The Flirtation of Girls

Ghazal Al Banat
غزل البنات
Directed byAnwar Wagdi
Written byAnwar Wagdi (story and script)
Badie' Khayri and Naguib el-Rihani (dialogue)
StarringNaguib el-Rihani
Leila Mourad
Anwar Wagdi
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
Suleiman Naguib
Youssef Wahbi
Farid Shawqi
Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Zeinat Sedki
Ferdoos Mohammed
Abdel Waress Assar
CinematographyAbdelhalim Nasr
Edited byKamal El Sheikh
Music byMohammed Abdel Wahab
Production
company
United Film Company (Wagdi’s studio)
Release date
  • September 22, 1949 (1949-09-22)
Running time
110
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic
Anwar Wagdi Naguib el-Rihani Mohammed Abdel Wahab Youssef Wahbi Leila Mourad

Ghazal Al Banat (Arabic: غزل البنات, English: The Flirtation of Girls) is a 1949 Egyptian film. It is Naguib Al Rihani's last film and was shown in cinemas after his death. Ghazal Al Banat was also the last appearance of Mohamed Abdel Wahab in film. The film was produced by Anwar Wagdi, who was married to the female lead, Laila Mourad. The film also featured the first on-screen appearance of Hind Rostom, age 18 at the time, in a minor role as one of Laila's friends in the opening scene. However, Rostom was replaced in future scenes with Laila's friends because the producer felt she looked too young to be in Laila's friend group.

The movie was chosen by critics among the nine best 100 films in the history of Egyptian cinema in 1996 poll.[1]

  1. ^ "أفضل 100 فيلم عربي". Egypty. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.