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= Ayoub (1983) =

Ayoub (Arabic: ايوب) is a 1983 drama Egyptian film directed by Hany Lasheen, produced by a company called the United Arab Television and written by Mohsen Zayed (screen play) and Najeeb Mahfouz (short story) The movie stars Omar Sharif, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Madihah Yusri, Fouad El- Mohandes, Osama Abbas, Samir Almulla, Hafez Amin, Hassan Anwar, and Carole Aprico. Its plot is set in Cairo and the movie is available on the internet and on DVD. The film shares the life story and the journey of Abdulhamed Alsukari/ Ayoub (Omar Sharif) who started working as a public servant and eventually became a millionaire. During his life journey he faced many obstacles and has given many sacrifices to achieve his goals, he publishes a book exposing many elites that were around him at that time.

Plot
The story begins with millionaire Abdulhamed Alsukari/ Ayoub (Omar Sharif) returning from a foreign country to his country Egypt because of a business deal. From the airport he goes straight to his office to close the deal. In the meeting room he gathered his staff and discusses about the deal he just received. During the meeting he is informed by one of his employees that there are too many complications concerning the deal. After hearing this Alsukari gets furious and due to this he lost consciousness. His son was present there in the office when this incident happened so he carried him and took him to the hospital. When they reached the hospital the doctor diagnosed him with paralysis. After hearing this, both he and his family were in shock. His wife, Afkar (Madihah Yusri), insisted on him traveling abroad for advanced treatment. So Alsukari decided to listen to his wife and prepared to travel abroad. During this time, his son Wafeq (Mustafa Fahmy), had no choice but to take over his father's position in the company and handled his father's legacy. After returning from his travels unsuccessfully and on a wheelchair, he was mentally unstable and unable to accept the fact that he could no longer function the way he used to. He had no determination or willpower to do anything. He remained home for the longest period of time. Whilst Alsukary was suffering in his own agony, his wife was too concerned about their reputation and about maintaining the perfect image they once had. His daughter, on the other hand, was falling in love with a poor man, who wanted nothing to do with her father's company. The man his daughter fell in love with was preparing to ask for her hand in marriage. Her father agreed to their marriage as long as the boy worked hard to better his financial situation.

Alsukary had stopped speaking to his extended family for years before being diagnosed with his condition. He only realized that they were the only people who actually cared about him after he became paralyzed and began losing all of the people who he once considered his closest friends. His brother-in-law, who owned a printing store, had come with his wife to his house to see how he was doing and Alsukary's wife treated them disrespectfully and eventually kicked them out of her house because they were below their status. A short period of time later, his brother-in-law returned to his house accompanied by Alsukary's old barber and his old best friend, Dr. Jalal (Fouad El-Mohandes). His friend, Dr. Jalal, advised him to be positive about things in order to improve his health because being hopeless will only make matters worse. Along with this, Dr. Jalal told him to start writing a diary to clear his thoughts, which will, in turn, make him feel better. Alsokary decided to take the doctor's advice and began writing his diary. He became passionate about writing and started to write things he was unable to share with others.

Alsokary decided that he wanted to publish this book, which contained many of his dirty secrets he had never shared before with anyone, as well as the secrets of other businessmen he was involved with. He decided to name the book "A Millionaire Exposes His Past". Alsukary gave the book to his brother-in-law to print it for him after changing the name to "Ayoub Exposes His Past". In this book, Alsukary mentions his humble beginning as a government employee with big ambitions and how his corrupted life began with a small bribe that was given to him by Fadel Beyh (Mahmoud Al Meleji), one of the most successful businessmen at the time. Eventually, he got exposed for accepting the bribe and was forced to resign. After hearing that Alsukary was now unemployed, Fadel Beyh decided to appoint him for a position in his company with a good income. The poisition required him to travel abroad, and commit illegal actions, such as smuggling drugs. Alsokary had bigger ambitions and decided to start his own enterprise of import and export. However, he realized that it would require a lot of connections to start his business and asked Fadel Beyh for help. Fadel Beyh agreed to help him on one condition; Alsukary had to marry Fadel's Italian girlfriend in order for her to obtain the Egyptian visa. Alsukary agreed and ended up marrying her. A little while later, he was in a tight situation where he had to gather money in order to bribe someone. He decided to blackmail Fadel that he would only divorce the girl if Fadel gave him money. This started a war between the two men. Alsukary's book, in conclusion, was written due to the guilt he felt throughout the years. The book would expose a number of people involved in many illegal actions including his colleagues, his enemies, and himself. Although it was a great risk, he still decided to publish the book despite his family's disapproval. In an attempt to threaten him, the people mentioned in the book burned down his brother-in-law's printing store. Alsukary still got the book published regardless of the threats he was receiving. One night, he woke up from a nightmare and realized he was no longer paralyzed. As he got up to see if he could walk, he realized there was a laser on him and took his diary to shield his face. The next second he was shot by someone outside his window and died instantly.

Characters
Omar Sharif as Abdulhamed Alsukari/ Ayoub

Mahmoud Al Meleji as Fadel

Madihah Yusri as Afkar

Fouad El- Mohandes - Jalal Abu Alsaoud

Osama Abbas as Abdulradi

Samir Almulla as Lutfi

Hafez Amin as Saleh

Hassan Anwar as Hassan Alanwr

Carole Aprico as Christin

Mahmoud Abu Dawoud as Raouf

Athar El Hakim as Nabila

Sameh El- Sereety as Hamed

Ebrahim El- Shamy as Mahmoud

Abu Al Foutouh Emara - Abdulbaset

Layla Fahmy as Azhar

Mustafa Fahmy as Wafeq

Hosny Saqr as Hussni Saqr

Hilmi Al- Ghamrawi

Mustafa Almuawn

AbdulMomien Alnmr

Sadeq Amin

Ahmed Bahloul

Mariah Khoury

Marwan Labeb

Rashwan Mostafa

Haridi Omran

Suhair Sabri

Samia Sami

Hamda Shusha

Production
This movie is based on the book named Ayoub wrriten by Najeeb Mahfouz. During the filming process of the movie, Mahmoud El Meleji who played the role of Fadel, passed away.

Directed by: Hany Lasheen

Production Company: United Arab Television

Music by: Mustafa Nagi

Cinematography by: Abdel Moneim Bahnassy

Written by: Najeeb Mahfouz (short Story)

Screen Play: Mohsen Zayed