one of the ensemble cast of The Yacoubian Building, a film reputed to be the highest-budgeted in Egyptian cinema and adapted from the novel of the same name. The story is a sharp look at contemporary Egyptian life through the prism of a faded downtown Cairo apartment building. Emam portrays an aging roué whose misadventures form a central strand of the film's complex narrative. Personal life Adel Emam married to a woman named Hala El-Shalaqani and has three children: the director Rami Imam, Sarah Emam, and Mohamed Emam, who also starred in the movie The Yacoubian Building as Taha ElShazli. He's the brother of Esam Imam and Iman Imam. His brother-in-law was actor Mustafa Metwalli. Adel Emam stated on a talk show hosted by Hala Sarhan that Amin Shalaby and the late Younes Shalaby as well as Saeed Saleh were his best friends since university. In February 2012, Emam was sentenced (in absentia) to three months in jail for offending Islam. Imam said he would appeal the sentence. On September 12, 2012, Emam won his appeal when a Cairo misdemeanours court cleared him of defaming Islam in his films. Awards Adel Emam received numerous awards through his five decades career. He won "Horus" Award twice for his leading roles in Omaret Yakobean and Al-irhabi at Cairo International Film Festival. He won the Honorary Award of the Festival at 2014 Marrakech International Film Festival. He won International Jury Award at São Paulo International Film Festival. In 2005 and 2008 Dubai International Film Festival awarded Adel Emam the Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the first Career Achievement Award in El-Gouna Film Festival in 2017. Honours : Commander of the Order of Merit (Egypt) : Knight (Achir) of the National Order of Merit (Algeria) : Commander of the National Order of the Cedar : Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite : Grand Officier of the National Order of Merit of Tunisia Selected works See also Salah Zulfikar filmography List of Egyptian films of the 1970s List of Egyptian films of the 1980s References External links All Adel Imam films online in English, Arabic and French Egyptian comedians Egyptian male film actors 1940 births Living people United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassadors Egyptian male television actors Cairo University alumni People from Mansoura, Egypt Egyptian male stage actors 20th-century Egyptian male actors Famous Studios series and characters Egyptian nationalists Male comedians 21st-century