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Land of Hypocrisy

1968 film by Fatin Abdel Wahab

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ12179396 ↗
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Land of Hypocrisy (Arabic: أرض النفاق, translit. Ard el Nifaq) is a 1968 Egyptian comedy-drama film by Fatin Abdel Wahab. It is based on Yusuf Sibai's novel of the same name. The novel was previously depicted in the 1950 Egyptian film Virtue for Sale.

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The public source identifies “Land of Hypocrisy” as 1968 film by Fatin Abdel Wahab. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Land, Hypocrisy and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968, 1950—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1968. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Land, Hypocrisy and film providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12179396. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1968 and 1950.

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This entry incorporates text from “Land of Hypocrisy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.