Cairo 30

{{short description|1966 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Cairo 30

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| director = Salah Abu Seif

| producer = Gamal El Leithy

| screenplay = Salah Abu Seif
Naguib Mahfouz

| based_on = {{Based on|Modern Cairo|Naguib Mahfouz}}

| starring = {{Plain list|

• Soad Hosny
• Ahmed Mazhar

}}

| music = Fouad El Zahry

| cinematography = Wahid Farid

| editing =

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|10|31}}

| runtime = 130 minutes

| country = Egypt

| language = Arabic

}}

Cairo 30 ({{langx|ar|القاهرة 30}}, translit. Al-Qāhira 30) is a 1966 Egyptian drama film directed by Salāḥ Abu Seif,{{cite web |url=http://www.zenithfoundation.com/issue-1/retrospective-on-film-the-golden-age-of-egyptian-cinema-the-1940s-to-1960s/ |title=Retrospective on Film: The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema – the 1940s to 1960s |accessdate=10 November 2011 |work=zenithfoundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128015304/http://www.zenithfoundation.com/issue-1/retrospective-on-film-the-golden-age-of-egyptian-cinema-the-1940s-to-1960s/ |archive-date=28 November 2011 |url-status=dead }} and based on Naguib Mahfouz's 1945 novel Modern Cairo.{{cite web|url=https://www.madamasr.com/en/2014/12/13/feature/culture/egypts-cinematic-gems-cairo-30/ |title=Egypt's cinematic gems: Cairo 30 |work=Mada Masr}} The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominée.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences