Qays wa Laila

Qays wa Laila is an Egyptian film released in 1960.
The film is the second film of the same name based on the story of Layla and Majnun. Majnun is the name rendered in most transliterations of the semi-legendary poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah. Like the film it remade, it features a screenplay co-written by El-Sayed Ziada. The only actor in common is Abbas Fares.

Synopsis

The poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah falls in love with his cousin Laila and writes love poems to her. Although the tribal elders forbid him to meet her and she later marries Warid, Qays remains in love with her.