Tewfik Saleh
Tewfik Saleh () was an Egyptian film director and writer. His name has also been written as Tawfik Saleh and Tewfiq Salah. Biography. Saleh was born on 27 October 1926, in Alexandria. Although his father was against his interest in movies, he still considered movies to be his major interest. In 1949, he graduated from Victoria College of Alexandria. He died on 18 August 2013 in Cairo. Career. His first film was "Fools' Alley" (1955), co-written by Naguib Mahfouz. Other movies include "Struggle of the Heroes" ("Sirâ’el abtâl") (1962) and "The Rebels" ("el Moutamarridoun") (1968) among others. Tewfik