Oh Islam

Oh Islam
Directed by	Enrico Bomba Andrew Marton
Written by	Robert Andrews Enrico Bomba
Produced by	Enrico Bomba Ramses Naguib
Starring	Ahmed Mazhar Lobna Abdel Aziz Rushdy Abaza
Cinematography	Wahid Farid
Release date	20 October 1961 (1961-10-20)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Oh Islam (Arabic: وا اسلاماه, translit. Wa Islamah, and also released as Love and Faith) is a 1961 Egyptian drama film directed by Enrico Bomba and Andrew Marton. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1] The film was the first Egyptian film to be screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

Egyptians

• Ahmed Mazhar as Mahmoud (Qutuz)
• Rushdy Abaza as Baibars
• Lobna Abdel Aziz as Jihad
• Emad Hamdy as Aybak
• Taheyya Kariokka as Shajar al-Durr
• Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Faris ad-Din Aktai
• Farid Shawki as Bltai
• Mahmoud el-Meliguy as Aktai

Italians

• Ema Andi
• Franco Carelli
• Federico Chentrens
• Mario Dionisi
• Luisa Mattioli
• Folco Lulli as Aktai
• Silvana Pampanini as Shajar al-Durr

See also

• List of submissions to the 34th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
2. "Wa Islamah: San Francisco International Film Festival". sffs.org. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

External links

• Oh Islam at IMDb