Prominent Pakistan-Egyptian director Mohamed Khan dies at 73

CAIRO: One of Egypt's best known directors, Pakistani-Egyptian Mohamed Khan passed away at a Cairo hospital on Tuesday. 

Khan was born to a Pakistani father and Egyptian mother in 1942, he was educated in Britain before returning to Egypt in the 1960s where he began his career as a scriptwriter. His work highlighted social realities including class divide with females as the central characters. 

In 2014, Khan was granted Egyptian nationality via a presidential decree. 

With over two dozen productions to his name, El­-Harreef (The Street Player, 1984), Zawgat Ragol Mohem (The Wife of an Important Man, 1987) and Ahlam Hind wa Camilia (Dreams of Hind and Camilia, 1988) were included in the 100 greatest Arab films of all time.

In 2015 Khan released a book based on articles he wrote between 1990 and 2014.