{"id":562,"date":"2010-05-28T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=562"},"modified":"2010-05-28T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T13:34:01","slug":"youssef-chahine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/youssef-chahine\/","title":{"rendered":"Youssef Chahine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Youssef Chahine (\u064a\u0648\u0633\u0641 \u0634\u0627\u0647\u064a\u0646) is one of the most famous Arab film directors. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1926 to a Lebanese father and a Greek mother.\u00a0 In 1946, Chahine convinced his parents to let him travel to Hollywood to study acting, where he attended the Pasadena Playhouse outside of Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n

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After returning to Egypt, he turned his attention to directing. Chahine directed his first feature film in 1950, (\u0628\u0627\u0628\u0627 \u0623\u0645\u064a\u0646) Daddy Amin at the age of 23. With Nile Boy (\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064a\u0644) he was first invited to the Cannes Film Festival in1951. The Blazing Sun, 1954 (\u0635\u0631\u0627\u0639 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u062f\u064a) introduced Omar Sharif to the cinematic screen. Chahine\u2019s first truly indicative film of his style and preoccupations was Cairo Central Station (\u0628\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062f), in 1958. Chahine himself plays the central character in this film.<\/p>\n