"Here is our love of the lady of the Arab screen"

It was eight o'clock in the evening of December 29, 1984, and he stood on his fingertips to eagerly watch from the balcony window overlooking Faten Hamama's cinema, awaiting the arrival of his lover, He ran to the lady of the Arab screen, shook him and smiled at him, and then sat a few meters from her to watch the movie where the cinema had opened its doors. "This is how Wael Arabi, owner of one of the shops adjacent to Manial's Cinema, 30 years old, who spoke to Al-Masry Al-Youm after his demolition in recent days for the past

"His laughter was innocent of children, I am surprised that the cinema in his name opens his hands." Unfortunately, Wael expresses his deep dissatisfaction with the decision to demolish one of the oldest theaters in the world. 39, Egypt

Wael, 52, recovered his memories of Faten Hamama's cinema, formerly known as Miranda, but was nicknamed the deceased artist in recognition of his artistic talent, adding that the cinema had three films a day, 4 and 8 pounds depending on the category, and said: "Cinema hired a singer, but Makdrsh operated to some extent the tickets were licensed and closed for 3 years."

The fiftieth has always attended free to movies at Mi cinema randa, before becoming Faten Hamama, since the director of cinema, then Uncle Philip, was the friend of his father and took it in the special exhibition hall to watch all the Arab women. : "The Egyptian people worshiped, and the proof that the station of the king of the good says Faten Hamama.

Wael:" The owners of the cinema have demolished it to take nearly 40 million pounds by an Arab bank , investors have transformed the streets of kindergarten in recent years of a rare artistic heritage into residential towers that have destroyed history, This historical impact is not the first in the region to be removed , where the villa was demolished by Maestro Salim Salim for several years too ".

During the conversation with the son, "Hajj Arab" squeezing a stick because he reached the age of 88, and once the man sat in the cinema walls and looking at art stars in the interior, a lot of movie tales 3 movies a day: two Arabs and one stranger, the cinema was not one of its Favorite hobbies but it had its place among all the locals who were watching the stars: "We were Benshef Farid Shawqi, Kamal Al Shennawi and Mahmoud El Meligy," he adds: "I was a fan of the first movies No, I was walking down the street when I was looking at pictures that were not inserted. "

On the other side of the cinema, captain Ali Rashwan, a player from the Egyptian club in Cairo, is sitting in his friend's shop, wearing dark glbades and diving every morning in his daily life. for decades, he met the "shala" of his friends who knew the art like Mohammed Abdel Halim, or who loved playing football like Hbadan Hamdy, Sherbini and Sheikh Taha Ismail. He remembers well the day of the premiere of the film behind the stars of the first net, And also recalls his vision of the artist Farouk al-Fishawi, who was presenting his first film to the film "Hamama", says: "Farid Shawky and Faten Hamama Let me Ashan I watch the movie, Lessa held the first commemorative pictures for viewing at home. "