Movies: Ali Roushdy

Rabi'a al-Adawiyya is a classic film from 1963 based on the life of the early Sufi saint and poet Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, also known as Rabi'a al Basri, in the second Islamic century....

A poor girl lives on the rooftop of a building. Three young neighbors fall in love with her. The decide to help her when they discover that she is seriously ill and in need of an urgent operation....

(Hassan), the simple contractor, lives a happy life with his wife (Amina) and his daughter (Laila). He succeeds in his work, becomes a wealthy contractor, and meets (Murad) Bey and they start a company. (Nima), (Murad's) playful sister, tries to lure...

In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours....

The story of Khalid Ibn Al-Walid (592-642) the greatest military leader in the dawn of Islam during the life of prophet Muhammad and his caliphs Abu Bakr and Omar....

In the port of Alexandria, Captain Gad works on one of the mechanical boats. Gad orchestrates a ship accident that is taken as an act of God. Abu Ahmed is appointed foreman instead of Gad, who was waiting for the job. Abu Ahmed feels happy and convey...

Ismail lives in a local neighborhood, next to his fiancée and her mother who objects to their relationship because of his work in the police....

Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt....

Prince Mahboob and his friend Yazid roam the country in search of a bride for his uncle who has a distinctive mark. They arrive in Wardistan, and rescue a woman who is being fought over by thieves, who was none other than Princess Shalia. Her father ...

Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection....

Al-Hanash wants to marry the daughter of Jaber, his assistant in drug trafficking, in exchange for covering up Jabir's killing of Abu Hadid. But Amina refuses this marriage, and she is in a relationship with Hassan Ibn Abu Hadid....

The work deals with the story of the engineer (Adel) who works in an oil company in the Sinai Desert and is married to the daughter of the company manager (Zouzou) who cheats on him with her cousin. As for (Samra), the daughter of the sheik of the tr...

The family of Abu Taqiyya holds the hostility to the pasha who obtained their land from a public auction. This pasha has a daughter who falls in love with an agricultural engineer, and one of her relatives is trying to marry her in the greed of her f...

A lawyer tries to realize what crime is, and whether it is inherited or as a result of upbringing and the environment, and the lawyer comes up with a criminal and decides to treat him well and prepare him with all the appropriate circumstances....

A tough-on-crime public prosecutor's world is turned upside down when his son is accused of murdering a dancer....

A husband and wife live happily and happily, but they lack only one thing in order for their happiness to be complete: children. Although years have passed since the marriage, they have not had children, but he does not want to marry another woman, a...

Rawya is the sister of a young mischievous man who has known the path of crime. One day, the police chase him, and the brother exchanges gunfire with them until he is shot by the officer. She decides to take revenge on her brother. The officer learns...

The film tells the story of Qais bin Al-Malouh and Laila, who falls in love with her and sings poetry about her. This is heard by the elders of the tribe, so they are forbidden from meeting, and all the time they feel the pain of separation....

A criminal kidnaps a girl from her wealthy family and demands a ransom. When the family refuses to pay, he entrusts the daughter to a poor family to raise her and their only son. One day, a wealthy woman sees a striking resemblance to her lost son in...

Directed by Fatma Rouchdi....