in the region.
Known For
Mercedes · 1993Mercedes
★ 4.81993
MovieDrama
Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer, before she can kill his half-brother.
Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden · 2000Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed Garden
★ 4.82000
MovieRomanceDrama
Imagine a world of pleasure, where passion is the ultimate obsession. When Michael and Lisa travel to India to restore an erotic sculpture, they are immediately acquainted with the Kama Sutra and introduced to the skills of seduction. But when forbidden desires are revealed, vows can be broken. Now, sexual desires are about to be reawakened and fantasies are about to come true. What you desire you cannot resist. Experience it for yourself.
The City · 1999The City
★ 7.41999
MovieDrama
Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.
Night Chat · 1999Night Chat
1999
MovieDrama
A police detective investigates an apartment in which suspicious businesses are taking place, so he disguises himself to work there and succeeds in identifying both those who frequent the apartment and those who run it.
The Yacoubian Building · 2006The Yacoubian Building
★ 7.32006
MovieDrama
The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.
The Fair · 1989The Fair
★ 4.61989
MovieDramaThriller
The child (Barakat) from his mother gets lost in the crowd of the birth, to be kidnapped by the seller (Ali al-Araj) and taken to his home and called (Ibrahim), to grow up in an environment of all criminality, and involved working with a smuggling gang, and travel with them to Greece to carry out an operation, to change his life .
Lady of Cairo · 1990Lady of Cairo
1990
MovieDrama
A countryside girl moves to Cairo searching for her brother. She meets a rich man and marries him and enters the artistic field because of her beautiful voice. She becomes a big star, but she's unsatisfied with her marital life, so she drifts in a number of relations.
An Egyptian Story · 1982An Egyptian Story
★ 6.51982
MovieDramaFantasy
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
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