Salah Jahin

Born: 1930-12-25

Salah was a poet and a caricaturist in addition to being a screenwriter. He did not complete his studies in art but rather studied law. Salah has worked as an illustrator for several publications including the “Sabah al-Kheir” magazine and “al-Ahram” newspaper. He has authored the lyrics for several romantic and nationalistic songs in addition to screenplays and dialogues. Moreover Salah has taken part in the production of such films as “Khalli Ballak men Zuzu” (“Watch Out for Zuzu”), “Amirat Hobby Anna”, “Shafiq wa Metwally” (“Shafiqa and Metwally”) and “al-Muttawahisha” (“Monstrous”). Salah also wrote the screenplays for several puppet plays which include “al-Layla al-Akhira” (“The Last Night”), “Orbit” and “al-Qahira fee Alf ‘Aam” (“Cairo in a Thousand Days”). Moreover he also wrote episodes for “Howa wa Heyya” (“Him and Her”). Salah’s works drew significant crowds and he could have continued in cinema as he is a talented actor.


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Adieu Bonaparte

as uncredited
Released: 1985-05-17

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a...

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The Thief and the Dogs

as المعلم طرزان
Released: 1962-11-12

This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a...

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Men Gheir Ma'ad

as فهمي
Released: 1962-12-10

Salwa (Soad Hosni) secretly loves Waheed (Mohamed Sultan) . While Waheed loves Nadia (Nadia...

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Why was Cairo Calm

as uncredited
Released: 1982-08-10

It begins in the days after Sadat's assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers....

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No Time for Love

as Badir
Released: 1963-03-25

Hamza "a member of the volunteer National Guard" meets up with the teacher Fawzya "Faten", after...

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The Mamluks

as Sheikh Sayed
Released: 1965-10-04

After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump the people and...

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