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Bathhouse of Malatily (The)

Country: Egypt, Language: Arabic, 100 mins

Original Title

Hammam al-Malatily
  • Director: Salah Abouseif
  • Writer: Mohsen Zayed

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The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.


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Cast & Characters

Muhammad Al-Araby;
Youssef Chaban;
Shams El-Barudy;
Fayez Halawa;
Nimat Mukhtar