Abdellah Mesbahi

Abdellah Mesbahi (born 1936 in El Jadida, died September 16, 2016) was a Moroccan filmmaker.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Mesbahi studied cinema at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques (ESEC) in Paris and before a stint as an intern at the Théâtre national populaire. Upon his return to Morocco, he held administrative positions at the Ministry of Information and the Moroccan Film Center (CCM).^{[4][5][6][7][8]} Throughout his career, Mesbahi directed 21 feature films, many of them shedding light on a number of national, Arab and Islamic causes, in particular the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.^[9] His film on the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, Afghanistan Why? was censored in 1984.^[10]

His daughter Imane is also a filmmaker.^[11]

Partial filmography

• 1968: Vaincre Pour Vivre (Intissar El Hayat)^[12][13][14]
• 1973 : Silence, sens interdit (Sukut al-ittiah al-mamnu)^[7][13][14]
• 1975: Tomorrow the Earth will not Change (Demain la terre ne changera pas)^[13][14]
• 1976 : Green Light (Al-daw' al-akhdar)^[13][14]
• 1979 : Where Are You Hiding the Sun?^[13][14]
• 1983 : Afghanistan Why? ^[15]
• 1989: The Land of Challenge / Ardhu-l tahaddy (also known under the original title of 1980 I Will Write Your Name in The Sand)^[13][14]
• 2010 : Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba ^[16]

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References

1. "Personnes | Africultures : Mesbahi Abdellah". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
2. "Africiné - Abdellah Mesbahi". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
3. "QUE FAIRE DE YASSINE ?". www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
4. MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - Hommage à Abdellah Mesbahi et Abderrahim Tounsi". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
5. "Feu Abdellah Mesbahi, doyen des réalisateurs marocains et auteur d'œuvres prodigieuses". Archived from the original on 2021-05-24.
6. MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - Une grande perte pour le septième art national et arabe". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
7. Armes, Roy (2005). Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21744-8.
8. Orlando, Valerie; Orlando, Valérie K. (2011-05-24). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-281-0.
9. SAÂDANE, Fatima-Ezzahra. "Interview de Abdellah Masbahi, Réalisateur de "Al Qods Bab Al Maghariba" : "Nos films sont encore à l'état embryonnaire"". Les ÉCO - Actualités (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
10. "32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-17.
11. "Abdellah Mesbahi et sa fille Imane : passion cinéma". VH Magazine (in French). 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
12. Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
13. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
14. Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-958-5.
15. "32 ans après, "Afghanistan, pourquoi ?" verra le jour". Archived from the original on 2021-05-24.
16. "filmnat12". www.ccm.ma. Retrieved 2021-11-17.