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The Nightingale's Prayer: Directed by Henry Barakat. With Faten Hamamah, Ahmad Mazhar, Aminah Rizq, Zahrat El-Ula. This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
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- Drama, Romance
- Henry Barakat
- 1959-10-08
Egyptian Arabic. The Nightingale's Prayer (Arabic: دعاء الكروان, translit. Doaa al-Karawan listen ⓘ; also called The Curlew's Cry) [1] is a 1959 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and based on a novel titled Doaa al-Karawan (novel) by the prominent writer Taha Hussein. It stars Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar.
Doaa al-Karwan (Arabic: دعاء الكروان)(The Call of the Curlew) is a novel by Taha Hussein, an Egyptian writer, published in 1934. [1] Taha Hussein dedicated it to the writer Abbas Al-Akkad. The Lebanese poet Khalil Mutran was inspired to write a poem by the atmosphere of the novel.
Doaa al Karawan. (1959) The Nightingale's Prayer. When Hanadi leaves her family and works as a maid at a single engineer's house, she falls for him and gets pregnant. Believing her to defame the family's name and bring them disgrace, her uncle kills...Read more.
This paper discusses the representation of Gay, Lesbian and Queer (GLQ) identities in one of the most influential industries in Egypt and the Arab World, cinema. It takes the time frame of the 1970s, also known for the presidency of Anwar El-Sadat for Egypt, who was one of the most enigmatic and controversial statesmen that ever existed.
Jan 1, 2024 · Examining Duaa Al Karawan through an eco-feminist lens, this study highlights how Hussein establishes an inseparable link between women, their surroundings, and the prevailing social structures in Egyptian society at the time.