#aziza amir
Before the establishment of the famously known 'Studio Misr' by Talaat Harb in 1937, which represented a hub of cinematic creativity and produced many of Egypt’s film classics, Mofida Mohamed Ghoniem, or known by her stage name 'Aziza Amir', was the true pioneer of Egyptian cinema. Men initially used to play female roles “under disguise”, and most film productions were played and produced by foreign men, which rarely ever portrayed the real lives of Egyptians. Female artists, for a long…
