Izz ad-Din Tabo
Birthday: Born in 1940-08-12 in Iraq
Deathday: 2010-12-03
Izz ad-Din Tabo or (Ezz El Din Tabou) was born in 1940 in Aziziyah, Iraq. His diverse career spanned cinema, theater, television and radio. He obtained a Bachelor's degree from the College of Fine Arts, and participated in most of the plays of the National Acting Troupe. Ezz El-Din Tabou participated in many television series, most notably The Traveler with the famous Iraqi singer Kadim Al Sahir in the nineties. He also participated in a number of Iraqi films, including: King Ghazi (1993). In the last years of his life, Tabou lived in austere conditions, because of his refusal to participate in any work that he was not convinced of in order to preserve his legacy. He passed away after a long struggle with an incurable disease.
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أوائل العرب
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The series talks about the Arab pioneers in science, arts and literature in the Abbasid boom era....
اللسان العربي
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It tells about a group of Iraqi expatriates who arrive at home and try to learn the Arabic language....
الطرائف الغريبة والنوادر العجيبة
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Funny tales drawn from folklore and includes a large group of songs that correspond to the content of each tale....
حكايات قبل أن تنزل الآيات
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The series deals with separate episodes of many important stories. Among these stories are (Sabra Al Yasser), (Faraj after hardship), the story of the arguing woman, the story of the land of Abdan Al-Hadrami, and other important stories....
ورشة حارتنا
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Our neighborhood workshop, is an educational series for young and old. Introduces the viewer to many popular professions and crafts such as farming and making the musical lute, and the series is interspersed with 30 songs about various professions and crafts....
عالم الست وهيبة
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Taking place in Baghdad, the story follows the nurse Wahiba and her life in the Iraqi capital during the nineties, as it focuses on the suffering of the Iraqi people during that period of the economic embargo on Iraq....
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King Ghazi
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The film depicts the biography of King Ghazi, one of the kings of Iraq in the 1930s, who sought to break free from the bonds of British colonization and adopt a nationalist path. This led various parties to attempt his assassination, including the servant Sa'id, who is also disposed of after the assassination. The film also portrays aspects of life in Iraq during the 1930s....
Long Days
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In 1959, underground revolutionaries try to assassinate Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Kassem in Baghdad. News reports claim they have failed, and at first the revolutionaries lay low, but as the secret police continue to comb the neighborhoods with house-to-house searches, they flee to the countryside. Among those fleeing is Saddam Hussein, the future president of the republic....
Task Force
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An Iranian attack occurs on the middle sector, prompting a team of Iraqi special forces to attempt to repel the assault. A tough confrontation unfolds until an Iraqi aircraft intervenes, bombing enemy barracks, and allowing some of the soldiers to survive the battle....