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- DirectorAhmed BadrakhanStarsUmm KulthumSuleiman NaguibZuzoo ShakibA virtuous woman's purity is threatened by a callow seducer. The eponymous heroine is a revered "doctor" in the neighborhood of alleys where she lives and dispenses free treatment to all who ask. She is called to nurse a wealthy crank, and his playboy youngest brother falls in love with her. She demands marriage when offered the status of mistress - and much chicanery and humor accompany the pathos of her struggle to gain respect via a common law document.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFarid ShawqiHind RustumYoussef ChahineA newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsAhmad MazharSalah ZulfikarNadia LutfiAfter Saladin's victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.
- DirectorHasan El-EmamSaid TantawiStarsYehia ChahineMaha SabryZizi El BadrawyBased on the first part of Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy, the film depicts the life paths of Ahmed Abdul Jawad's family during the English occupation and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution. This includes the head of the family who deals harshly with his family, while he lives a life of dissipation; his son Fahmi, who joins a secret political organization, and his oldest son who follows in the footsteps of his father in his womanizing.
- DirectorHasan El-EmamStarsHussein FahmyShafik GalalSamir GhanemWhen a college professor falls for one of his students, his fiancée decides to expose the student's shameful secret to all.
- DirectorChadi Abdel SalamStarsAhmed MareiAhmad HegaziNadia LutfiAn Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
- DirectorSherif ArafaSherif ArafaYehia HassaneinStarsAdel EmamYoussraKamal El-ShinnawiA family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsNour El-SherifLayla OlwiMahmoud HemidaThe story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, centered around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep on living thanks to his students.
- DirectorAmr SalamaStarsHind SabriMaged El-KidwaniHany AdelA woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.