Salah El-Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an actor in 1956. He is regarded as one of the most influential actors in the history of the Egyptian film industry.
Zulfikar, c. 1971
Salah Zulfikar between his students in Suez, 1956
Zulfikar romantically embracing Huda Sultan in Forbidden Women (1959)
Zulfikar and Soad Hosny in Money and Women (1960)
The Egyptian film industry is today based mainly in Cairo, which is sometimes referred to as Hollywood on the Nile or Hollywood of the East, despite having its beginnings in the city of Alexandria in the early 20th century. A strong industry grew in Egypt with a high distribution rate among the Arab world, and Cairo produces around three-quarters of the Arab world's screen output. It has had a large effect on the African and Arab film industry since the early 20th century.
Bishara Wakim in Barsoum Looking for a Job (1923)
Aziza Amir in Laila (1927)
Publicity still for Sons of Aristocrats (1932), first Egyptian sound film
Publicity still for Yahya el hub (1938)