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Gabriel Nahas was born in 1906 in Alexandria, Egypte from a Lebanese family originated in Tripoli, Lebannon, who had settled in Egypte. He has two brothers, Charles and Edmond, and one sister Rose. His uncle Neguib Nahas was a musician and composed the music of the first talking musical film "Inshudat al Fouad" He married in 1944 with Berthe Naoum and had two children, Samir and Fouad. He is one of the founders of the Studio Nahas in Cairo and the owner of Nahas Films, the production/distribution company, known throughout the arabic world. He died on the 24th may 1963 . Two days later, the Egyptian governement nationalized the Studios Nahas. The Studio Nahas is still nationalized. Between 1932 and 1963, he produced around sixty films among them the first talking musical film "Inshudat al Fouad" and the first arabic color film in 1950 "Baba Arees" بابا عريس |