Abdul Khaleq Alghanem (Arabic: عبد الخالق الغانم; 1958 – 18 May 2021) was a Saudi Arabian film director.[1]

Abdul Khaleq Alghanim
Born1958
Iraq
Died18 May 2021(2021-05-18) (aged 62–63)
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
OccupationFilm director
Years active1990–2021
ChildrenWafi, Mohammed, Basmah, Bader, Basim

Career edit

Alghanem started his directing career by directing film series Rehlat Alsaid in 1992. He was the director of most episodes of the well-known Saudi film series Tash ma Tash. In 2002, he appeared as an actor in the series Shwaya Melh, which he also directed.[2][3][4][5]

Selected filmography edit

  • Tash ma Tash (1993–2011)
  • Snab Shaf (2017)
  • Shad Balad (2016)
  • Anber 12 (2013)
  • Win or lose (2012)
  • min alaakhir (2012)
  • Bullish bearish (2012)
  • Magadif El Amal (2005)

Death edit

On 18 May 2021, he died in King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, after suffering from prostate cancer for the last five years of his life.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Abdul Khaleq Alghanem
  2. ^ عبد الخالق الغانم لـ«الراي»: «غسلتُ يدي» من التلفزيون السعودي!
  3. ^ المخرج ‎عبدالخالق الغانم: التلفزيون السعودي رفض تعاوني مع ” السدحان” وحسن عسيري مثل مع أربع نساء جميلات ولم ينشهر! – فيديو
  4. ^ عبدالخالق الغانم: أنا مطلوب لدى التلفزيونات
  5. ^ المخرج ‎عبدالخالق الغانم: التلفزيون السعودي رفض تعاوني مع عبدالله السدحان
  6. ^ "بعد إصابته بالسرطان.. وفاة مخرج "طاش ما طاش"". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 18 May 2021.