从三十年代开始,以开罗为中心的埃及电影便一直雄霸整个阿拉伯世界的电影市场,在最高峰时期,当地有150家电影公司,每年制作三、四百部影片。和印度电影一样,埃及电影一向也是以歌舞片和通俗喜剧为主。但在五十年代中,埃及崛起了一批以尤塞夫·沙轩、阿布·塞以夫等为首的写实主 Since the 1930s, Egyptian films centered around Cairo have dominated the entire Arab world film market. During the peak period, there were 150 film companies in the region producing 3 or 400 films a year. Like Indian cinema, Egyptian cinema has always dominated with musicals and popular comedies. However, during the fifties, Egypt emerged as a group of realists led by Yussef Sathin, Abu Sayyaf and others