Ali Badrakhan Explained

Ali Badrakhan^[1] (born April 25, 1946) is an Egyptian film director and screenwriter, the son of the director Ahmed Badrakhan. He worked as assistant to Fatin Abdel Wahab in Land of Hypocrisy in 1968, and with Youssef Chahine in the films Selection in 1971 and The Sparrow in 1974; his first movie was The Love That Was (1973) by Soad Hosny. Badrakhan collaborated with Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Jahin, and Ahmed Zaki.

Early life

Badrakhan was born to Ahmed Badrakhan who is of Kurdish descent and Salwa Allam in Cairo circa 1946.

Year	Title	Arabic Title	Notes
1969	Nadia
1975	Karnak	الكرنك	Director, Writer
1978	Shafika and Metwali	شفيقة ومتولي	Director, Writer
1981	People on the Top	أهل القمة	Director, Writer
1986	The Hunger	Al-Go'a, الجوع	Director, Writer, Producer
1991	The Sheperd and the Women	Al-Ra'i wal Nisaa, الراعى والنساء	Director, Producer
2002	Desire	Al-Raghba	Director

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