Memories of Manial's People at the Movies Faten Hamama: It was eight o'clock in the evening, December 29, 1984, and he was standing on the tip of his fingers to watch looking forward to the balcony window overlooking Faten Hamama's cinema, waiting for his lover. Then he sat a few meters to watch the movie where the film opened its doors: "When the Men Cry, So was the case of Wael Arab, the owner of a cinema area near the Manial stores located more than 30 years old, and who spoke to the "Egyptian today" after the demolition in recent days.
"Her laugh was innocent of children, hoping that the cinema in the name of She would be a martyr. "Unfortunately, Wael Arabi expressed deep dissatisfaction at the decision to demolish one of Egypt's oldest theaters, as the old art building is privately owned.
52-year-old Wael recalls his memories of Faten Hamama's cinema, formerly known as Miranda, but was dubbed the late singer as artistic director and continued in a related context that the cinema had three films per day The price of the ticket varies between 4 and 8 li by category, and said: "The cinema hired a singer, but Makdrch operated to some extent the tickets were licensed and closed for 3 years."
The 50-year-old man always attended free movies at Miranda Cinema, before becoming Faten Hamama, since the director of the cinema, then Uncle Philip, was his father's friend and l & # 39; 39, took to the special showroom 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 adds: "The owners of the cinema have destroyed it to take nearly 40 million pounds of water. An Arab Bank. Investors have transformed the streets of the kindergarten in the last years of a rare artistic heritage into a residential tower that has destroyed history. Stressing that this historic impact is not the first in the area to be removed, where the villa was demolished by Maestro Salim Salim for several years as well ".
During the new period with the son, Hajji Arabi came to stand on a stick when he reached the age of 88.When the man sits on the walls from cinema and looked at the stars from the inside, he told 3 movies a day: two Arabs and one stranger, the cinema was not one of his favorite hobbies but he had his place among all the inhabitants of the region who looked at the stars: "We were Benshef Farid Shawqi, Kamal Al Shennawi and Mahmoud El Meligy," He adds: "I was a fan of the first films Only, when I walked in the street, I was looking at images that were not inserted. "
On the other side of the cinema, Captain Ali Rashwan, Egyptian Cairo club player, sits in his friend's shop, wears dark glasses and dives to read every newspaper every morning. Here, for decades, he met the "Chalet" of his friends, who had the art of Mohammed Abdel Halim, or who loved to play football with Hassan Hamdi and Sherbini and Sheikh Taha Ismail, remembers well the day from the premiere of the cinema behind the stars of the net The first, and also recalls his vision of the artist Farouk al-Faysh Awi, who was shown for the first time a movie at the movie theater "Faten Hamama", and says: "Farid Shawqi and Faten Hamama let me watch the movie, so he keeps the commemorative pictures for the first show at home." [19690001] Related Topics