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Land of Peace (Arabic: أرض السلام, translit. Ard al-Salam) is a 1957 Egyptian war/drama film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama. In this film, most of the characters speak Palestinian Arabic.

Land of Peace
Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama in Land of Peace
Directed by	Kamal El Sheikh
Written by	Ali El Zorkani Helmy Halim
Produced by	Helmy Halim
Cinematography	Mahmoud Nasr
Music by	Muhamed Elmogi
Release date	1957
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Plot

The film takes place in Palestine and portrays the lives of freedom fighters trying to free their village from the control of the Israelis. Ahmed (Omar Sharif) is an Egyptian freedom fighter who ends up in this village. There, he meets Salma, a girl from the village. Together they try to save the Palestinians and always escape danger. Their friendship evolves into a love relationship and they marry each other.

Cast

• Faten Hamama as Salma
• Omar Sharif as Ahmed
• Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy as Hamdan
• Tewfik El Dekn as Khalid
• Abdel Waress Assar as Mazen (Salma's father)
• Fakher Fakher as Abed
• Faida Kamel as neighbor and a singer
• Ehsan Sherif as Rukaya

References

• "Film summary" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
• "Film summary" (in Arabic). Adab wa Fan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-20. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
• "Film summary" (in Arabic). AraMovies. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
• Land of Peace at IMDb

External links

• Land of Peace at IMDb

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