Malatily Bathhouse
| Malaṯily Bathhouse | |
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| Directed by | Salah Abu Seif |
| Written by | Ismail Walieddin |
| Produced by | Salah Abu Seif |
| Starring | Shams al-Baroudi Yusuf Shåban |
| Music by | Gamal Salama |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Malaṯily Bathhouse (Arabic: حمام الملاطيلي "Ĥamam al-Malaṯily") is a 1973 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It stars Shams al-Baroudi and Yusuf Shåban. The film is adapted from a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. Samar Habib, author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations, said "that the title of the film can "be easily translated" as Malatily Bathhouse." The opening credits of the film have the English title An Egyptian Tragedy. Habib said that it was "strangely translated" into An Egyptian Tragedy.