The Terrorist (Arabic: الإرهابي, transliterated: Al-Erhabi) is a popular 1994 Egyptian film by Nader Galal and starring Adel Emam, Salah Zulfikar and Madiha Yousri.

[3][4][5] The film, despite its controversial subject matter and the posting of police at theaters to guard against violence, was reportedly an immediate success in Egypt upon its release in 1994, earning back half of its US$447,000 budget in three days.

Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif stated that the movie "reveals, in a dramatic manner, the internal contradictions within the terrorist movement ...

"[6][7] After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, Emam was sued by Islamist Asran Mansur, and sentenced (in absentia) in 2012 to three months in jail by an Egyptian court for allegedly "defaming Islam" for his role in this film and the play al-Zaeem (The Leader).

[8][9] However, a few months later, the actor won its appeal against the Islam-defamation conviction after the judge at the Misdemeanors Court in Haram had watched the movie and did not deem it anti-Islam.