Donia Maher
Also Known As: دنيا ماهر, Donia Maher
Biography: Donia Maher is an Egyptian actress. She was born in Cairo in 1979, and studied acting at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. After her graduation, she acted on stage in several plays, until her breakthrough came with her role in the independent film “Al Khorug lel Nahar” (Coming Forth by Day), which was highly regarded in Egypt and many international film festivals. She then appeared in a highly praised role in the television series “Segn El Nesa” (Women's Prison).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
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Birthday: November 15, 1979
Age: 45 years old
Gender: Female
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Bara El Manhag
Overview: Nour is a 13-year-old orphan living in the countryside in the early 1980s. He is smart, but is also a compulsive liar with vision problems and wears eyeglasses that don't quite remedy his weakened eyesight. To gain the respect of his fellow classmates, he ventures inside a haunted house right in front of the school, one that all the kids are afraid to enter. Inside, he finds a solitary old man who's hiding from the world. A friendship and apprenticeship are born between the boy and the old man, initiating a journey of self-discovery that lies at the very heart of this light-hearted drama.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2021-12-09
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Defending Champion
Overview: The events revolve around Yahya, a soccer player, and his wife Misk, a gynecologist. The couple has been trying for many years to have a baby, but they are surprised when it happens at the wrong time, upon which they encounter many comic situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-02-02
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Bogeyman
Overview: The events of the film revolve in one day around Sultan, a veteran criminal who was released from prison. But, he is surprised by the appearance of his two sons which he knew nothing while beings forced to escape with them amid a gang pursuing him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2023-06-26
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Coming Forth by Day
Overview: One day in the life of Soad, who lives with her mother and bed-ridden father on the outskirts of Cairo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2012-10-18
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Again, Again
Overview: A bank employee has been friends with two different men since childhood; however, when they both begin competing for her hand in marriage, they get into many comedic situations and paradoxes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2024-05-22
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Dry Hot Summers
Overview: Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2016-05-26
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Suicidal Notions
Overview: A woman’s sudden death and a discovered family secret disrupt everyone’s lives. After Marwa buries her mother, she discovers her mother’s wish to be buried elsewhere. Only hours before she is to leave Egypt for good, Marwa’s aunt decides to come through with her promise and bury her sister where she wished. Only something goes wrong with the aunt’s plans. Now Marwa finds herself stuck with her mother’s body in a box, just a few meters from Tahrir Square where revolution breaks out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-17
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Exterior/Night
Overview: When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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The Humans and the Mongoose
Overview: The story follows a poor government employee who lands in a lot of trouble because of his father's profession, while he falls for a girl who tries to help him solve his problems.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2021-08-04
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Seeking a Man
Overview: Shams is an Egyptian bank employee who dreams of becoming a mother and having her own baby, but the problem is that she refuses the idea of marriage. Shams finds a solution to her dilemma when she meets a veterinarian called Bahgat.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2017-02-14
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The Mazinger Plan
Overview: In a poor neighborhood love assembles a young man and his fiancee who decided to work hard to afford getting married. After 7 years of engagement, the girl finds herself pregnant and offers her fiancee the only solution; getting married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2022-08-24
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My Father's Scent
Overview: A father-son story, in which each discovers many secrets about the other while they both try to settle their scores during one long night
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ar
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