| Intro | Egyptian actor and politician |
| Was |
Actor Journalist |
| From | Egypt |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Journalism |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 November 1933 |
| Death |
8 January 2016 (aged 82 years) |
Hamdy Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa (Arabic: حمدى أحمد محمد خليفة; 9 November 1933 in the southern city of Sohag, Egypt – 8 January 2016) was an Egyptian actor. He is known for his role as Mahjoub Abdel Dayem in the film Cairo 30 (1966). Ahmed was a parliamentary representative for the district of Bulaq at the time of the forcible relocation of the population of that quarter to public housing in the az-Zawiya al-Hamra district in the periphery of Cairo. He was a member of the Labour Party of Egypt, but left it in 1984. Since 1998 Ahmed has been a columnist for the newspaper Elosboa (الأسبوع).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Al-Kahira 30 (القاهرة 30, “Cairo 30”) | Mahjoub Abdel Dayem | |
| 1969 | Al-Ard (الأرض, “The Land”) | Mohammad Effendi | |
| 1972 | Al-Asfour (العصفور, “The Sparrow”) | ||
| 1986 | Al-Yawm al-Sadis (اليوم السادس, “The Sixth Day”) | Saïd | Released in France as Le Sixième Jour |