A Girl from Palestine (Egyptian Arabic: فتاة من فلسطين translit: Fatah Min Falastin) is a 1948 Egyptian film directed by and starring Mahmoud Zulfikar.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

A Girl from Palestine
Film poster
Directed byMahmoud Zulfikar
Written byYoussef Gohar
Screenplay byAziza Amir
Produced byAziza Amir
StarringMahmoud Zulfikar
Soad Mohammed
CinematographyWahid Farid
Edited byGalal Mostafa
Music byRiad Al Sunbati
Mohamed El Qasabgi
Production
company
Aziza Amir Films
Distributed byAl Sharq Films
Release date
  • 1 November 1948 (1948-11-01)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Plot

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During 1948 Arab–Israeli War, an Egyptian fighter pilot stubbornly defends the Palestinian land against the Israeli enemy. In the same air raid, his plane crashes in a Palestinian village, and Salma the Palestinian finds him injured in his foot. She hosts him in her home and works to heal his wounds, which brings the Egyptian and Palestinian hearts closer. Then the film exposes the stories of the Palestinian guerrillas who prefer death to the Zionist occupation, and then we know that Salma's house is nothing but a center for the guerrillas' weapons. The Egyptian pilot admires the girl Salma and her courage until they exchange love and marry in a Palestinian wedding that the guerrillas seduce in the Palestinian popular manner, and the Egyptian pilot returns to complete his mission in defending Palestine.

Main cast

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  • Mahmoud Zulfikar
  • Souad Muhammed
  • Hassan Fayek
  • Zainab Sedky
  • Salah Nazmi
  • Said Khalil
  • Wafaa Adel
  • Qadriya Mahmoud

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3.
  3. ^ Abdel-Malek, Kamal (30 April 2016). The Rhetoric of Violence: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Contemporary Palestinian Literature and Film. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-06667-1.
  4. ^ Leaman, Oliver (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
  5. ^ Hoppenstand, Gary (2007). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33274-6.
  6. ^ Abdelrahman, Maha M.; Hamdy, Iman A.; Rouchdy, Malak S.; Saad, Reem (2006). Cultural Dynamics in Contemporary Egypt. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-982-2.
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