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Farida Fahmy

Farida Fahmy

Acting

Biography

An Egyptian actress, born in 1940. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts and worked on founding the Reda Band with her husband Ali Reda and his brother Mahmoud Reda. In the 80s, she obtained a doctorate in dance from the United States. Her most notable films: Big Brother, Ismail Yassine Is a Military Policeman, Love in Karnak and Jamila.

Known For

Jamila, the Algerian
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Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the Casbah district of Algiers under the French occupation of Algeria, sees the full extent of injustice, tyranny and cruelty on his compatriots by French soldiers. Jamila's nationalist spirit will be strengthened when French forces invade her university to arrest her classmate Amina who commits suicide by ingesting poison. Shortly after the prominent Algerian guerrilla leader Youssef takes refuge with her, she realizes that her uncle Mustafa is part of this network of anti-colonial rebel fighters. Her uncle linked her to the National Liberation Front (FLN). A series of events illustrate Jamila's participation in resistance operations against the occupier before she was finally captured and tortured. Finally, despite the efforts of her French lawyer, Jamila is sentenced to death...

Jamila, the Algerian

1958Movie