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Ahmed Badrakhan

Ahmed Badrakhan was an Egyptian film director and screenwriter of Iraqi Kurdish origin. He directed 41 films between 1936 and 1968. He is famous for his 1952 romantic drama A Night of Love starring Mahmoud El Meliguy and Mariam Fakhr Eddine. He directed Intisar al-chabab (1941) which for the first time starred the virtuoso oud player and singer Farid al-Atrash along with singer Asmahan. He was married to Asmahan, and would be a central figure in Studio Misr, Egypts most popular cinema studio at the time.