Zaynab (film)

Zaynab
Zaynab
	Film poster
Directed by	Mohammed Karim
Written by	Mohamed Hussein Heikal
Produced by	Youssef Wahbi
Starring	Bahiga Hafez ; Zaki Rostom
Cinematography	Mohamed Abdelazim; Hassan Murad ; Gaston Madre
Edited by	Mohammed Karim
Music by	Bahiga Hafez
Production; company	Ramses Film
Release date	9 April 1930(Egypt);
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Last updated August 25, 2025

Zaynab is a 1930 Egyptian silent film directed by Mohammed Karim.^[1]^[2] It is based on the 1913 novel under the same name by Mohammed Hussein Heikal.^[3]^[4] The film stars Bahiga Hafez and Zaki Rostom.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Plot

A love story between Zaynab who works as a wage earner on agricultural lands and Ibrahim who supervises the farming of these lands. Her family rejects their marriage and make her marry a wealthy man, while Ibrahim gets drafted in the army leaving his sweetheart behind.

Staff

Directed by: Mohammed Karim
Written by: Mohammed Hussein Heikal
Cinematography: Mohamed Abdel Azim, Hassan Murad, Gaston Madre
Editing: Mohammed Karim
Music: Bahiga Hafez
Producer: Youssef Wahbi
Production studio: Ramses Film

Cast

Primary cast

Bahiga Hafez as Zaynab
Zaki Rostom as Hassan
Sirag Mounir as Ibrahim
Dawlat Abyad as Zaynab's mother
Hassan Kamal as Mayor

Supporting cast

Hussein Aser
Alwiya Gamil
Munira Ahmed
Sayeda Fahmy
Abdelkader El-Messiri
Hassan Ahmadi
Gamal Hosni

References

↑ Abdelfattah, Heba Arafa (2023). Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-3995-2075-1. JSTOR 10.3366/jj.9941254.
↑ Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.
↑ Shafik, Viola (2007). Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-065-3.
↑ Vitali, Valentina; Willemen, Paul (2019-07-25). Theorising National Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83902-083-4.
↑ The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2023-11-16. ISBN 978-0-7556-4741-5.
↑ Brugman, J. (1984). An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt: By J. Brugman. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-07172-8.
↑ Dina Al Mahdy (7 April 2020). "The golden age of Egyptian cinema".

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[1] Abdelfattah, Heba Arafa (2023). Filming Modernity and Islam in Colonial Egypt. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-3995-2075-1. JSTOR 10.3366/jj.9941254.

[2] Leaman, Oliver (2003-12-16). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-66251-7.

[3] Shafik, Viola (2007). Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-416-065-3.

[4] Vitali, Valentina; Willemen, Paul (2019-07-25). Theorising National Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83902-083-4.

[5] The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2023-11-16. ISBN 978-0-7556-4741-5.

[6] Brugman, J. (1984). An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt: By J. Brugman. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-07172-8.

[7] Dina Al Mahdy (7 April 2020). "The golden age of Egyptian cinema".

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