On Cine-Club set sometime in 1982 Photo Credit Unknown
A Merhaba interview with Prof. A. Ihsanoglu, then GM of IRCICA, in his Istanbul office in 1987 Photo Credit Hugh Hood
A portrait of Farouq by artist A. Ghanim used as one element in the cover design of the ‘Love in Exile’ presentation in 1997
A stride in the park for a breather before resumption of work on ‘Vanessa Talks…’ Photo Credit Sean Hudson
Akkad was the quintessential ‘quite’ man on set Photo Credit – David Farrel
An unofficial photo taken in Oct. 1978 at a restaurnat after a late night interview with Sou’ad Hossny, the Arab World all-time acting diva Photo Credit Unknown
Artwork produced for a ‘Maurice & the Pharaoh’ flyer 2010 Photo Credit Designed by Farouq Abdul-Aziz
Award winner Hildyard showed me around the Roman set his lighting scheme Photo Credit – David Farrel
Family ‘crew’ photo Photo Credit – David Farrel
DP Michael Miles lighting the miniature set for a Hardee’s commercial in 1993 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
Dining with ex-Congressman Paul Findley at a Jacksonville IL. restaurant on June 25, 2010. A documenatary about him is in the works Photo Credit Craig Findley
Cover of the booklet given away at the Merhaba night in Feb. 1988 Photo Credit Illustration by M. Hadidi
Cartoonist M. Hadidi’s vision of Farouq shooting in Turkey in 1987
Capping an outdoor photo session with Vanessa in London in 1978 Photo Credit Alex Mitchell
Being interviewed for Baghdad Tv in 1976 Photo Credit Unknown
Being interviewed by an Arab Times staff reporter after the telecast of Farouq’s Special Report from San Francisco in 1982 Photo Credit Unknown
Farouq (seen on right) attending the opening of the Czeck artist V. Chalkovsky’s exhibition whom he later interviewed for the daily ‘Al Massa’ in 1974 Photo Credit Unknown
Farouq Abdul-Aziz Photo Credit Khaled Abdullah
Farouq and DP Michael Miles on location for a commercial for Kuwait Flour Mills Company in 1995 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
Farouq had been busy for a good part of the 80s writing about film in both Arabic and English Photo Credit Sameh Saeed
Farouq on ‘Lion…’ set in 1979 Photo Credit – David Farrel
Farouq’s first Cairo Tv interview in 1975 Photo Credit Unknown
First day of shooting ‘Vanessa Talks with Farouk..’. on location in Parwich, England Photo Credit Sean Hudson
First day on set in Rome with Akkad Photo Credit David Farrel
First day on set in Rome with Akkad Photo Credit David Farrel
Getting readied for a Cine-Club interview with Soviet actress Valentina Telichkina star of N. Mikhalkov’s BFF Oscar winner of 1979 ‘Five Evenings’ Photo Credit Unknown
Getting readied to shoot with Quinn by director Barry Chanttington Photo Credit – David Farrel
Having a break during a Cine-Club recording session in 1982 with director Carl Roberts Photo Credit Unknown
‘I don’t play Greeks, Arabs or Mexicans…I play characters!’ Quinn insisted! Photo Credit – David Farrel
In the front row before the screening of Vanessa’s ‘The Palestinian’ at Baghdad Int’l Film Festival on Palestine in March 1978 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing Ramsey Yassa the renown solo pianist for a Kuwait Tv Special produced by Farouq in 1983 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing Italy’s most politicized and talented filmmaker Francesco Rosi in Moscow 1979
Interviewing India’s film star Shashi Kapoor in April 1986 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing DP Jack Hildyard on location Photo Credit – David Farrel
Interviewing at length in 1978 Lotfy Khouly, ousted editor-in-chief of Cairo’s shut down ‘leftest’ monthly magazine ‘Al Tali’a’ where Farouq published articles for 3 years Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing actor James Franciscus on set of a Tv movie depicting segments of the life of JFK. San Francisco 1981 Photo Credit Unknown
In the Workers Revolutionary Party school for ‘Vanessa Talks with Farouk…’ Photo Credit Sean Hudson
In the Greek amphitheatre at Efes filming Merhaba in 1987 Photo Credit Hugh Hood
Interviewing Salah Abu Saif, a pioneer of Realism in the Egyptian Cinema. He had been Farouq’s guest in his show in 1979 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing the first Kuwaiti photographer and filmmaker M. Qabazard in 1976 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing the legendary Arab composer Riyad Sonbati in 1980 Photo Credit Unknown
Interviewing the renowned commercials producer Greg Snazelle in his San Francisco office in July 1981 Photo Credit Gail Mazey
Interviewing Tom Luddy of F. F. Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios in San Francisco in 1981
Introducing Egyptian filmmaker Shadi Abdussalam before the screening of his film ‘The Mummy’ at a Cine Club event in 1983 Photo Credit Unknown
Introducing Egypt’s prominent filmmaker Shadi Abdussalam in a Cine-Club event in 1983 Photo Credit Unknown
Lining up a panoramic shot of Istanbul with DP Michael Miles on Merhaba location in 1987 Photo Credit Hugh Hood
Lining up a shot for a KFM commercial Photo Credit A. Ghanim
Meeting the press with Vanessa on the outset of her first visit to Kuwait in 1979 Photo Credit Unknown
Michael examining a glass ball for a KFM documentary in 1994 Photo Credit Farouq Abdul-Aziz
On Cine-Club set sometime in 1982 Photo Credit Unknown
On location for a 3rd Hardee’s commercial in 1993 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
On location for another Kuwait Oil Company documentary in 1977
On location with Director Roy Battersby, DP Chris Menges and Soundman Albert Bailey shooting ‘Vanessa…’ Photo Credit Sean Hudson
On session with Akkad Photo Credit – David Farrel
On the Bosphorus shooting with Michael Miles Photo Credit Hugh Hood
One artwork for Vanessa’s documentary when presented at Ismailia Int’l Film Festival in Egypt in 1995 Photo Credit Illustration by Abdel Aal
One event at Kuwait Cine Club around 1983 Photo Credit Unknown
Poster of ‘Maurice & the Pharaoh’ 2010 Photo Credit Designed by Farouq Abdul-Aziz
Poster of ‘Microcosm…’ 2010 Photo Credit Designed by Farouq Abdul-Aziz
Presenting ‘Baraka’ in a private screening to a multi-cultural audience at Kuwait’s Maidan Cultural Center in 2005 Photo Credit MCC
Producer Director Musapha Akkad interviewed for the documentary Photo Credit – David Farrel
Publicity material for ‘Vanessa…’ Photo Credit Illustration by Abdel Aal
Taking the stairs in the Cinema house where Vanessa’s documentary ‘The Palestinian’ was shown in Kuwait in 1979 – Vanessa put on the same Oscar dress!
Shooting the first documentary for the Kuwait Oil Company in 1976
Shooting a Tv commercial for Hardee’s with the Arab Gulf leading star G. Saleh in 1992 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
Sharing with Vanessa a fluffy moment between takes Photo Credit Sean Hudson
Sharing a moment with the Arabian Gulf most accomplished actress Sou’ad Abdullah in 1978
Reporting on camera from San Francisco in 1981 Photo Credit Unknown
Quinn was convincing in his mannerisms as the real Arab freedom fighter Omar Mukhtar could ever be Photo Credit – David Farrel
Quinn in Omar Mukhtar’s costume Photo Credit – David Farrel
Talking heads – Gulf actor G. Saleh and Farouq on location for the Hardee’s commercial in 1992 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
The Quinn interview took about one good hour Photo Credit – David Farrel
Talking on camera for ‘Vanessa Talks with Farouk…’ Photo Credit Sean Hudson
The award winning Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen was Farouq’s guest on the Cine-Club show. Seen here with Kuwait Cine Club’s Sadiq Ashkenani at Kuwait’s sea front in 1988 Photo Credit Jafar Islah
The Cine-Club show earned a huge populrity in Kuwait and its environs in the 80’s Photo Credit Unknown
The international jury of Germany’s Oberhausen Film Festival had been introduced on stage on the opening night in April 1980 (with Farouq 4th from right) Photo Credit Marianne Bell
The Merhaba art exhibition attracted a big crowd before the screening of the film in Feb. 1988 Photo Credit Unknown
The opening ceremony of the ‘Merhaba’ film and exhibition hosted top cultural officials from Kuwait in Feb. 1988 Photo Credit Unknown
With another classic Egyptian filmmaker A. Kamel Morsey around 1978 Photo Credit Unknown
Welcoming Vanessa on her 2nd visit to Kuwait in 1982 Photo Credit Unknown
Visiting India’s legendary film star Raj Kapoor during a ‘holi” ceremony at his New Delhi studios in 1986 Photo Credit A. Mukherji
Vanessa’s daughter Natasha Richardson, the then aspiring actress, was interviewed for ‘Vanessa …’ but her footage had to be left on the cutting floor at the final edit Photo Credit Sean Hudson
Vanessa wearing the ID of the Int’l Baghdad Film Festival on Palestine in 1978 Photo Credit Unknown
The World of Salam was a brand seeking an existence when Farouq got on board to consult and write 3 films by 2000 Photo Credit DVD Cover Design ICAC
With calssic Egyptian filmmaker Kamal Al Sheikh in 1983 Photo Credit Unknown
With June Burducosh assistant to the producer of ‘Lion of the Desert’ Photo Credit – David Farrel
With Mark Magidson ‘Baraka’s producer on location in Kuwait – May 1991 Photo Credit Alton Walpole
With Michael Miles in Efes Museum in Turkey on route of the Merhaba shoot in 1987 Photo Credit Hugh Hood
With Soviet actress Vera Alintova star of ‘Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears’ the BFF Oscar winner of 1980. Alintova was Farouq’s Cine-Club guest in 1981 Photo Credit Unknown
With Youssef Chahine the renowned Egyptian filmmaker in 1978 Photo Credit Unknown
Working on another Hardee’s commercial flanked by an all British crew in 1993 Photo Credit A. Ghanim
You can’t get enough of Quinn in one round Photo Credit – David Farrel
