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Bahiga Hafez (Arabic: بهيجة حافظ, 1901-1983)[1] was an Egyptian screenwriter, composer, director, producer and actress.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Personal Life

Bahiga Hafez was born and raised in Alexandria to an affluent family and later went on to study musical composition in Paris.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Career

Hafez is often cited as being one of the pioneering women in Egyptian cinema. She started her career in film as an actress, starring in the silent film Zeinab (1930), directed by Mohamed Karim[2]. This sparked her interest in film. Hafez founded the company Fanar Films.[15] Hafez's first film was Layla al-Badawiyya (Layla the Bedouin) (1937) but was not released until 1944.[16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ "The Plight of Women in Egyptian Cinema 1940s 1960s" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Studio Misr, etc - Al-Ahram Weekly". weekly.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  3. ^ "Women's Films and Social Change". www.highbrowmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  4. ^ Knott, Matthew Hammett. "Heroines of Cinema: 9 Things We Could Learn From Taking a Global Perspective on Women Directors". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  5. ^ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781134662517.
  6. ^ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005-01-01). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774249433.
  7. ^ Hottell, Ruth A.; Pallister, Janis L. (2011-09-16). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781611474442.
  8. ^ Hottell, Ruth A.; Pallister, Janis L. (2011-09-16). Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781611474442.
  9. ^ Medmem.eu, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel –. "In front of the Mirror: the filmmaker Bahiga Hafez". medmem.eu. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  10. ^ "Bahiga Hafez, AlexCinema". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  11. ^ "SIS Bahiga Hafez". www.sis.gov.eg. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  12. ^ Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule (2015-09-29). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. ISBN 9781137312372.
  13. ^ "World Women - Still Circulating Silent Era Film Prints" (PDF).
  14. ^ Smither, Roger B. N. (2002-01-01). This Film is Dangerous: A Celebration of Nitrate Film. Federation Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF). ISBN 9782960029604.
  15. ^ Women and Film. Women & Film. 1973. p. 90.
  16. ^ Nelmes, Jill; Selbo, Jule (2015-09-29). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. ISBN 9781137312372.
  17. ^ Aghacy, Samira (2015-03-01). Writing Beirut: Mappings of the City in the Modern Arabic Novel. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781474403467.
  18. ^ Armes, Roy (2008-01-01). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253351162.
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