Editing Amr Diab (section)

== Film career ==

Diab's fame in the music industry has led him to experiment with other forms of media, such as film. Diab played himself in his first film, ''{{Transliteration|ar|El Afareet}}'', which was released in 1989. It also starred [[Madiha Kamel]]. His second film was [[Hussein al-Imam|Hussein El-Imam's]] production ''Ice Cream in Gleam'' (''{{Transliteration|ar|Ays Krim fi Glym}}''), in which Diab starred in 1992, was chosen as one of the best five Egyptian musical films by the [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television|University of California, Los Angeles (ULCA) School of Theater, Film and Television]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Amr Diab |url=https://souteldelta.com/en/artists/amr-diab/ |website=Delta Sound}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sameh |first=Yara |date=27 Jun 2022 |title=Amr Diab Announces New Song "El Look El Geded" |url=https://see.news/amr-diab-announces-new-song-el-look-el-geded |work=Sada Elbalad}}</ref> The film was featured in the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive|UCLA Film and Television Archive's]] new program "Music on the Nile: Fifty Years of Egyptian Musical Films" at James Bridges Theater at UCLA on 6, 8 and 10 April 1999. David Chute of the ''[[LA Weekly]]'' termed it "observant" and "a big leap".<ref>{{cite news |first1= David |last1= Chute |first2=Irene G. |last2=Behnan |title= All Singing! All Belly-Dancing |url= http://www.laweekly.com/1999-04-08/film-tv/all-singing-all-belly-dancing/2 |work= Los Angeles Weekly |date= 8 April 1999 |access-date=4 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627134412/http://www.laweekly.com/1999-04-08/film-tv/all-singing-all-belly-dancing/2| archive-date= 27 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> His third movie was released in 1993, and was named ''{{Transliteration|ar|Deahk We La'ab}}'' (''Laughter and Fun''). The film premiered in the Egyptian Film Festival in 1993. Diab played alongside international Egyptian movie star [[Omar Sharif]] (''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'', ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'') and [[Yousra]]. Overall, Diab did not experience the same level of success in film that he had with his music career. Since 1993, Diab has focused on his singing career.

=== Amr Diab in movies ===
Diab's songs have been used in several films, including:
* "{{Transliteration|ar|Wala Ala Baloh}}" in ''[[Divine Intervention (2002 film)|Divine Intervention]]'' (2002)
* "{{Transliteration|ar|Awedouni}}" in ''[[The Dancer Upstairs (film)|The Dancer Upstairs]]'' (2002)
* "{{Transliteration|ar|El Alem Alah}}" and "{{Transliteration|arz|Nour El Ain|}}" in ''[[O Clone]]'' (2001)
* "{{Transliteration|ar|Nafs El Makan}}" in ''[[Double Whammy (film)|Double Whammy]]'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web | title= Amr Diab Filmography | url= https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809493507| publisher= Yahoo! Movies | access-date=11 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090520171140/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809493507| archive-date= 20 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* "{{Transliteration|ar|Tamally Ma'ak}}" and "{{Transliteration|ar|Nour El Ain}}" in ''[[Coco (2009 film)|Coco]]'' (2009)
* "{{Transliteration|ar|Wala Ala Baloh}}" in ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]'' (2012)