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Adel Emam is known for:

  • A Groom from a Security Agency
    Khattaab al-Naggary is a widowed businessman who loves his daughter Habeeba and tries to keep men away from her. Officer Taarek, the almost perfect young man, who proposes to his daughter, has already helped him out when he was caught in an awkward situation with one of his lady friends. Yet Khattab still wants to ruin his daughter’s marriage and puts obstacles in their way. Habeeba insists and so he agrees. For their honeymoon, they choose to go to a remote island. Upon their arrival, they find Khattaab waiting for them with his silly plans to keep them apart. Ensheraah, Taarek’s mother, comes to their aid. Habeeba gives birth and Khattaab marries Ensheraah. The story repeats itself and Khattaab cannot stop himself of over protective to his lovely granddaughter.
  • The Yacoubian Building
    Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.
  • Hassan w Marqas
    A terrorist Muslim group calls for the execution of Sheikh Hassan for refusing to join their organisation. At the same time, a priest ,Marcos, is also facing death threats. Both men seek help from the government, who puts them under the witness protection program, giving each man the other's identity.

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Biography

Adel Imam is an Egyptian actor known for his long-standing career in comedy and drama. Born on May 17, 1940, in Mansoura, he moved at an early age with his family to Sayeda Zeinab in Cairo. He earned a degree in agriculture from the University of Cairo, where he became active in student theatre. He began his professional acting career in the early 1960s, joining a television troupe and performing in stage plays such as Ana wa Howa wa Heya and Al Nassabin. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Imam gained widespread popularity through iconic stage roles in Madrassat Al Mashaghbeen, Shahid Ma Shafsh Haga, and Al Wad Sayed Al Shaghal. Imam has appeared in over 100 films and numerous television series and plays, often blending comedy with social and political themes. Notable film roles include The Terrorist (1994), Al Zaeem (1993), and The Yacoubian Building (2006), the latter of which became one of the most prominent films in modern Egyptian cinema. In 2000, he was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recognizing his influence and humanitarian efforts.