Unknown Past – Layla Murad, the Jewish–Muslim Star of Egypt Hammad Hardback

Unknown PastLayla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt\nAuthor(s): Hanan Hammad\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503629424, 978-1503629424\nSynopsis\nA biography of the \""Cinderella\"" of Egyptian cinemathe veneration and rumors that surrounded an unparalleled career, and the gendered questions that unsettled Egyptian society.\n\n Layla Murad [tel] was once the highest-paid star in Egypt, and her movies were among the top-grossing in the box office. She starred in 28 films, nearly all now classics in Arab musical cinema. In 1955 she was forced to stop actingand struggled for decades for a comeback. Today, even decades after her death, public interest in her life continues, and new generations of Egyptians still love her work. Unknown Past recounts Murad's extraordinary lifeand the rapid political and sociocultural changes she witnessed.\n\n Hanan Hammad writes a story centered on Layla Murad's pe.