Abdellah Mesbahi Explained

Abdellah Mesbahi (born 1936 in El Jadida, died September 16, 2016) was a Moroccan filmmaker.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Mesbahi studied cinema at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques (ESEC) in Paris and before a stint as an intern at the Théâtre national populaire. Upon his return to Morocco, he held administrative positions at the Ministry of Information and the Moroccan Film Center (CCM).^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} Throughout his career, Mesbahi directed 21 feature films, many of them shedding light on a number of national, Arab and Islamic causes, in particular the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.^[9] His film on the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Why? was censored in 1984.^[10]

His daughter Imane is also a filmmaker.^[11]

Partial filmography

• 1968: Vaincre Pour Vivre (Intissar El Hayat)^[12]
• 1973 : Silence, sens interdit (Sukut al-ittiah al-mamnu)
• 1975: Tomorrow the Earth will not Change (Demain la terre ne changera pas)
• 1976 : Green Light (Al-daw' al-akhdar)
• 1979 : Where Are You Hiding the Sun?
• 1983 : Afghanistan Why? ^[13]
• 1989: The Land of Challenge / Ardhu-l tahaddy (also known under the original title of 1980 I Will Write Your Name in The Sand)
• 2010 : Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba ^[14]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Personnes Africultures : Mesbahi Abdellah. 2021-11-17. Africultures. fr-FR.
2. Web site: Africiné - Abdellah Mesbahi. 2021-11-17. Africiné. fr.
3. Web site: QUE FAIRE DE YASSINE ?. 2021-11-17. www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma. fr.
4. Web site: MATIN. LE. Le Matin - Hommage à Abdellah Mesbahi et Abderrahim Tounsi. 2021-11-17. Le Matin. fr.
5. Web site: Feu Abdellah Mesbahi, doyen des réalisateurs marocains et auteur d'œuvres prodigieuses. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210524132941/https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/cinema/32-ans-apres-afghanistan-pourquoi-verra-le-jour-119502 . 2021-05-24 .
6. Web site: MATIN. LE. Le Matin - Une grande perte pour le septième art national et arabe. 2021-11-17. Le Matin. fr.
7. Book: Armes, Roy. Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. 2005. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-21744-8. en.
8. Book: Orlando. Valerie. Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Orlando. Valérie K.. 2011-05-24. Ohio University Press. 978-0-89680-281-0. en.
9. Web site: SAÂDANE. Fatima-Ezzahra. Interview de Abdellah Masbahi, Réalisateur de "Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba" : "Nos films sont encore à l'état embryonnaire". 2021-11-17. Les ÉCO - Actualités. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921070745/http://www.leseco.ma/live/100-festival-du-film-de-tanger/11987-interview-de-abdellah-masbahi-realisateur-de-lal-qods-bab-al-magharibar-lnos-films-sont-encore-a-letat-embryonnairer. 2013-09-21. fr-fr.
10. Web site: 32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour. 2021-11-17. Aujourd'hui le Maroc. fr-FR.
11. Web site: 2018-11-26. Abdellah Mesbahi et sa fille Imane : passion cinéma. 2021-11-17. VH Magazine. fr-FR.
12. Book: Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. 2000-01-01. KARTHALA Editions. 978-2-84586-060-5. fr.
13. Web site: 32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210524132941/https://aujourdhui.ma/culture/cinema/32-ans-apres-afghanistan-pourquoi-verra-le-jour-119502 . 2021-05-24 .
14. Web site: filmnat12. 2021-11-17. www.ccm.ma.
15. Book: Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. 2008. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-35116-6. en.
16. Book: Armes, Roy. Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage. 2008. KARTHALA Editions. 978-2-84586-958-5. fr.