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Moroccan film director
Abdellah Mesbahi (born 1936 in El Jadida, died September 16, 2016) was a Moroccan filmmaker.
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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).
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[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.
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His daughter
Imane is also a filmmaker.
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Partial filmography
- 1968: Vaincre Pour Vivre (Intissar El Hayat)
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- 1973 : Silence, sens interdit (Sukut al-ittiah al-mamnu)
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- 1975: Tomorrow the Earth will not Change (Demain la terre ne changera pas)
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- 1976 : Green Light (Al-daw' al-akhdar)
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- 1979 : Where Are You Hiding the Sun?
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- 1983 :
Afghanistan Why?
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- 1989: The Land of Challenge / Ardhu-l tahaddy (also known under the original title of 1980 I Will Write Your Name in The Sand)
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- 2010 : Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba
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References
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"Personnes | Africultures : Mesbahi Abdellah". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"Africiné - Abdellah Mesbahi". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"QUE FAIRE DE YASSINE ?". www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"Le Matin - Hommage à Abdellah Mesbahi et Abderrahim Tounsi". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"Feu Abdellah Mesbahi, doyen des réalisateurs marocains et auteur d'œuvres prodigieuses".
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"Le Matin - Une grande perte pour le septième art national et arabe". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press.
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978-0-253-21744-8.
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^ Orlando, Valerie; Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-24).
Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press.
ISBN
978-0-89680-281-0.
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^ SAÂDANE, Fatima-Ezzahra.
"Interview de Abdellah Masbahi, Réalisateur de "Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba" : "Nos films sont encore à l'état embryonnaire"". Les ÉCO - Actualités (in French). Archived from
the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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"Abdellah Mesbahi et sa fille Imane : passion cinéma". VH Magazine (in French). 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01.
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978-2-84586-060-5.
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Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press.
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978-0-253-35116-6.
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Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions.
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978-2-84586-958-5.
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"32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour".
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"filmnat12". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.