Atef Salem

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Atef Salem (Egyptian Arabic: عاطف سالم; 23 July 1927 – 30 July 2002) was an Egyptian film director.^[1] He directed 32 films between 1954 and 2001. Many of his films were scripted by the novelist Naguib Mahfouz.^[2] His 1967 film Khan el khalili was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.^[3]