Hamdy Ahmed
Hamdy Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa (Template:Lang-ar; 9 November 1933, Sohag, Egypt – 8 January 2016) was an Egyptian actor.[1] He is known for his role as Mahjoub Abdel Dayem in the film Cairo 30 (1966). Ahmed was a parliamentary representative for the district of Bulaq at the time of the forcible relocation of the population of that quarter to public housing in the az-Zawiya al-Hamra district in the periphery of Cairo.[2] He was a member of the Labour Party of Egypt, but left it in 1984.[3] Since 1998 Ahmed has been a columnist for the newspaper Elosboa (الأسبوع).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Al-Kahira 30 (القاهرة 30, "Cairo 30") | Mahjoub Abdel Dayem | |
| 1969 | Al-Ard (الأرض, "The Land") | Mohammad Effendi | |
| 1972 | Al-Asfour (العصفور, "The Sparrow") | ||
| 1986 | Al-Yawm al-Sadis (اليوم السادس, "The Sixth Day") | Saïd | Released in France as Le Sixième Jour |
References
- ^ "Egyptian actor Hamdy Ahmed dies at 82". Ahram Online. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ Farha Ghannam (2002). Remaking the Modern: Space, Relocation, and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520936010. p. 78.
- ^ Near East/South Asia Report 065243, 21 December 1984. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Accessed September 2013.
External links
- Hamdy Ahmed at IMDb
- Hamdy Ahmed at ElCinema
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