Mahrany Street was one of the most important film locations of the 1940s. It is where Nassibian, the Syrian-Armenian khawaga, set up his studio in Building 15 more than 75 years ago. The studio originally included a set, a film-processing laboratory and an editing unit. By the mid-1980s, it had produced 145 films and become the first real competitor to Studio Misr, established by prominent Egyptian economist and founder of Banque Misr, Talaat Harb, in 1935.
Take a trip down memory lane and explore the legacy of one of Egypt’s most iconic film studios.
Read more about Aunt Zizi, one of the few living residents who witnessed film production on the street.
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The Egyptian film industry is the Hollywood of the Middle East. The old-school movie musicals from the 50s and 60s are...
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