Qays wa Laila

Qays wa Laila
Directed by	Ahmed Diaa Eddine
Starring	Shoukry Sarhan Magda al-Sabahi Omar el-Hariri Mahmoud El-Sabbaa Mohamed Tawfik Widad Hamdi Mohammed Abaza Rafeaa El Shal Nagwa Fouad Abbas Fares
Release date	January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18)
Country	Egypt

Qays wa Laila (Arabic: قيس وليلى, lit. “Qays and Laila”) is an Egyptian film released in 1960.

The film is the second film of the same name (a remake of the 1939 film of the same name) based on the story of Layla and Majnun. Majnun is the name rendered in most transliterations of the semi-legendary poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah. Like the film it remade, it features a screenplay co-written by El-Sayed Ziada. The only actor in common is Abbas Fares.^[1]

Synopsis

The poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah (Shoukry Sarhan) falls in love with his cousin Laila (Magda al-Sabahi) and writes love poems to her. Although the tribal elders forbid him to meet her and she later marries Warid (Omar El-Hariri), Qays remains in love with her.^[2]

References

1. Kassem, Mahmoud (2006). موسوعة الأفلام الروائية في مصر والعالم العربي ("Arabic Movies Encyclopedia"), vol. 2. Cairo: General Egyptian Book Organization. pp. 332–333.
2. "Qays & Laila". El Cinema. Retrieved 19 July 2021.