Weddad

Weddad
Weddad
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fritz Kramp, Gamal Madkoor
Screenplay by	Ahmed Rami; Ahmed Badrakhan
Produced by	Talaat Harb
Starring	Umm Kulthum; Ahmed Allam
Cinematography	Sammi Bill
Edited by	Niazi Mustafa
Music by	Mohamed El Qasabgi; Zakariyya Ahmad; Riad Al Sunbati; Docteur Bardi
Production; company	Studio Misr
Distributed by	Studio Misr
Release date	1936;
Running time	100
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Weddad (also transliterated as Wydad, lit. “Love”/“Affection”) is a 1936 Egyptian romantic musical film. The film is based on a romantic tale inspired by the One Thousand and One Nights. The biggest production of its time, it was the film debut of Um Kalthoum. The film's success turned Studio Misr into the top studio in Egypt.

The sports team Wydad AC in Casablanca, Morocco, is named after the film.

Synopsis

In the time of the Mamluk Sultanate, a rich trader named Baher has no choice but to sell his slave Wydad, with whom he is madly in love, when he loses everything. But destiny will help them meet again.

Cast and crew

Umm Kulthum as Weddad
Ahmed Allam as Baher
Mukhtar Othman as Mansour
Koka as slave girl Shahd
Mansi Fahmy as Sheikh Radwan
Fattouh Nashaty as Saeed
Mahmoud El-Meliguy as the messenger
Yehya Nagaty as a slave buyer
Fouad Fahim as the bath house attendant
Ibrahim El-Gazzar as the beggar
Hassan El-Baroudi as Yazdi
Ibrahim Amara as the sheikh

Songs

“أيها الرائح المجد” (“O Smell of Glory”), lyrics by Sharif Al-Razi and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
“يا بشير الأنس” (“Oh Bashir Al-Anas”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
“يا ليل نجومك شهود” (“O Night, Your Stars Are Witnesses”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Zakariyya Ahmad
“حيّوا الربيع” (“Salute the Spring”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
“على بلد المحبوب” (“In the Country of the Beloved”, sung by Abdo Al-Srouji), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Riad Al Sunbati
“ليه يا زمان كان هوايا” (“Why Was This Time a Holiday?”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
“يا للي ودادك صفالي” (“Oh My, Your Father Is Safali”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi
“يا طير يا عايش أسير” (“O Bird, Captured Live”), lyrics by Ahmed Rami and music by Mohamed El Qasabgi

External links

References

↑ Arnold, Alison E.; Kramer, Jonathan C. (2023-09-13). What in the World is Music?. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-85467-8.
↑ Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
↑ Hamzaoui, Hamid (1997). Histoire du cinéma égyptien (in French). Autres temps. ISBN 978-2-911873-22-5.
↑ Cine e Islam (in Spanish). Patronato Municipal de Cultura de San Sebastián. 1995.
↑ "وداد (1936)". Douban. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ "Wedad (1936)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ "Ведад (1936)". Kinopoisk. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ The Unesco Courier. Unesco. July 1995.
↑ "The enduring legacy of Umm Kulthum". thenational.shorthandstories.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
↑ "ما الدور الذي لعبته أم كلثوم في تسمية نادي الوداد البيضاوي المغربي؟". CNN. November 4, 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
↑ Soltan, Mohamed (November 1, 2017). "Umm Kalthoum is reason how Wydad initially got its name". Egypt Today. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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[1] Arnold, Alison E.; Kramer, Jonathan C. (2023-09-13). What in the World is Music?. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-85467-8.

[2] Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.

[3] Hamzaoui, Hamid (1997). Histoire du cinéma égyptien (in French). Autres temps. ISBN 978-2-911873-22-5.

[4] Cine e Islam (in Spanish). Patronato Municipal de Cultura de San Sebastián. 1995.

[5] "وداد (1936)". Douban. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[6] "Wedad (1936)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[7] "Ведад (1936)". Kinopoisk. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[8] The Unesco Courier. Unesco. July 1995.

[9] "The enduring legacy of Umm Kulthum". thenational.shorthandstories.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.

[10] "ما الدور الذي لعبته أم كلثوم في تسمية نادي الوداد البيضاوي المغربي؟". CNN. November 4, 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[11] Soltan, Mohamed (November 1, 2017). "Umm Kalthoum is reason how Wydad initially got its name". Egypt Today. Retrieved 2 July 2021.