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{{short description|Egyptian film director (1927–2002)}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name         = Atef Salem<br>عاطف سالم
| birth_name   =
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1927|7|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Sudan]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2002|7|30|1927|7|23|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Cairo]], Egypt
| occupation   = Film director
| yearsactive  = 1954-2001
}}
'''Atef Salem''' ({{langx|arz|عاطف سالم}}; 23 July 1927 &ndash; 30 July 2002) was an Egyptian [[film director]].<ref name="ahram.org">{{cite web|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/598/cu5.htm |title=Obituary: Atef Salem(1927-2002)  |accessdate=2011-11-05 |work=ahram.org}}</ref> He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist [[Naguib Mahfouz]].<ref>Adel Darwish, 'Obituary: Atef Salem ; Social realist of Egyptian cinema', ''[[The Independent]]'', 20 August 2002. [https://archive.today/20130125141535/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1709110.html Online] at [[HighBeam]].</ref> His 1967 film ''[[Khan el khalili]]'' was entered into the [[5th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1967">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |accessdate=2012-12-16 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archivedate=16 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Woman's Secret (film)|Woman's Secret]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Mother of the Bride (1963 film)|Mother of the Bride]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Mamelukes]]'' (1965)
* ''[[A Wife from Paris]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Khan El Khalili|Khan el khalili]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Where Is My Mind? (film)|Where Is My Mind?]]'' (1974)
* ''Edge of the Sword'' (1986)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Armes |first=Roy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88sTRTl6yKwC&dq=%22Edge+of+the+Sword%22+-wikipedia%C2%A0Atef+Salem&pg=PA115 |title=Dictionary of African Filmmakers |date=2008-07-11 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-35116-6 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0757990|name=Atef Salem}}
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