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The Malatily Bathhouse, is a 1973 Egyptian movie, directed by Salah Abu Seif, and starring Shams El-Barudy, Yousuf Shaaban, Mohamed El Arabi, with a runtime of 106 minutes. Content rating: 18+.
The Malatily Bathhouse is a bold Egyptian drama adapted from a novel by Ismail Walieddin. The film follows Ahmad, played by Mohamed El Arabi, a young refugee from a town near Ismailia who arrives in Cairo seeking work and a law degree. Given shelter at the historic Malatily Bathhouse in the Gamaliya district, he is drawn into the turbulent lives of its inhabitants — among them Naeema, a prostitute portrayed by Shams El Baroudi, with whom he falls into a complex and emotionally charged relationship, and Raouf, played by Youssef Shaaban. As Ahmad navigates guilt, desire, and moral compromise in an unforgiving urban environment, the film builds to a shattering portrait of displacement and survival on Cairo's margins.
Malaṯily Bathhouse is a 1973 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It stars Shams al-Baroudi and Yusuf Shåban. The film is adapted from a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. Samar Habib, author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations, said "that the title of the film can "be easily translated" as Malatily Bathhouse." The opening credits of the film have the English title An Egyptian Tragedy. Habib said that it was "strangely translated" into An Egyptian Tragedy.
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