Bahgory on Revolution” will be on view at Al Masar Gallery, Baehler’s Mansion, 157B, 26 July Street, Zamalek, Cairo, until 7 February 2012. The gallery is open from 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, Saturday through Thursday.
 

 

  Ismail Yasin (also credited as Ismail Yasseen; Arabic: إسماعيل ياسين‎ IPA: [esmæˈʕiːl jæˈsiːn]) (September 15, 1915 − May 24, 1972) was an Egyptian comedian/actor. He is famous for a series of films with his name in the title. Ismail Yassin had a difficult childhood in Suez where he was born. His mother died at an early age and his father was jailed thus forcing him to leave school before completing his primary education. He worked as a parking valet to support himself.

He started his career as a monologue singer and headed for Cairo after Abo El Seoud El Ebiary, the comic screenwriter and his best friend and life partner had discovered him and had helped him to join Badi’a Masabny’s troupe. His break into the movie industry came when Fouad El-Gazaery gave him his first role in the movie “Khalf El-Habayeb” in 1939. He later joined Ali El-Kassar‘s troupe and started to gain widespread recognition eventually becoming one of most popular stars in the Arab world. A record 15 movies used his name in their titles to capitalize on his fame, most of them was written by Abo El Seoud El Ebiary.

He was not particularly attractive but he had great control of his facial expressions and often made fun of his ‘large mouth’ in his films. His trademark gimmick was to act terrified bringing his wobbling knees together, stretching his shaking arms in front of him, stammering silently, and suddenly snapping out of his panic with a loud inhalation of air. In the 1960s his health began to deteriorate. He moved to Lebanon where he participated in a number of films, and later when he returned to Egypt he was heavily in debt. He died of a heart attack in 1972. His son, Yasin Ismail Yasin, is also famous Egyptian film director.

 

Reda dancig group.

Mahmoud Reda: Egypt`s Answer to Fred Astaire

Mahmoud Reda graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Cairo University in1954. He was raised in an Egyptian family that encouraged the pursuit of both sport activities and artistic endeavors. During his years at university, he competed in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, and received the gold medal in free exercises in The Pan Arab Sports Championship in 1950 His sport activities were accompanied by an increasing love for dance. He realized that Egypt had a rich wealth of cultural heritage that needed to be presented on stage in a dance form.

Mahmoud Reda is the pioneer of theatre dance in Egypt. In 1959 he founded the world renowned Reda Troupe. By the mid 60s the troupe had over 150 members including, dancers, musicians, and technicians. As the soloist, choreographer, and artistic director, he was instrumental in creating a legitimate theatrical dance genre that embraced many styles. He has choreographed more than 300 dances, supervising all aspects of their presentation on stage. He has also choreographed dances for many Egyptian feature films, and has stared in three musicals directed by his late brother Ali Reda, two of which are major productions and are regarded as mile stones in the history of Egyptian cinema. ( Fra Safti craft news)

Ramzy Yassa

Ramzi Yassa (born 1948) is an Egyptian pianist. An outstanding member of the first batch of musicians trained at the Cairo Conservatory, Yassa graduated in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, taking part in the 1974 Tchaikovsky competition, where he earned an Honorary certificate. He then launched a concert career, settling in Paris. Three years later, he was the first Egyptian pianist to win a major piano competition – the ‘Paloma O’Shea’ Santander International Piano Competition.

The first Arab pianist to record Beethoven’s piano concertos (Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Ahmed El Saedi), Ramzi Yassa has performed in halls as renowned as the Vienna’s Musikverein, the Berliner Philharmonie, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Barbican Centre, the Royal Albert Hall or the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, collaborating with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Charles Groves and Vladimir Ashkenazy. A teacher in Paris’ École Normale. He is a recipient of the Liszt Centennial Commemorative Medal as well as the 2007 Egyptian State Prize for Music, for the first time awarded to a performing musician. ( fra Wikipedia)

Se video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tknsS_w9aoY

Farouk Hosni, en abstract maler. Hosny er født og opvokset i Alexandria. Han er uddannet fra Alexandria University ‘s School of Fine Arts i 1964 og efter endt uddannelse rettet Al-Anfoushi Kulturelle Palace i flere år. Hosny holdt udstillinger verden over og vandt det japanske Soka Gakai International University kulturelle og fredsprisen . (fra Wikipedia).

 

Zahi Hawass: (født d. 28. maj 1947 i Damietta, Egypten) er en egyptisk arkæolog, ægyptolog og den nuværende sekretær general af den egyptiske organisation Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Han har også arbejdet med arkæologiske udgravninger i Nildeltaet, det Libyske ørken, og Oppe og Nedre Egypten.

Hawass ønskede egentlig at blive Jurist, men valgte i stedet at studere Græsk og Romersk arkæologi ved Alexandrias universitet, hvor han modtog en Bachelor grad. Han fik senere et diplom i Ægyptologi ved Kairos universitet, derefter fortsatte han hans studier ved University of Pennsylvania, hvor han i 1987 modtog sin doktor grad (Ph.D).

Efter 1988, studerede han egyptisk arkæologi, historie og kultur, mest ved American University in Cairo og University of California, Los Angeles. I 1998, blev han udnævnt som “secretary of state and director” af Giza palteauet. I 2002 blev han udnævnt som general sekretær af Egypten- af Supreme Council of Antiquities. (Fra Wikipedia).

Se video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwiYnzfLUwI

Sayed Darwish ( arabisk : سيد درويش; 17 marts 1892 – September 15, 1923) var en egyptisk sanger og komponist, der blev anset far til egyptiske populær musik. Han blev født i Alexandria den 17. marts 1892.  Han satte musik til den egyptiske nationalsang, Bilady, Bilady, Bilady , ord, der var tilpasset fra en berømt tale af Mustafa Kamil .

Darwish døde af en blodprop i hjertet en kokain overdosis i Alexandria den 15. september 1923 (31 år). fra ^[1] Tilfældigvis på dagen for hans død, den nationale egyptiske leder Saad Zaghloul tilbage fra eksil, egypterne sang Darwish’s nye sang ” Bilady, Bilady, Bilady “, som skulle blive nationalsang i 1979.

Egypterne mener Sayed Darwish til at være blandt deres største musikere og deres største enkeltstående komponist. ” Ud over de sange, der er nævnt ovenfor, han komponerede “El Hilwadi” (“det smukke én”), “Zouruni”, “Shed el hezam” (“Træk bæltet”), “Malo’ouna”, “Ana Haweit,” “Oum Ya Masry” (Rise Du egyptisk), og ” Salma Ya Salama . ”