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Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Shalhoub, a lumber merchant, and his wife, Claire (Saada). Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised Catholic. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business.
Before making his English-language film debut with "Lawrence of Arabia", for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. His first movie was the Egyptian film The Blazing Sun (1954) ("The Blazing Sun") in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamamah whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. The couple had one child (Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. Sharif never remarried.
Beginning in the 1960s, Sharif earned a reputation as one of the world's best known contract bridge players. In the 1970s and 1980s, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. Sharif also wrote several books on bridge and has licensed his name to a bridge computer game, "Omar Sharif Bridge", which has been marketed since 1992. Sharif told the press in 2006 that he no longer played bridge, explaining, "I decided I didn't want to be a slave to any passion any more except for my work. I had too many passions, bridge, horses, gambling. I want to live a different kind of life, be with my family more because I didn't give them enough time.".
As an actor, Sharif had made a comeback in 2003 playing the title role of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper in the French film Monsieur Ibrahim (2003). For his performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actor César, France's equivalent of the Oscar, from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2012, Sharif died of a heart attack on July 10, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.- Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy managed to quickly grab audiences attention and film critics respect through his choice of material, following his discovery by famous director, Youssef Chahine. He presented Khaled as the Hollywood's way in making stars, he put him in the best view and allowed the camera to love him.
Khaled has already played comedian, dramatic and villain roles. He is a cinema lover, working about 12 hours daily to reach the role's depth
Forty-years ago. Youssef Shahin presented the new actor (Omar El Sherif) in (Struggle in the valley) 1954, and brought to light the first universal Egyptian star, and here he is doing it again in 1994 by presenting (Khaled El Nabawy) in the (Emigrant) and bringing to light a new universal star, He may pass all the expectancies. - Actor
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Kal Abol Naga (aka: Khaled Abol Naga) is a Multi Award-winning Actor, Producer, and Director from Egypt, based between the USA and Europe. He is a well-established actor (movie star) in the middle-east and considered one of the top talents of his generation, his work extends from Film, TV, Theatre, to Radio and TV hosting. He has been a lead in feature films since his first lead role in "A Citizen, An Informant & A Thief" by Egyptian acclaimed director Daoud Abdel Sayed in 2001.
As an actor he collected numerous Best Actor Awards from Egypt, Middle East, European & International Film Festivals since 2001, culminating in 2014 with a historic winning of ALL-important Best Actor Awards offered in his home country Egypt (The Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt's National Film Festival, Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema & The Catholic Centre festival for Egyptian Cinema) for his critically acclaimed portrayal of a terminally ill older man: Hussein in "Villa 69". In the same year, Abol Naga won The Best Actor Award (Silver Pyramid) from the prestigious Cairo International Film Festival CIFF for his lead role as a Palestinian father searching for his daughter in the Palestinian Oscar's submission "Eyes of a thief", as well as other several regional awards for "Villa 69" including the Best Actor Award from Festival Cinema Africain Khouribga, Morocco.
Abol Naga's English speaking work started gaining momentum since he moved to California in 2017, where he appeared in main roles as (Al Kady) in the FX (Fox) TV show "Tyrant", then his enigmatic appearance in the BBC TV mini-series "The Last Post", to a much-celebrated guest-star appearance as the multi-lingual historic leader (Ziyadat-Allah) at The History Channel TV show "Vikings" in season 5, 2019.
In a film festival in 2016 celebrating Arabic film submissions to the Oscars, Abol Naga was honored for being the most submitted actor from the MENA region in film submissions to the The Oscars (The Academy Award) for Best Foreign Language Film. He is often tagged in western media as Egypt's "Brad Pitt" for their career similarities, Also tagged as the next "Omar Sharif" especially after his American debut movie Civic Duty in 2007, he was also tagged as "Egypt's International treasure" for his multiple talents and unprecedented courage advocating for freedom & justice in his home country Egypt as a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador. Abol Naga's successful career across the Middle-east started in TV networks as a TV & Radio host in prime-time shows as early as 2000.
Famous for his unexpected yet smart choices of scripts & roles, Abol Naga created a vast & diverse filmography with unprecedented wide acclaim from critics & audiences throughout the Arab & international film societies, creating a unique phenomenon in his generation; almost all of his major films have an "exportable" nature to other cultures with special notice to his performances.
Abol Naga as a Producer since 2009, created with others a new wave of possibilities in the Egyptian independent film industry, from co-producing "Heliopolis" 2009 which went on to feature in over a dozen festivals, to his revolutionary production of "Microphone" 2010 in which a new generation of DSLR cameras were used for the first time to shoot a theatrically released feature film, He founded "iTeam Cairo" agency which aims to help indie filmmakers.
Abol Naga is well known for his social and human rights advocacy, He has been one of the early outspoken icons from Egypt promoting social justice, freedom and democratic change to the Arab world in general and Egypt in specific, He played a pivotal role in supporting the Egyptian Revolution Jan 25'th 2011. he has a very admirable work record of social & human rights (especially child rights), He was appointed as a UNICEF UN Goodwill Ambassador in Egypt 2007 till 2015.
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Naga's American debut was in 2006's Civic Duty (2006) in which he gave a compelling portrayal of one of the two leads "Gabe Hassan" he made numerous films in his native Egypt. Here is how it all began ...
Since his first major public appearance as a TV late-night show host in 1999, It was only a matter of few roles to reach an Award-winning star status in Egypt.
He studied Tele-communication Engineering and graduated with honors from Ain Shams University, Cairo, one of the most prestigious Engineering schools in Egypt, meanwhile Water polo as his hobby grew fast to become almost a profession when he was chosen to play in Egypt's national Water polo team as its Goal Keeper, But it was his other passion of acting & singing at the Theatre Department of The American University in Cairo that grew with him gradually to become his chosen final career.
Exchange of hobbies and professions happened several times: First when Water polo became the main focus for him 1986-1989, then Spacecrafts and Tele-Communications research at The The University of Surrey in the UK in 1991, while playing Water polo for his varsity team in European tournaments. He also worked as a Fashion Catwalk Model and a fashion photographer.
In 1999 another switch happened when he (as a famous young face & well established catwalk model in Egypt) was offered to Host a TV program at Nile Variety Channel as a part of a new TV pan-Arab Network inaugurated by state-owned ERTU in Egypt. He became the talk of the the nation with his new fresh style of TV hosting. He hosted and interviewed all kinds of celebrities, regional and international. Naga left the Nile Variety channel in October 2000, joined MBC TV Network in June 2001.- Actor
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Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1972. He studied economics and theatre in the American University in Cairo. In his early experience as an actor Amr joined the Temple Theatre Troop in 1994, and Yaaru Theatre Troop in 1999, where he trained and developed his tools as a stage performer.
With his experience onstage, Waked managed to film his first role on the big screen in 1998 when he joined Ossama Fawzy's of "Gannet El Shayateen". Waked's award winning performance paved his way to become a popular actor famous for his gravity and vast range.
In 2003, Waked joined Stephen Gegan's cast of Syriana, which was his first appearance in an international film. His performance was acclaimed and presented him with other opportunities in international productions, like House Of Saddam and Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.
In 2005, Amr co-established "zad communication & production llc" to begin his experience as a producer. The communication agency and production house was to focus on developmental and social issues in Egypt and the Middle East. In 2012, zad produced its first feature film "Winter Of Discontent", directed by Ibrahim El Batout, which opened in the 69th Venice Film Festival in 2012.- Actor
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Khalid Abdalla was born on 30 December 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Kite Runner (2007), United 93 (2006) and The Square (2013). He is married to Cressida Trew.- Although she had no interest at all on being an actress, Mona Zaki is now a remarkable leading star. Mona started her career in acting accidentally, when she met Mohamed Sobhi, the famous Egyptian Actor and Director. Mona is a Mass Communication student at the fourth grade. Her dream is to prove herself as a good actress. She wants to make good remarkable roles in her career as a Super Star. 'There is a lot to do'.
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With a significantly eminent talent and undeniable powerful presence, Menna Shalaby managed to establish a name for herself in the cinema and television industries early on, thanks to her exceptional talent and commanding attitude. She rose to become one of the most recognized, admired, and sought-after Arab cinema and television actresses.
Menna began her acting career in 2001 with a role in Hadeeth Al Sabah Wal Masaa, one of the most popular and widely viewed television dramas at the time (Morning and Evening Talk). This was only the beginning of her meteoric climb to stardom, as she soon landed roles in well-known films and television series.
Her natural charm and acting talent, which shone through in each of her performances, catapulted her to unprecedented heights in her career. She has flourished in a wide range of genres, including romance, drama, thrillers, and comedy, due to her incredibly diverse aptitude and acting ability.
Menna performed a variety of roles in comedy, drama, action, and romance films. Her famous cinematic roles include El Saher (The Magician) (2001), Baheb El Cima (I Love Cinema) (2004), Ahla al Awqat (Best of Times) (2004), Heya Fawda (Chaos) (2007), screened at Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, Al Ma' wal Khodra wal Wajh al Hassan (Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces) (2016), screened at Locarno Festival, Baad El Mawkeaa (After the Battle) (2012), screened at Cannes Film Festival, Microphone (2010), Nawara (2015), as well as Marwan Hamed's hits, Al Aslyeen (The Originals) (2017), and Diamond Dust (2018), which won three awards at the 1st Casablanca Arab Film Festival in Morocco. The film generated more than 32 million EGP (1.8 million USD).
Keen on supporting emerging filmmakers, Shalaby performed the lead role in director Adam Abd ElGhaffar's short film Fork and Knife, which competed in the Short Films Competition at the 2nd El Gouna Film Festival in 2018. Furthermore, Menna's filmography includes Khayal Ma'ata (Scarecrow)(2019), which marks her reunion with Ahmed Helmy after 11 years of their first work together in sorry for the disturbance (2008).
Shalaby's most successful TV roles include Neeran Sadeeqa (Friendly Fire) (2013), Haret El Yahoud (Jewish Quarter) (2015), and Wahet El Ghoroub (2017). Aside from her acting profession, Menna has participated in various charity initiatives for persons with disabilities, raising awareness about the difficulties these people experience in Egyptian society.
Menna has previously won numerous awards at local and international film festivals, including the Faten Hamama Excellence Award at the 41st Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), where she was also hosted in an in-conversation moderated by American film critic Jay Weissberg on the sidelines of the CIFF, where she reflected on her acting career and milestones along the way. She also won the Best Actress Award at the Egyptian National Film Festival for her roles in El Saher (2001) and An El Eshq Wel Hawaa (2006), as well as the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA) and the Arab Star Festival for her role in Diamond Dust (2018), as well as the Dubai, Tetouan, Oran, and Cairo Film Society festivals for her role in Nawara (2015), and the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival for her role in Banat West El Balad (2005), for which she also won a Special Award at the Damascus International Film Festival.
Menna was also voted 'Best Actress' by the public in a number of surveys held by Arab and Egyptian publications and radio stations. In addition, she was honored by the Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival in Morocco and received an Honorary Award at the Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF) in 2019 for her remarkable cinematic career in Egypt and the Arab globe.
She also received multiple honors for her television roles, including the Critic's Award for Best Actress at the Arab Satellite Channels Festival for her performance in Wahet El Ghoroub (2017).
Menna has also served on juries for some of the world's most prestigious film festivals, including the Cairo International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival (Official Competition), the Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden (Feature-Length and Short Film Competition), and the El Gouna Film Festival (Feature Narrative Competition).
Menna Shalaby showed a strong presence online by having three different hit projects which premiered on ShahidVIP. Every Week Has a Friday, which led her to become the first Arab actress to be nominated for an International Emmy Award; Nemra Etnein drama series, in which she starred in an episode, under the title: Awel Embareh (The Day Before Yesterday), opposite Ahmed Malek, directed by Mohamed Shaker and written by Mariam Naoum. And last but not least, the second season of Leh La'a (Why Not?) which was written by Mariam Naoum and directed by Mariam Abou Ouf, the series received huge audience acclaim and won Menna an honorary mention at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival.
In 2021, she collaborated with OPPO on the Reno6 Series ad, with the theme "Every Emotion, In Portrait." The goal of this campaign is to urge people to treasure their treasured experiences and memories. The promotional campaign included a short film titled "Photograph: The Space Between Us," starring Menna Shalaby and Nabil Issa.
Menna's most recent projects include Al'Ins W AlNems (2021), in which she co-stars with comedian Mohamed Heneidy. As well as, two box office hits; El Gareema (The Crime), starring Ahmed Ezz and directed by Sherif Arafa, and Men Agl Ziko, starring Kareem Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and directed by Peter Mimi, the film is now available for streaming on Netflix.
Her latest 15 episode series Betlou' Al-Rouh', directed by Kamla Abou Zekry, screened in Ramadan 2022 on MBC and ShahidVIP, garnered her the Best Actress Award at the 2022 Cairo Drama Festival and Best Actress Award in The Arab World at the 2022 Murex D'or ceremony.
Shalaby's latest work is Shahid's TAGHYEER GAW series, which aired during the 2023 Ramdan season to terrific audience reception. Earlier in 2023, the megastar was also honored at the second edition of the Cairo Drama Festival alongside directors Kamla Abo Zekri and Peter Mimi, as well as acclaimed actors Maged El-Kidwany, Mona Zaki, and Karim Abdelaziz.
As for the Ramadan 2024 race, Shalaby will be opting for the radio instead of the small screen; the star is hosting a radio series titled BEIT OM EL GHOLAM airing on NRJ, Egypt's 92.1 radio station. The series is directed by Moustafa Mounir and written by Mohamed Ismail.- Actress
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Hend Sabry is a Cairo-based Tunisian actress and lawyer. She was born in Tunis on 20th November and received her license in law at the Faculty of Law of Tunis in 2001. Later she completed her masters in law intellectual property and copyright in 2004. Her acting debut was at the age of fourteen in the Tunisian production "Les Silences du Palais" (Silence of Palaces) in 1994. After starring a number of Tunisian productions, Hend's breakthrough was through "Muzakirat Murahiqua" (A Teenager's Diary) that was considered the most controversial film in 2002. Her role gave her immediate stardom across the Arab world and in a short span of time she became one of the most prominent Tunisian actresses in Egypt and the Arab world. Sabry is prominently involved in social and humanitarian work; since 2009, she has been working closely with the UN World Food Programme on raising awareness about hunger in the region. In 2010, Sabry had officially become a WFP Regional Ambassador. She is also one of four women who have contributed in the Facebook campaign inspired by the Arab spring titled "The Uprising of Women in the Arab World" which promotes gender equality in accordance with the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and calls to grant freedom, independence and security for Arab women."- Ahmed Ezz is often described as "the most versatile actor in the Middle East," with numerous accolades in his professional career spanning over 20 years and over 30 Film/TV prolific credits to his name. Ezz is one of the few actors from his region known for crafting originality in the characters he plays. His popularity stems from his versatility as an actor in comedy, drama, thriller and action film and television. In 2022, he starred in the epic action drama "Kira & El Gin" which became the highest grossing Egyptian film in the Middle East, where he received the prestigious "Favorite Actor" Award at Saudi Arabia's Joy Awards in 2023.
- Graduated from the Egyptian academy of arts and began his acting career immediately in Egyptian mini-series, and ended up co-starring in several of the most important series broadcast during the holy month Ramadan seasons.
Ahmed establish himself as a film star as early as 1998 when he co-starred in "Seidy at the American University" which holds the record to be the highest grossing film in Egyptian & Arab counties Box office history. He got his first starring role in 2000 in the film "Short wi Fanila wi Cap" and since then he has not looked back. His latest film "Mafia" was the most acclaimed film of 2002 and grossed over 14 million EGP in the Egyptian Box office.
Ahmed El sakka is now set to increase and confirm his No. 1 leading man status by starring in "TiTo". - Actor
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Ahmed Helmy made his first big screen appearance in film Aboud on the Boarder (1999), in which he co-starred alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Ahmed, through his amazing breakthrough performance, and comic sense of humor, nabbed all the attention he needed in this film. He quickly made a jump to starring roles in films such as Umar 2000 (2000), The Headmaster (2000), _El Selem We Al Thoghban_.
Ahmed first started his career, when director Sherif Arafa was watching children's programme "Leighb Eyal" on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast, Sherif found in Ahmed the comedian actor he needed for the starring role in Aboud Ala El Hedoud. He is a 1993 graduate of the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art. He believes that the most sophisticated role he had done yet was in the film Omar 2000, especially the scene in which he had to bury a dear friend. Ahmed's idol is his father, he finds in him the idealism, kindness and wisdom. Ahmed also admires Ahmed Zaki for his enormous acting talent. As for the comedy, he adores Adel Emam and Samir Ghanem. Ahmed finds the trend of the cinema today, now known as the "Youth Cinema", can be judged only through audiences. 'After three or four days of screening a film, audiences would know and judge the film to be a success or no, it is a matter of supply and demand, commerce, film is a commodity which applies to the terms of supply and demand'.- Actor
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Hani Salama was born on 4 July 1977 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and composer, known for Control Room (2004), The Other (1999) and Ouija (2006). He is married to Riham Salama. They have two children.- Yosra El-Lozy is a multi-talented Egyptian artist who has run the performance gamut, working as a ballerina, pianist, and voice actor before settling into acting as a profession.
She started her cinematic journey in 2004 with renowned international director Youssef Chahine, starring in his film ALEXANDRIA... NEW YORK. Since then, she has emerged as the leading actress in numerous projects helmed by several esteemed directors, effortlessly straddling the worlds of film and drama as she weaves a tapestry of mesmerizing performances.
Hailing from an artistic family, with her father working as a theatrical director, actor, and distinguished professor of theater at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and her mother having an established name in the puppet theater and voice acting industries - even working for Disney at some point - it is no surprise that El-Lozy eventually followed in her parents' footsteps.
She started off her career when she was a high school student, initially cutting her teeth by working as a voice actor on several animated Disney films before expanding her skillset once she got into the AUC - where she pursued a bachelor of arts in political science and then supplemented it with a master's degree in public and international law - appearing in a variety of musical roles at the university's theater; most notably, SULEIMAN AL-HALABI, THE READER, GUYS AND DOLLS, and THE CONFUSED SULTAN.
Eventually, El-Lozy made her dazzling debut on the silver screen, mesmerizing audiences with her portrayal of the spirited teenage Ginger in Youssef Chahine's masterpiece ALEXANDRIA... NEW YORK in 2004, which was featured at the esteemed Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard that very same year.
Continuing to leave an indelible mark, she also starred in David Cronenberg's TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA, sharing the screen with American actor Josh Brolin and the iconic Brigitte Bardot.
Naturally, it was only a matter of time before El-Lozy would reap the rewards of her blossoming career, eventually earning a plethora of local and international accolades for her compelling performances in cinema. Her first recognition came with Khaled El-Hagar's remarkable film STOLEN KISSES in 2008, for which she garnered Best Actress at the Alexandria International Film Festival.
She followed that up with Osama Fawzy's BEL ALWAN ELTABEAYA in 2009 - a cinematic gem that earned her a special certificate of appreciation from the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival. After that, she was featured in Ahmed Abdallah's HELIOPOLIS (2010), which reaped several prestigious awards. Her illustrious filmography also includes Ahmed Abdullah's MICROPHONE - which went on to win the prestigious Golden Tanit Award at the Carthage International Film Festival - and Ahmed Samir Farag's LOVE STATION, in which he co-starred alongside Menna Shalaby. Additionally, she showcased her talent in Othman Abu Laban's EL-MARKEB and the short film THE STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.
El-Lozy's cinematic life then took a crucial turn in 2012 when she found herself involved in three diverse and compelling productions; the first of which she co-starred alongside her father, Mahmoud El-Lozy, in the short film LIKE IN A MIRROR.
The second was the comedy film BANAT EL AM, in which she reunited with director Wael Ehsan and starred alongside the talented trio Chico, Ahmed Fahmy, and Hisham Maged. She also embarked on her first collaboration with director Sameh Abdel-Aziz in the star-studded cast film HOUR AND A HALF.
In the following year, she continued to captivate audiences with her performance in the film I NEED A MAN by the renowned Mohamed Shaker Khudair.
In addition to her accomplishments on the big screen, El-Lozy has had an equally successful career on TV, debuting in the highly successful drama KHAS GEDAN, where she shared the screen with legendary actress Yousra.
Following this auspicious start, she went on to participate in the first part of the renowned AL-GAMA'A series, which was a collaboration between the late esteemed writer Waheed Hamed and the distinguished director Mohamed Yasine. In the same year, she also played a role in the second part of the TV series LAHAZAT HAREGA.
Then, in 2012, she worked on three compelling dramas; the first was VERTIGO - a series featuring Hend Sabry and written by Ahmed Mourad that marked a new collaboration between El-Lozy and Abu Laban - the third season of LAHAZAT HAREGA, and RED LINES alongside Ahmed El-Sakka.
A couple of years later, in 2014, El-Lozy landed the lead role in the TV series ADAM AND JAMILA opposite the talented Hassan El-Raddad, marking her third collaboration with director Ahmed Samir Farag and further solidifying her presence as an accomplished actress in the realm of TV drama.
In the same year, she embarked on her first leading role in a Gulf cinematic production, starring in the Emirati film FROM A TO B alongside a slew of esteemed Arab stars such as Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, Syrian actor Samer Al-Masry, Saudi actor Fahd Albutairi, and Lebanese actor Fady Al-Refai, and worked alongside esteemed actor Yahya Al-Fakharani under the direction of his son, Shadi Al-Fakharani, in the Ramadan drama DAHSHA.
After that, El-Lozy starred in the Lebanese drama CELLO with Syrian star Taim Hassan and Lebanese stars Nadine Nassim Najeeb and Youssef El-Khal.
She then proceeded to have an eventful 2016, working on her first collaboration with director Peter Mimi and the talented Ahmed Hatem in the highly acclaimed film THE FOURTH PYRAMID, featuring in Wael Ehsan's HASSAN WA BO'LOZ, and starring in the comedic series BANAT KHARQAT during the Ramadan season of the same year alongside Riham Haggag, Sherry Adel, and Bayoumi Fouad.
Since then, Yosra's career has been making consistent appearances across many films and dramas, including NO TRESPASSING OR CAMERAS ALLOWED, where she shared the screen with the esteemed Yousra; AKHLAQ EL-ABID alongside the talented Khaled Al-Sawy; FAIN QALBI opposite the renowned Mustafa Amar, HAMZA'S SUITCASE and TAQAT ALQADR alongside the charismatic Hamada Helal; and AL-HALAL opposite Sumaya Al-Khashab.
She also worked on the TV drama BEL HAGM EL A'ELI with the esteemed Yahya Al-Fakharani; the second season of THE HAJJ NOHMAN FAMILY with Syrian star Taim Hassan; Peter Mimi's KALBASH 3, featuring the talented Amir Karara; QAMAR HADI with Hani Salama; and TAQAT HOB alongside Ahmed Hatem.
In 2021, Yosra returned to the silver screen with her role in the movie THE COURT - a cinematic gem directed by Mohamed Amin and written by Ahmed Abdullah. She also starred in the female-led series ELLA ANA's story of BEL WARAQA WEL QALAM and the 15-episode adapted TV series BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH.
Building on that momentum, El-Lozy graced the screen in 2022 with her breathtaking performance in Ahmed Nader Jalal's thriller THE SPIDER alongside Ahmed El-Sakka, Mona Zaki and Dhaffer L'Abidine.
As for her most recent work, in the year 2023, El-Lozy took part in two highly anticipated series during the Ramadan marathon, putting on a stellar performance in the third season of the immensely popular AL-MADAH with the charismatic Hamada Helal, and Sameh Abdel-Aziz's GAMILA alongside the talented Riham Haggag.
She was also featured in GROUP EL MOMMIES, where she shared the screen with super-star Ruby, Mohamed Tharwat, Mahmoud Hafez, and Dareen Haddad.
In addition to her diverse talents in singing, ballet, and voice acting, El-Lozy has also made notable contributions to the television industry, showcasing her hosting skills in several successful TV programs, starting with the worldwide singing sensation THE X FACTOR in 2013, followed by a stint on MBC's MICROPHONE in 2015.
Aside from her work in the fields of art and cinema, El-Lozy also has a track record for humanitarian work, consistently raising awareness about the risks of hearing impairment in children and the challenges they face in learning to speak at a young age, launching a campaign with the aim of providing treatment and support to thousands of children afflicted by the same condition.
In recognition of her remarkable artistic accomplishments and humanitarian efforts, she was eventually honored with the Al-Ahram Newspaper Award in 2017 in acknowledgment of her contributions to the world of drama and her commendable endeavors to provide hard-of-hearing children with the support and resources they need to thrive. - Actress
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Yousra is Egypt's most renowned multi-faceted celebrity that has been gracing the silver screen for more than 30 years. Since the 1970s, Yousra starred in some of the most important films in the history of Egyptian cinema. Her roles in films and TV series are trailblazing and continue to influence and inspire generations.
Yousra was also named one of the World's 100 Most Powerful Arab Women and is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (The Oscars), given her rich cinematic history.
Her social stands and opinions have impacted the public domain in Egypt and the Arab world like no other actress of her generation.
Furthermore, she has received over 80 awards and certificates of appreciation from international film festivals all over the world, most notably the Beirut, Cairo, and Cannes international film festivals.
Yousra also received significant honors from the Royal College of Physicians in London, the Arab World Institute in Paris, and America Abroad Media (AAM) in Washington.
The multi-talented star shines bright in the world of music as well, with several chart-toppers under her belt, including the late hit by Abu, 3 Daqat (3 Heartbeats).
No stranger to fashion, she was Christian Dior's ambassador in the Middle East. Many of Yousra's dresses were tailored by international fashion designers like Stéphane Rolland, Elie Saab, Hany El-Behairy, and Rami Al-Ali.
Yousra's exquisite taste in fashion qualified her to be a judge in various fashion shows, such as the Arab world version of the famous reality TV show Project Runway Middle East alongside Elie Saab.
She was also appointed as an International Advisory Board member of the El-Gouna Film Festival in 2014. Yousra's first appearance in cinema was in A Castle in the Air, which was directed by Abdel Halim Nasr. While a true master of her trade, capable of carrying any film on her own, for many of her fans, her roles with the legendary superstar Adel Emam are the closest to their hearts. The duo worked together in 17 films with sweeping box-office success, including Al-Ensan Yaeesh Mara Wahida (Humans Only Live Once) by Simon Saleh in 1981, Ala Bab El Wazir (On the Minister's Door) by Mohamed Abdel Aziz in 1982, Al-Avokato by Raafat Al-Mihi in 1984, Humans and Djinns by Muhammad Rady in 1985, and Karakon fe Al-Sharea (Station on the Street) by Ahmed Yehia the following year. The last of these films was the 2009's hit Bobbos.
Her countless collaborations with the late screenwriter Wahid Hamed were also a favorite, spanning over nine TV shows and blockbusters such as El Mansy (The Forgotten), The Yacoubian Building, Terrorism and Kebab (El Erhab Wel Kabab), and Birds of Darkness (Toyor El Zalam).
Yousra also starred opposite the late veteran actor Ahmed Zaki in five films and appeared in four of Youssef Chahine's films - An Egyptian Story in 1982, Alexandria: Again and Forever in 1990, Alexandria... New York in 2004, and The Emigrant in 1994. Chahine had a really powerful impact on Yousra, to the extent that she said: "Youssef Chahine's impact on me [was significant] on a personal and a professional level. He was considered more of a school to all the people who worked with him." Yousra also starred alongside renowned international Egyptian actor Omar El-Sharif and superstar Amr Diab in Dehk Wa Le'b Wa Gad Wa Hob (Laughter, Games, Seriousness, and Love).
Additionally, Yousra did an outstanding performance in the 2006 film Yacoubian Building, which is based on the best-selling Arab novel of the same name, in which she portrayed the owner of a restaurant that is favored by what's left of Cairo's aristocrats. with a budget that was the largest in Egypt at the time. Variety magazine characterized Yousra's performance in the film as "effortlessly evoking old romantic memories when she sings La Vie en Rose".
On TV, and particularly in Ramadan, Yousra's TV series has always been a must-see. since Ayna Qalbi (where's my heart" in 2002 and Malak Rohi (my soul, Malak), in 2003, Yousra has always been keen on addressing the most pressing social issues of the hour on her TV series.
Her series also usually showcase fresh talents and promising young stars. One of Yousra's most prominent series is Adiyyeit Raie Aam (A Public Opinion Case), Fi Aid Amina (In Amina's Hands), Sharbat, the Cunning, Foq Mostawa El Shobohat (Above Suspicion), Kheyanet Ahd (The Betrayal of Ahd), and Harb Ahlia (Civil War).
Her serial drama Kheyanet Ahd (The Betrayal of Ahd) aired on TV during Ramadan 2020 to huge success, winning her the DG Best Actress Award and the DG Best Series at the Dear Guest Awards in December 2020.
In the same year, she was honored at the Arab Satellite Festival and the Negm El-Arab Festival. Additionally, Yousra was featured in the official music video of Dokki Ya Mazzika of the fourth El-Gouna Film Festival, where she launched her Hareef Tamsil Campaign (Talented Actor) in collaboration with Orange Egypt. The new service was exclusively dedicated for Orange users, with participants submitting videos in which they played a character inspired by any of Yousra's famous roles. The winner was selected to perform with her in her new series, Harb Ahlya (Civil War) in Ramadan 2021. The serial drama was written by Ahmed Adel, produced by El-Adl Group, and directed by Sameh Abdel-Aziz. Additionally, in Ramadan 2021, she took part in the ad campaign for ZED Park alongside a plethora of Arab stars, including Shereen Reda, Karim Abdel-Aziz, Nelly Kareem, Tara Emad, and Huda El-Mufti. Yousra's film career amounts to over 100 films, the most recent of which is the feature film Saheb El Maqam (The Enshrined Saint), which was directed by Mohamed El-Adl and premiered on Shahid to tremendous success. The film starred Asser Yassin, Amina Khalil, and Bayoumi Fouad opposite Yousra, marking her comeback to films since Game Over in 2012. Using her fame for a good cause, Yousra is a social activist who gives back to the community and helps raise awareness and supports many social causes.
"Poverty is one of the most important issues in the world, and it is the key to agony; therefore, if we can decrease the forms of poverty that we come across, I believe our sorrow will also decrease, and so will violence against children and women, which is a major concern, along with education and the environment," she once said. She was chosen by the United Nations to be the Regional UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, as she has been known for her participation in social activities with many civil society organizations. Consequently, Yousra received more than 50 awards in recognition of her work as a UNDP goodwill ambassador. She contributed her time and effort to Coptic Orphans - a non-profit organization based in Merrifield, Virginia, in order to support Egyptian orphans. In 2007, the organization presented her the Ideal Award as a tribute for her efforts and time spent aiding children. "Out of over 50 awards that I've received, this one is the one closest to my heart," Yousra stated. Yousra also took part in the 500-500 Ramadan campaign to support cancer patients. Recently - within her role as a Goodwill Ambassador - Yousra participated in the opening ceremony of a 16-day campaign under the theme 'Orange the World: #HearMeToo; End Violence against Women and Girls' at the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in collaboration with the UN to highlight the issues of gender equality and the empowerment of women. Most recently, Yousra participated in the third Awladna International Forum for Arts of the Gifted, which aims to provide gifted children with special needs with a platform to enrich and showcase their artistic talents and empower them and their families. During the opening ceremony, Yousra performed her new song Anta Qadha (You Can Do It) amid a large number of children with special needs on stage. Additionally, Yousra attended the first edition of Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), delivering a masterclass to educate movie enthusiasts and talk about her amazing journey, which was held after the screening of one of her most iconic films, Strawberry War, which was restored with the support of the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation. Yousra also continued her strong Ramadan streak by starring in Ahlam Saeeda (Happy Dreams) in 2022 alongside Ghada Adel, Mai Kassab, and Shaimaa Seif. The comedy series was written by Hala Khalil and directed by Amr Arafa. In 2022, Yousra was honored at the opening ceremony of the second edition of the RSIFF, receiving the GOLD YUSR Honorary Award. Most recently, she also starred in the 2023 Ramadan season drama 1000 HAMDELLAH A'LA EL SALAMA. Moreover, she's expecting the release of her latest off-season show ROSE & LAILA and film LEILET EL EID, both of which are due for release sometime in 2023.- Actress
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Ilham Shaheen was born on 3 January 1960 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress and producer, known for A Day for Women (2016), Al-raghba (2002) and One-Zero (2009).- Actor
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Nour El-Sherif was born on 28 April 1946 in Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for Leila Sakhina (1995), Al-Ragol Al-Akhar (1999) and El Hag Metwali's Family (2001). He was married to Poussi. He died on 11 August 2015 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Mahmoud Yassine was born on 19 February 1942 in Port Said, Egypt. He was an actor and director, known for Souk El-Asr (2001), Mama Fi El-Qism (2010) and The Message (1976). He was married to Shahira. He died on 14 October 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Mahmoud Abdel Aziz was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a middle class family. He studied Agricultural Sciences and during his college days he practiced acting through the university theatre.
He started his acting career by taking a role in "Al Dawama" TV show in the mid 70s with Nelly and Mahmoud Yassin after which he entered the cinema world for the first time through "Al Hafeed" an all time Egyptian film classic. Mahmoud Abdel Aziz starred in over 25 movies during the late 70s and early 80s while his popularity was increasing dramatically, most of his movies at the time were categorized as romantic drama.
His acting path has matured when he started taking different roles which really exposed his talent. He was known to be equally adept at comedy and drama.
The 1980s marked Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as a superstar when he starred in very successful movies like "El Aar", "El Keef" and "Rafat El Haggan" TV Series which is one of the most popular works of Egyptian television based on the true story of the renowned Egyptian spy who was planted in Israel for over 20 years before the 6 days war.
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz has starred in over 100 movies and he can still surprise his audience with great work such as Bab El Khalk (2012) TV Series after 7 years of absence from the Egyptian TV.
He has two children Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Aziz a film producer and director; and Kareem Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.- Actor
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Mahmoud Hemida was born on 7 February 1953 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and producer, known for Fallen Angels Paradise (1999), Afarit el-asphalt (1996) and Malek wa ketaba (2006).- Sawsan Badr have a distinctive role in her second movie (Habibi Daemn) directed by Hussein Kamal in 1980. She also won the best actress for the drama prize (land not sprout flowers), and its role in the series (Dawlat Fahmy), and multiple awards for her role in the movie (circles closed) in 2001, as well as the Cairo international Festival Prize in session 34.
- Layla Olwi was born on 4 January 1962 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress, known for Girl's Love (2003), I Love Cinema (2004) and Little Love, Much Violence (1995). She was previously married to Mansour Aljammal.
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He is a graduate of the faculty of agriculture. He started his career in cinema in several films with actor Salah Zulfikar in 1960s, such as Talat loussuss (1966), Marti, mudir aam (1966) and Afrit merati (1968). Then he became more popular in theaters for his role in Madrasat Al Moshaghebin (School of Rascals). He became more famous in the 1970s for his comedic roles in Al-bahth an fadiha (1973) (Search for a scandal) and Khalli Balek min Aalak (Take care of your brain). He started to play far more serious roles in the 1980s. He is now one of the highest paid actors in Egypt.- She graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria in 1997. participated in a large number of films and TV series. Her career began in 1999, was preparing to make songs, but suddenly it was chosen by the directors of representation in more than one film, and before entering the field of singing has been working in the field of tourism and banking. However, the artist "Salah al-Saadan"i advised her to concentrate on acting and to postpone singing. She studied music at the Conservatoire Institute in Alexandria, and represented a small role in the series "El Hesab" with "Salah al-Saadani", but is a series of "El Doa El Shared" is the beginning really took off for the world of fame and stardom.
- Eman El-Assy was born on 28 August 1985 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress, known for Paparazzi (2015), In Broad Daylight and Ma2lab harameya (2008).
- Mostafa Shaban is one of Egyptians leading actors. Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Mostfafa Shaban, taking up a diverse range of roles from action hero to being a romantic lover . He continues to wildly vary his film choices attracting different types of viewers.
- Ghadah Adel is known for The Student Cop (2004), Kasablanka (2019) and Private Alexandria (2005). She was previously married to Magdy Al Hawary.
- Nelly Karim is an Egyptian actress, fashion model and ballerina. She was born December 18, 1974 in Alexandria, Egypt for An Egyptian father and Russian Mother. Nelly Karim has drawn attention for her 2006 refusal to portray "seductive roles". She won Best Actress award in the Cairo International Film Festival in 2004 for her role in Enta Omry. She also won Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her role in 678 and Best Actress at the Arab Film Festival in 2012 for 678.Nelly Karim has four children, the last of which was born in 2011.
- Basma was born on 7 December 1976 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress, known for Qessat Hobb (2010), Ouija (2006) and Zayy el-Nahardah (2008). She has been married to Amr Hamzawy since 15 February 2012.
- Ola Ghanem, born in Kwait, raised in Alexandria, Egypt. She married to Walid Eldefrawy and gave birth to two beautiful girls, Kamilia and Farida, after she got a divorce from Walid, she moved to Cairo to start her acting career. As soon as she started studied acting, she started getting jobs; one of her first projects ever was a video clip with Mohamed Foad, Hansak. That video helped her get noticed and she started doing more projects. Her first movie was Mohamy Khol3 with Hani ramzy and Dalia el Behery, at the same time she was filming Sahar el Layaly with Ahmed Helmy, and Mona Zaky. She took the Best Actress award.
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Egyptian actress and singer. She began artwork since the beginning of the third millennium through a comedy series (Youth Online) in 2002, and participated later in several series, including (Emperor, The Aunt Nour, dignitaries), which enabled it to achieve significant penetration in record time, but the first movie appearance was with the late director "Youssef Chahine" through the film (Alexandria New York), and participated later in a large number of films, including (Ouija, The Game Of Love, About Love And Passion, I Am Not With Them, 678).- Hasan El-Raddad is known for Kheyanah Mashruah (2006), Gawazah Miri (2014) and Girls (2007). He has been married to Aimi Samir Ghanem since 4 November 2016.
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Amr Salama has written and directed multiple award winning feature films.
On A Day Like Today (2008) Asmaa (2011) Excuse My French (2014) Made In Egypt (2014) Sheikh Jackson (2017)
Co-directed the documentary, Tahrir 2011: The Good, The Bad & The Politician, winner of the UNESCO award at the Venice Film Festival and numerous other international awards.
Directed and supervised the content of the first season of the Arabic version of the international TV show, Saturday Night Live.
Directed the hit Arabic Egyptian drama 'Tayea'.
Created, wrote, produced and directed the 1st Netflix original show in Egypt 'Paranormal' which was listed by Variety as one of the best international shows in 2020.
In 2021, co-wrote and directed the film Extracurricular and also co-produced and co-directed the show Bimbo for Shahid VIP.- Director
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Marwan Hamed is an Egyptian prominent filmmaker who possesses an extensively auspicious repertoire that extends over 20 years of experience in producing and directing films, in addition to directing over 300 commercials, TV drama series, and music videos. Marwan's debut feature The Yacoubian Building (2006) was the most expensive film ever made in the history of Egyptian cinema at the time and screened at some of the world's most prestigious film festivals, winning numerous awards.
In 2014, Marwan directed The Blue Elephant, which reaped several awards at many film festivals, and in 2019, he directed the film's second installment Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers. The film dominated the box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in Egyptian history at the time.
His latest film Kira & El Gen - written by Ahmed Mourad - is a historical drama set in the 1920s. The film, which is based on Mourad's best-selling novel 1919, is now officially the highest-grossing film in the history of Egyptian cinema, with revenues exceeding EGP 110m.- Director
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Yousry Nasrallah was born on 26 July 1952 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a director and writer, known for El Medina (1999), Sarikat Sayfeya (1988) and Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009).- Director
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One of the outstanding leaders of the students' movement in eighties. Head of Students' Union - Zagazig University - Banha Branch, 1988-1989. Obtained Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Electronic and Electrical communication Engineering in 1990. Head of the Film Commission, the Supreme Council of Culture in 2012. Member of the 50-Member Committee for drafting Egypt's Constitution in 2013 Participation in students' activities launched relationship between the Director and senior politicians, cultured and creative characters in Egypt, such as Youssef Shahin who advised him to work in cinema when he felt that he enjoys talent. Therefore, he offered him to know about cinema world through participation in short narrative documentary film "Al Kahira Monwara Beahliha" when an acting personality embodiment was entrusted to him, in addition to training on directing. He quickly discovered his being attracted to direction, so he joined Youssef Shahin scholars. In 1992, he became co-director to Youssef Shahin in "Al Muhajer" Film. He participated in writing the film's scenario and dialogue together with others. This is highly reflected in the next films, particularly when became the excusive director of "Al Maseer", "Al Akhar", and "Alexandria New York " that he assisted Youssef Shahin in writing the story, scenario and dialogue for these films. In 2000, he authored and directed his first film "Al Asifa", and he obtained the grand prize of International Arbitration Committee in Cairo International Cinema Festival (Silver Pyramid), and the reward of Best Arabic Film, in addition to the reward of best director (Top Work) in the National Festival of the Egyptian Cinema. He participated in many international festivals, such as San Francesco Festival in USA. In 2001, he directed his second Film "Gwaz Biqarar Gomhoury", and he obtained the reward of best director (Top Work) in the National Festival of the Egyptian Cinema. In 2004, he directed "Enta Omry" Film, and represented Egypt in Cairo International Cinema Festival. The film obtained the reward of the Best Actress. In 2005-2006, he presented "Weja" and "Khiana Mshroua" Movies that were authored and directed by him. Those two films reflected the extent audience response to his movies. In 2007, he participated Director Youssef Shahin in directing "Heya Fawda" Movie, which constituted a rare precedent in the history of the Egyptian cinema. This film represented Egypt in the official contest of Venice International Cinema Festival. In the same year (2007), he presented his Movie "Hena Mysara", which sparked controversy not only in Egypt, but also worldwide as it was widely successful at the both criticism and audience admiration levels. The movie gained the most prizes of National Festival of Egyptian Cinema, such as the Best Movie Prize, the Best Director, the Best decoration, and the Best Drama. In 2008, he presented "Al Rayis Omar Harb" Movie, and obtained the prize of the Best Director of the National Festival of Egyptian Cinema for the second year respectively. In 2009, he presented his ninth Movie "Dokan Shehata" after he became one of the most prominent directors of Arab Cinema, and the most famous one due to the issues tackled by such movies that deserve discussion through cinematic style distinguished by suspension, accompanied with dramatic storyline and excellence of outstanding style presented through visual narration. In 2010, he presented his tenth Movie "Kalemni Shokan", through which he presented his own vision regarding the effect of communication revolution on changing the values and traditions believes in Arab community. During the same year, he directed his eleventh Movie "Kaf El Qamar", but he was able to screen it only by the end of 2011 due to the circumstances of 25 January Revolution. "Heya Fawda" , "Hena Maysara" and "Dokan Shehata" trilogies are considered to be among the movies that contributed highly in disclosing the volume of deteriorating indeed the very bad facts, including of poverty, oppression and injustice witnessed by Egyptians the matter that rooted the spirit of rebellion of rebellion which led to 25 January Revolution. During the 30 June anti-government protests he was chosen by the Armed Forces to photograph these scene from military aircraft. He was the only cinema director who photographed these scene, and made this flight on the military aircraft photographing the most prominent places in Egypt occupied by largest number of demonstrators in the history. These graphic scenes have much effect in convincing the world that 30 June was a people's revolution and not a military coup as alleged by Muslim Brotherhood. According to Dubai International Film Festival 2013 two of Khaled Youssef's movies "Heya Fawda" and "Hena Mysara" were in the list of the "100 Best Arab Films of All Times"- Director
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The director Mohamed Khan was born on October 26th 1942. He completed his high school in Egypt, then traveled to England where he earned his diploma in 1962. He directed several movies in 8mm. He went back to Egypt in 1963 & worked as script writer in a Cairo production company. Worked in Lebanon for few years as an assistant director, then went to live in England from 1970 till 1978 & there wrote his book "Introduction to the Egyptian Cinema" in English. He lives in Egypt now & has one daughter (Nadin) & one son (Hassan). He's one of the best known directors in the Egyptian Cinema.- Director
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Sherif is an Egyptian director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the Higher Institute for Cinema in 1982 and he is the son of director Sa'ad 'Arafa in addition to being an elder brother to director 'Amr 'Arafa. Sherif began his cinema career in 1987 when he directed the film "al-Aqzam Qadimoon" ("The Dwarfs are Coming"), the screenplay for that title was authored by Maher 'Awwad. Thereafter Sherif presented the film "al-Daragah al-Thanniyah" ("The Second Degree") with performers Soa'ad Hosny and Ahmed Zakky but the work was not a success among audiences. The director was the first to notice the talents of many performers who include ( Mohamed Sa'ad - Ahmed Helmy - Mohamed Heneidy - Kareem 'Abd Al 'Azeez - Ahmed Makky - Mahmoud 'Abd Al Ghany - Haitham Ahmed Zakky - 'Alaa Waly al-Deen - Mona Zakky - Nour - Sullaf Fawakhragy - Gamal Suleiman). The large number of talent discoveries attributed to Sherif 'Arafa have indicated that he has a special eye for fledgling performers. The director has worked with major performers from the outset of his career, performers of the likes of Soa'ad Hosny, Ahmed Zakky and 'Adel Imam. He also discovered and presented several of the well known youthful faces in cinema, names such as 'Alaa Waly al-Deen, Mohamed Heneidy, Mona Zakky, Nour, Mohamed Sa'ad, Ahmed Helmy, Haitham Helmy, Ahmed Zakky and many others. Sherif has also produced several cinema and television productions such as the film "Halim" and the television series "Tamer wa Shawqqiyah", "Lahazat Harija" ("Critical Moments") and the program "al-Nas wa Ana" ("The People and Myself") through his private production company Partner Pro. Moreover Sherif has also directed several television commercials for well known products such as Pepsi and Chipsy. Sherif made a forceful entry into the world of television production in 2006 when he produced three works, the two television series "Tamer wa Shawqqiyah" and "Lahazat Hariga" ("Critical Moments") and the program "al-Nas wa Ana" ("The People and Myself"). That last production saw him collaborate with other producers from Egypt and the United States. Sherif 'Arafa has directed several cinema titles that were milestones in the history of Egyptian cinema, titles such as "Teyoor al-Zalam" ("The Birds of Darkness" ), "al-Nazir" ("The Manager"), "Mafia" and "Halim".- Director
- Arwa Gouda is an Egyptian Actress, who speaks fluent English, French and Arabic. She started her career as a Model at the age of 13 and won the "Best Model of the World" 2004/2005 title in Turkey which finally launched her acting career. Soon after, the Nefertiti looking Arwa Gouda became a popular actress known for her vast range of characters, her gravity and most of all her genuine performance and was finally able to break out of being typecast as a beautiful young damsel when she played the role of a heroine addict in director Amr Salama's first big screen movie "Zay El Naharda" (On a Day Like Today), which then landed her in getting harder and more challenging roles such as "Safeya" in director Sherif Arafa's movie "El Gezira 2" (The Island 2).
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Her career began early in 2000 with the song "Ah Ya Leil" but they were not the first songs where he appeared with the singer "Mohamed Mohy" in duet titled "You love of eye and the heart" of this before you share with Tamer Hosni, as a representative cinemas with "Ahmed Helmy" it resulted in a film "Mido Mashkel", the Free Music company owner "Nasr Mahrous" first to produce her "Ghairana" Album and after some differences between the two she terminate the contract between them. Shirin was married to composer and distributor "Muhammad Mustafa" and have two daughters "Marem" and "Hana" , but they broke up after the marriage lasted for five years.- Dalia El Behairy was born on 15 October 1970 in Tanta, Egypt. She is an actress, known for Special Operations (2007), Real Dreams (2007) and Juba (2007).
- Mervat Amin was born on 24 November 1946 in Minya, Egypt. She is an actress, known for Al-Ragol Al-Akhar (1999), El-Ketaar (1986) and The School of Mischief (1973).
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One of Egypt's most talented actresses. With her expressive brown eyes, lustrous dark hair and flawless olive skin, the ballet dancer, and actress burst onto the scene in 1991, making her mark on the Egyptian Actresses list and audiences as well.
She co-stars with Nadia El Gendyand Mahmoud Hemida in Wild Desire (1992). One of Egypt's foremost leading ladies of the 1990s, Hanan has managed to make her mark on Arabic audiences as well. Born in (Cairo) on 7th of March 1976, Hanan was one of three children, Hanan, Hussein and Hossam of a Father who owns a Factory for Women's wear (El Torki for Dresses). After years of intensive study in ballet, she broke into acting in 1991. In 1992, she had starring roles in Al-mohager (1994), for famous director Youssef Chahine. In 1998, she had the starring role as well in The Other (1999), two very disparate films. Hanan proved to be a huge success. Success gave Hanan a dose of Arab recognition, and, after starring in a number of Egyptian films, she enhanced this recognition in the year 2000 with the entry to TV series Opera Ayda (2000)
That same year, she had a brief but memorable role in breakthrough film Al assifa (2000).- Actor
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Tamer Hosny is a pop singer, actor, composer, lyricist, director, producer and novelist. His artistic career began in 2002. Extensive enthusiasm, hard work, and passion in terms of music and acting made him within 5 years the most promising celebrity/singer in the Middle East & Africa. That's why he was chosen to be the best African artist 2010 from Africa music awards and legend of the century from big apple music awards and the First Arab celebrity to advertise the famous Italian brand of fashion eye wear sunglasses. His albums and films (both past and present) have achieved best sells and wills. His masterpiece in music is magically amazing. As a prominent personality, he was preferred to be the Middle East's ambassador for Operation Smile Int'l Organization since 2006. He is an endorser of Pepsi, a well-known soft drink around the world. He was the "first Arab celebrity" to advertise the famous brand of fashion eye wear sunglasses, "police, he is an endorser of Vodafone, a well-known Communications network around the world. Lately The international producer Quincy Jones" the retriever of the legend Michael Jackson" chosen him to participate in the 1st international Arab charity operate "Bokra", In 2011 was Tamer Hosny 1st Drama series Adam which achieves highest views on TV and Internet The series was carrying the banner of national unity and respect for all religions and was chosen as Best series in 2011 in many surveys and Tamer Hosny was also chosen to be best Actor I drama 2011- Music Department
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Amr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt into an artistic family. His father Abdul Basset Diab worked for the Suez Canal Corporation where he was chairman of Marine Construction & Shipbuilding. He possessed a fine singing voice and encouraged the young Amr to sing. One evening, when Amr was only 6 years old, his father took him to the July 23rd Festival at Port Said. There they visited the local broadcasting station and Amr made his first singing appearance on Egyptian Radio performing the National Anthem "Biladi, Biladi". He was praised by the Governor of Port Said who gave him a guitar as a prize. Amr began his music studies at the music faculty of the Cairo Academy Art and from which he graduated in 1986. His first album, "Ya Tareeq", followed shortly and it was an instant success. There have been, since then, a further 16 top selling albums in a prolific recording career which has established him as the super star of the Arab World.- Actress
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Nabila Ebeid was born on 21 January 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. She is an actress and producer, known for Al-Mara'a wa Al-Satour (1996), Wa la yazal al tahqiq mostameran (1979) and Tout tout (1993).- Actor
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Hussein Fahmy was born on 22 March 1940 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and composer, known for Garden City Ladies (1997), Viva Zalata (1976) and El-Fatenah wa el-Salook (1974).- Actress
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Donia Samir Ghanem is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born in January 1,1985 in Cairo, Egypt. She is the eldest daughter of the Egyptian cinema icon Samir Ghanem, and Egyptian actress Dalal Abdel Aziz; and the sister of Amy Samir Ghanem who is an actress too. She graduated from Modern Sciences & Arts (MSA) University, Faculty of Mass Communication Major in broadcasting in 2008. She started her acting career when she was 10 in a movie entitled "Emra'a wa Emra'a" (1995). She attracted attention while acting in an Egyptian TV series called "Justice has many faces" in 2001. She got her breakthrough role in "Ya ana ya khalty" (2005) which starred the comedy actor Mohamed Henedy. Her collaboration with Ahmed Mekky in rom-com movies "Teer Enta" (2009) and "La Tarago Wa La Esteslam" (2010) achieved huge success. She co-starred with Ahmed Mekky in four seasons of "El Kabeer Awy", an Egyptian sitcom, which was a huge hit in the Middle East. Donia is an UNICEF Egypt Ambassador and she took part in the #FightUnfair social media campaign in 2015 which aimed at shedding the light on the challenges facing children and young people in Egypt, and she urged for ending the use of violence as a form of discipline for children. She has also participated in a UNICEF Regional campaign in 2016, in support of Syria, alongside UNICEF's prominent Goodwill Ambassadors. The campaign, #FIVE years, showcased the impact of war on the Syrian citizens and a call to end the suffering of children. She made a contribution to the social media campaign 'A Child is A Child' on social media, during Ramadan 2017 and posted on her Instagram account encouraging her community to donate through UNICEF website to help save and change children refugees' lives. In October 2017, Donia gave her first musical performance for kids titled "Donia's World". She invited a group of 70 children, benefiting from shelter and protection services of UNICEF's partner, FACE for Children in Need, to attend her musical show. She was a judge on the 4th season (2015) of The X Factor Arabia. She won a fair amount of awards for her roles in movies and TV series such as El Farah (2009), Lahfa (2015) and Nelly & Sherihan (2016). She did 2 singles; "Mesh Adra Asad' Enaya' and "Khalas Ertaht" in 2005 and featured in 2 songs by Ahmed Mekky ("Dawar Bi Nafsak" in 2009 and "Ehlam" in 2010). "Wahda Tania Khales" is her debut Album which was released in 2014 and gained success in the Middle East. She got married in June 13, 2013 to TV presenter Ramy Radwan and gave birth to her daughter Kayla in March 2014.- Music Department
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Mohamed Mounir was born on 10 October 1954 in Aswan, Egypt. He is an actor, known for Dunia (2005), Destiny (1997) and Eyes of a Thief (2014).- Actress
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Nadia El Gendy was born on 24 March 1946 in Egypt. She is an actress and producer, known for Malika Fi Al Manfa (2010) and Asr el-Quwwah (1991). She was previously married to Imad Hamdi.- Actor
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Yehia El-Fakharany was born on 7 April 1945 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor and producer, known for Kharag wa lam ya'ud (1984), Abbas al abiad fi al yawm al aswad (2004) and Zeezinya (1997). He is married to Lamis Gaber. They have two children.- Yasmin Abdulaziz is an Egyptian actress. She started in commercials at age 15 because of one of her mother's friends who owns an advertising company. She soon started to act in cinema and television, then focused more on cinema. Abdulaziz is not always the funny, naughty girl; she has made many dramatic films.
- Hind Rostom(November 11, 1929 - August 8, 2011) was one of the most popular Egyptian actresses.
Actress Hind Rostom, is a star from the golden era of Egyptian cinema.
With her blond hair and good looks, Rostom often played the sultry seductress, and she quickly rose to become one of Egypt's best-known actresses.
She won popular acclaim for her 1958 film "Cairo Station," about the city's underclass and their struggles to survive. She starred in it with Youssef Chahine, one of Egypt's most lauded movie directors.
Among her other well-known films were "Love Rumor" and "Struggle on the Nile" with Omar Sharif -- the country's most celebrated actor.
Born in Alexandria, Rostom defied her conservative upbringing to stake out a career in film. She was dubbed by fans the Marilyn Monroe of the Arabs and "the queen of seduction" of Egyptian cinema. - Actress
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Faten Hamama (known as "The Lady of the Arabic Screen") has become an icon and the most important actress of Egyptian and Arabic cinema. She is also the most honored actress in the Middle East. Every decade of her life represents a new era of acting and witnessed the reshaping and progression of Egyptian cinema. The progress in her different characters when she started as a child in 1938 until today parallels the progress that modern Egyptian women have made during the 20th century and their interaction with the public, culture or political life. During the celebration of 100 years of Egyptian cinema on 1996, she was chosen as the country's most important actress, and 18 of her films were selected as among the best 150 made to that time. It was no surprise that in 2000 the Egyptian Organization of Critics and Writers named her the Star of the Century.
She was born in 1931 in Elmansoura, Egypt, the daughter of Ahmed Hamama, an employee of the Egyptian Ministry of Knowledge. Her legendary journey started as a secret statement between a six-year-old girl and her father after they watched a film in their neighborhood theater, at which leading actress and producer Asya Dagher was present. Faten told her father that she felt the audience was applauding for her as the leading actress, and her father gave her a hug with a vision of helping his daughter to become a movie star. She won a contest for the most beautiful child in Egypt, and her dad sent her picture to director Muhammad Karim (a pioneer of Egyptian cinema). Karim was looking for a child for his new film with Egyptian musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Faten auditioned for and got a role in this movie, Yom said (1940) ("A Happy Day"). She impressed the filmmakers so much during shooting that she was actually given more lines and scenes in the picture than were originally scripted for her. Karim put her under contract, and four years later he gave her a role in a film with Mohamed Abdel Wahab again, Russassa fil kalb (1944) ("A Bullet in the Heart"). With her third movie with Karim, Dunia (1946), Faten showed filmmakers and audiences alike that she was was an actress ready for bigger roles. Her father, along with her family, moved to Cairo to help her in her career. She also began studying her craft at the High Institute of Acting in 1946.
With actor and director Youssef Wahbi (known as the dean of Egyptian theater), Faten started a new stage of her career, in melodramas. Yousef saw her talent in Karim's movies and was able to showcase it to even better advantage in his next film, Malak al rahma (1946) ("The Angel of Mercy"), in which she played his daughter. Although only 15 years old at the time, it was generally agreed that she stole the film. This teenager was soon the talk of the Egyptian cinema, and her star hasn't set since then. She made more films with Wahby, such as Confession Chair (1949) ("The Chair of Confession"), in which she played a lover of the cardinal's brother who mistakenly goes to jail for her father's murder. She had another box-office hit with El yatimatain (1948) ("The Two Orphans"), followed by a successful comedy of the travails of a wife and her mother in law in Sitt el beit (1949) ("The Lady of the House"). She was the favorite of novelists because she could attract the best writers and directors to a project, and it wasn't soon before her name alone would pretty much guarantee success for whatever film she was in.
The 1950s brought new directors to Egyptian cinema and was the beginning of what was to become known as "The Golden Age of Egyptian Cinema". Faten appeared in a number of films by these new directors, such as Salah Abouseif's first realism picture, Laka yom ya zalem (1951) ("Your Day Will Come"), which was a box-office hit and was shown at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France. She appeared in such successful films as El tarik el masdud (1958) ("The Barred Road") and won a Best Actresss award for her performance in the romantic political movie La wakta lil hub (1963) ("No Time for Love"). She also supported director Youssef Chahine in his first movie, Baba Amin (1950), then again in his even more successful The Blazing Sun (1954), a realistic work that was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival (Youssef is on record as saying that Faten is his favorite actress and the best Egyptian actress of all time).
She also worked with director Kamal El-Shaikh in his first movie, which introduced the mystery genre to Egyptian cinema, House No. 13 (1952) ("House No. 13"), and again in Lan aataref (1961) ("I Will Not Confess"). Their film El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963) ("Last Night") captured at least 10 awards in the 1965 national competition and was also shown at the Cannes festival. She excelled at comedy, as evidenced by her astonishing role in El-Ustazah Fatmah (1952) as lawyer Fatma. She also worked closely with two other directors of this period, Ezz El Dine Zulficar and Henry Barakat, and made successful films with both. In fact, she married Zulficar in 1947 while shooting Abu Zeid el Hilali (1947). He was known as the king of "romantic" movies and together they worked to further that vision, as in Khulud (1948) ("Immortality") by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. They formed a production company and made Moawad ma al hayat (1953) ("Appointment with Life") also directed by Ezz El Dine Zulficar, which was voted movie of the year and received both critical and box-office success (it was this film that caused critics to name her the "Lady of the Arabic Screen", a title she has kept to this day). Faten soon became the highest-paid actress in Egyptian cinema, and remained so until her final feature, Ardh el-Ahlam (1993) ("Land of Dreams") and TV series, Wagh el qamar (2000) ("Face of the Moon"). More successful romantic roles with Ezzel Dine followed, such as Mawad ma al saada (1954) ("Appointment with Happiness"). It was during this period that Ezz El-Dine Zulficar made his famous quote about Faten: "The distance between Faten and the next runner-up is like the distance between 1 and 10". Although they were divorced in 1954, and Faten married Omar Sharif in 1955, she and Ezz El Dine Zulficar continued to make films together, many of which are considered classics of Egyptian romantic cinema, such as Bain el atlal (1959) ("Among the Ruins") and what many consider their masterpiece, Nahr el hub (1960) ("The River of Love"), their version of Lev Tolstoy's great story "Anna Karenina", opposite Omar Sharif, and the two became one of the classic romantic couples of Egyptian cinema, appearing again in Our Best Days (1955) ("Our Best Days"), Sayedat el kasr (1958) ("Lady of the Castle"), Sleepless (1957) ("Sleepless") and The Blazing Sun (1954) ("Struggle in the Valley"). Sharif and Faten divorced on 1974. He made what became a famous statement about Faten, that he only married once because he only loved once, and that was Faten.
Director Henry Barakat specialized in musical romantic movies, social commentary and women's rights in society. During the making of Lahn al khouloud (1952) ("Immortal Song"), they developed a close professional bond, and Barakat used Faten to explore all his talent and all his visions. The success of the romantic musical Lahn al khouloud (1952) that became the movie of the year challenged both of them to make more successful musical romantic films, which they did with such pictures as Daiman maak (1954) ("With You Forever") and Mawad gharam (1956) ("Appointment with Love"). IT was with Barakat that Fatan made her most famous and beloved picture, with her role as Ammna in Doa al karawan (1959) ("The Nightingale's Prayer"), which describes differences between revenge and culture through a romantic story. It was nominated for Best Film at Berlin's International Film Festival and almost made it to the Oscars in the US. This film was chosen as one of best ten movies ever made in Egypt. After this picture Faten made several more films that promoted women's rights in society and created more cultural awareness, such as El bab el maftuh (1963) ("The Open Door"), for which she received the Best Actress award at the Jakarta (Indonesia) International Film Festival. One year later they did it again in El haram (1965) ("The Sin"), which was shown at the Cannes festival that year and was chosen as one of best five movies ever made in Egypt. Faten and Barakat continued their journey together through decades for more outstanding roles as Kheit al rafeigh, -al (1971) ("The Thin Thread"), Mouths and Rabbits (1977) ("Mouths and Rabbits"); Faten won Best Actress awards from two international festival for her role in this movie, and it was the highest-grossing Egyptian film ever made until that time. Their last picture together was a remarkable hit, Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984) ("The Night of Fatma's Arrest"). Their journey was crowned by a lifetime achievement award for their films together from the Montpellier International Film Festival on 1993. Barakat's was quoted as saying, "If I could get Faten in my films, I will guarantee us the best picture".
Faten left Egypt from 1966-1971 because she resisted political pressure that was applied to her. She divided her time between Lebanon and London, England. During this period Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser asked some prominent critics and writers to try to persuade her to return to Egypt, saying that "Faten Hamama is a national treasure". Her return to Egypt on 1971 breathed life back into Egyptian cinema. She insisted that her films reflect the values of the society through the family relationships. Her first film upon return was Sahera (1971) with Salah Zulfikar. Her role in Imberaturiyyat Mim (1972) ("Empire M") as a widow with six children and the struggles she endured to raise them made the film a success both critically and financially, and she earned a special award from an organization of Soviet Union women when the film was shown at the Moscow International Film Festival. Her film Orid hallan (1975) ("I Need a Solution") which was produced by Salah Zulfikar was not only a big hit but resulted in changes to Egyptian marriage and divorce laws. Faten won the Best Actress award at the Cairo International Film Festival and a Prize of Recognition at the Teheran (Iran) Film Festival. She continued to make films that commented on society, such as Oghneyat elmoot (1973) ("The Song of Death"), Ualla azae lel sayedat (1979) ("No Condolences for Ladies"), Bad Day Good Day (1988) ("Bitter Days, Sweet Days") and her last feature, Ardh el-Ahlam (1993) ("Land of Dreams"), and her TV series, Conscience of Teacher Hikmat (1991) ("The Consciousness of Teacher Hekmat") and Wagh el qamar (2000) ("The Face of the Moon"), which was shown in 23 countries in the Middle East.
Faten Hamama is the fourth Pyramid in Egyptian cinema, a legend in her platinum anniversary, the diamond that remained shining and kept its glowing over the decades on the silver screen.- Actress
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Souad Muhammad Kamal Hosny Al Baba was born on January 26th, 1942 in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt. She was the 10th sibling of 17 brothers and sisters. Husni was known as the "Cinderella" of Arab cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the Arabic art world. She ascended to stardom in the end of the 1950s, performing in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991. A majority of her films were shot in the 1960s and 1970s. Souad was nicknamed the "Cinderella" of Arab Cinema and was one of the most influential female icons in the Arab Acting World. She first ascended into stardom in the late 1940s with her debut in "Hassan & Naima," which was the Arabic version of Romeo and Juliet. She performed in more than 83 films between 1948 and 1991... majority of them being in the 1960s and 1970s. Some famous include "Saghira El Hob," "Khally Balek Min ZouZou," and many more! And, in many of her films she acted alongside many famous actors like Hussein Fahmy, Salah Zulfikar and Roshdy Abaza, and the late belly-dancing legend Taheya Karioka. Souad was also infamous for her love affairs and many marriages which always ended in failure and divorce. Sadly, on June 22nd, 2001, she fell from a window from her best friend's London flat and died. Ironically, the same day as Abdel Halim Hafez's birthday, the one she loved.
Her final screen appearance was 10 years before in 1991, with the movie "Al Ra'i We El Nissa." To this day, she goes down as one of the most legendary and most classically beautiful actresses in Middle Eastern history.- Actress
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Shadia was born on 8 February 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Lahn el wafaa (1955), Shati el zekriat (1955) and Uyoon Sahranah (1956). She was married to Salah Zulfikar, Aziz Fathi and Imad Hamdi. She died on 28 November 2017 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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Ahmad Mazhar was born on 8 October 1917 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for Saladin (1963), Noufouss haira (1968) and El dow' El khafet (1961). He was married to Dodi. He died on 8 May 2002 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actor
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He was one of the greatest actors of all times, who had ever acted in the Egyptian & Arabic cinema history.
Descendant from the Abaza Family, one of the richest and most well-known families in whole Egypt.
Appeared in more than 100 film, most notable for his roles in films such as: Tamr Henna, Serae Fel Nile, El Ragoul El Saney, El Zouga Rakam Talatashar, Arous El Nile & Saghera Ala El Hob.- Actor
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Imad Hamdi was born on 25 November 1909 in Suhag, Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for Khan el khalili (1967), Shati el zekriat (1955) and Ana el-Madhi (1950). He was married to Nadia El Gendy, Shadia and Fathia El Sherif. He died on 28 January 1984 in Cairo, Egypt.- Since an early age, Mai Ezzidine was chosen to address the audiences at the nursery graduation party, even at the EGC school in Alexandria she was the leader of the school theatrical group. She had interests in arts too, she liked making portraits, this is not far from her family, as her Uncle Raouf Nassry, is the well known caricature artist in the famous Sabah El Kheir and Rosal Youssef Egyptian magazine. She recently graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Social Department.
Unlike many of her colleagues, the young Mai was determined to start an acting career. Back in 2001, she learnt that 'Mouhamed Fouad', the popular Egyptian singer was looking for a fresh new face to star opposite in his project film Rehlet Hob - aka A love journey. She took the initiative and asked director Mounir Radi - a friend of the family - to introduce her to Mouhamed El Nagar the director of the subject film.
El Nagar found in her a fresh pretty face and talent, in turn, he introduced her to Mouahmed Fouad who was also taken by her beauty, and he gave her first leading role.
Mai's second appearance was in TV series Ayna Qalbi - aka Where is my heart, and career began to develop after she was discovered in this most popular series.
The Sobki's brothers, the famous producers known for not missing a single chance, heard of her success, soon they made a phone call to Mai, and made her an offer she could not refuse. They offered her a challenging role, the role of a poor, uneducated girl. Desperate to jump-start her acting career, she accepted, especially when she knew that Abla Kamel and Mena Shalaby (whom she previously worked with in TV series (Ayna Qalbi) were going to be cast in the film.
By then, her name was known, and her talent was obviously clear, strings of roles followed, some came extremely good and some not. Director Magdy Abu Emeira, her discoverer, gave her another leading role in TV series Al Haqiqa Wa Al Sarab - aka The truth and the mirage; starring Fifi Abdu. Mai brilliantly played the role of Manal, Fifi's daughter.
Still believing in the importance of the big screen, she made another two films, which were not a success. She starred opposite Amer Mounib in film Kimo Wa Antimo, and then she starred solely in film Farah. Although these films failed, yet, Mai considers her role in film Farah as one of her best.
Lastly, Mai had three TV series aired during the month of Ramadan, Ya Ward Meen Yeshrereek, Leqaa Ala Al Hawa, and Mahmoud El Masry. Although working in three sets is so exhausting, she had to do it. She could not ignore the offer of the great star Samira Ahmed who called her to offer her a role in TV series Ya Ward Meen Yeshtereek.
Mai now pays more care in selecting her roles; she likes the challenge in playing new characters, regardless of the material profit. - Nadia Lutfi was born Poula Mohamed Shafiq in 1937 in Cairo to an Egyptian father and a Polish mother. Her father was an accountant. Acting started as a hobby, when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well.
Her first roles in Egyptian cinema were in Soultan (1958) and Cairo Station (1958), both the same year. The latter brought filmmaker Youssef Chahine to international attention and acclaim when it was a competitor at the Berlin Film Festival. Her career progressed and she appeared in El saman wal karif (1967) (based on the book by Nobel-winning author Naguib Mahfouz). She closed out the 1960s in Abi foq al-Shagara (1969) opposite Abdel Halim Hafez as a night club dancer who beds a much younger man.
She married three times, first time before she was 20 years old. She had one child, a son, Ahmad. - Actor
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Khaled Selim is known for Elsellem wel te'ban (2001), Kart Mimori (2017) and Moga Harra (2013). He has been married to Khayria Hesham Ali since 25 September 2011.- Shukri Sarhan was born on 21 March 1925 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Habibi el asmar (1958), Rannet el kholkhal (1955) and Shati el zekriat (1955). He was married to Nermeen Aouf. He died on 29 March 1997 in Cairo, Egypt.
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Ahmed Zaki was born on 18 November 1949 in Zaqazeeq, Egypt. He was an actor and producer, known for Days of El-Sadat (2001), Nasser 56 (1996) and His Excellency the Minister (2002). He was married to Hala Fouad. He died on 27 March 2005 in Cairo, Egypt.- Director
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Youssef Chahine (born in Alexandria, Egypt, 1926) started studying in a friars' school, and then turned to Victoria College until the High School Certificate. After one year in the University of Alexandria, he moved to the U.S. and spent two years at the Pasadena Play House, taking courses on film and dramatic arts. After coming back to Egypt, cinematographer Alevise Orfanelli helped him into the film business. His film debut was Baba Amin (1950): one year later, with Son of the Nile (1951) he was first invited to the Cannes Film festival. In 1970, he was awarded a Golden Tanit at the Carthage Festival. With Le moineau (1973), he directed the first Egypt-Algeria co-production. He won a Silver Bear in Berlin for Alexandria... Why? (1979), the first installment in what proved to be an autobiographic trilogy, completed with Hadduta Masriya (1982)(An Egyptian Story (1982)) and Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989).
In 1992, Jacques Lassalle proposed him to stage a piece of his choice for Comédie Française: Chahine chose to adapt Albert Camus' "Caligula," which proved hugely successful. The same year he started writing Al-mohager (1994), a story inspired by the Biblical character of Joseph, son of Jacob. This had long been a dream-project, and he finally got to shoot it in 1994. In 1997, 46 years and 5 invitations later, he was again selected Hors Competition in Cannes with Destiny (1997).- Actor
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Mahmoud Al Meleji was born on 22 December 1910 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for The Flirtation of Girls (1949), Amir el-Inteqam (1950) and El Fetewa (1957). He was married to Alwiya Gamil. He died on 6 June 1983 in Cairo, Egypt.- He graduated from the School of French Law, and completed his university studies in France. The first movie appearance was in 1946 through the movie (I Am The East), and then returned to France again to continue the art work in the cinema, and then returned to Egypt again with the mid-seventies, and began appearing in Egyptian cinema since that time intensively, co-starring in a large number of Egyptian movies, including: (Kafany Ya Kalb), (No Consolation For Women), (Love In The Prison), (The Beginning), (The Birds Of Te Dark), and at the level of TV drama he shared in a number of series as: (Yawmiat Wanees , (El-Raya al-Bayda), (The Friends), (The Face Of The Moon).
- Sherif Mounir was born on 14 May 1959 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor, known for Escaping Tel Aviv (2009), Sleepless Nights (2003) and Cut and Paste (2006).
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Madihah Yusri was born on 3 December 1919 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress and producer, known for Wafaa ilal abad (1962), Amir el-Inteqam (1950) and Wafaa (1953). She was married to Ahmed Salem, Mohamed Amine, Muhammad Fawzi and Ibrahim Salama Alradi. She died on 29 May 2018 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actress
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Nelly is a very attractive actress and performer from Armenian Egyptian origins. Her real name is Nelly Artin Kalvian. She started dancing and singing in the cinema when she was 4 her first role was in El_herman ,As a child she was involved in many movies then she started working in series "AL Remal Al Naaema" she was particularly noticeable in the radio play drama "Shaye men Al Azab" opposite actor Mohamed Abdel Wahab. One of her most famous television series was, "perdees" and "el_dawama" . She was the main and leading star for many years in the Egyptian Ramadan riddles. She gained even more popularity when she did her plays "Inkelab". She was married more than once, including director Hossam El Din Mustafa and the businessman Khalid Barakat.- Actor
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Sammy Sheik was born in Alexandria, Egypt. His passion for acting drove him to leave home shortly after high school and move to New York to study theatre. He soon landed his first film role in the Albert Brooks' satire comedy "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World", playing Al-Jazeera executive "Mukhtar Al-Mujib." Sheik followed this with memorable roles in both film and television including recurring roles on Homeland, 24, United States of Tara and roles on Nikita, The Unit, NCIS and Lost, among others. Sheik's film credits include Attack On Darfur, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Charlie Wilson's War among others. In 2012, ten years after leaving Egypt, Sheik finally returned to work on a series called "Hekayat Banat", which heralds the beginning of his rising international career. In addition to his acting career, in 2010 Sheik was appointed goodwill ambassador to the Middle East for Y-Peer, a youth education network, pioneered by the United Nations Population Fund. Sheik travels the world on behalf of the organization which is active in more than 36 countries.- Director
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Adel Adeeb is known for Hysteria (1996), Sa3yokom Mashkoor Ya Bro (2015) and Laylat El-Baby Doll (2008).- Director
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- Khaled Saleh was born on 23 January 1964 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Tito (2004), The Best of Times (2004) and Chaos, This Is (2007). He died on 25 September 2014 in Cairo, Egypt.
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Through more than 100 films, TV dramas, radio shows and theatrical productions, Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed carved a place for himself in the Arab world by utilizing all the dramatic tools he could get his hands on since the 1970s and over 50 years. The success of his work was reflected in the rave reviews received from audiences and critics alike for his indelible masterpieces, such as the celebrated films Al Bare'e (The Innocent), Al Le'eb Ma'a Al Kobar (Playing with Giants), Al Erhab Wal Kabab (Terrorists and Kebab), Toyour Elzalam (Birds of the Dark), Edhak El Soura Tetla'a Helwa (Smile, the Photo May Look Nicer), El Ghoul (The Ogre), Ehky Ya Shahrzad Film (Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story), Malaf Fel Adab (Vice Police), El Takhsheeba (In Prison), and Kashf El Mastour (Revelations), as well as serial dramas: Al Gama'a (The Party), Al A'aela (The Family), and Bedoun Zekr Asmaa (Without Mentioning Names).
The importance of his films was not only apparent through their ticket sales at the box office, or the number of awards that Wahid Hamed won for screenwriting, but also through the challenges his films faced in regards to censorship. The most notable film that faced similar struggles was Al Bare'e (The Innocent), but the list also includes other films, such as Al Ghoul (The Ogre), Toyour Elzalam (Birds of the Dark), Al Takhshiba (Imprisonment), Kashf El Mastour (Revelations), and El Noom Fel Asal (Sleeping in Honey).
In Egypt, which has the oldest and largest cinema industry in the Arab world, there is an unwritten rule that all writers must abide by. The rule states that writing in general, and writing dramas in particular, are all stages that precede screenwriting as the field that enjoys more attention from the public.
Throughout the years, his films remain to be highly valued by the audiences and critics alike. Hamed is one of the earliest Egyptian writers who highlighted terrorism in his work of films, TV series, and published articles, which blacklisted his name during the 1990s.
Hamed began his career as a radio scriptwriter in the 1970s with his series Ta'aer El Leil El Hazeen, which achieved massive success and attracted the attention of producers that Hamed transformed it into a film screenplay, which also gained wide acclaim. To date, Wahid Hamed remains the writer with the most works that have been transformed from radio series scripts to movie scripts and acclaimed TV dramas. Among his many successful projects are: Ana Wenty Wa Sa'at Alsafar, El-Donya A'la Genah Yamama, and Kol Haza Al Hob.
Since the mid-1980s, Hamed dedicated his attention to cinema. Therefore, he was keen on remaining up to date with the latest screenwriting trends in Egypt and around the world. Hamed insisted on being deeply acquainted with his main characters, which enabled him to present unique and unseen worlds from the top and bottom of Egyptian society equally well, form prisons and detention facilities, to camps of Central Security Forces and the halls of the ruling party, the behind-the-scenes of football matches, luxurious private parties and even thieves' dens and gypsies' hideaways.
Throughout his career, Wahid Hamed collaborated with the most prominent directors of different generations, including Samir Seif who helmed over 13 films and TV series written by Wahid, Sherif Arafa (six films), Atef El Tayeb (five films), Hussein Kamal, Yousry Nasrallah, Mohamed Yassin, Tamer Mohsen, Ali Abdel Khalek, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Nader galal, Atef Salem, Omar Abdel Aziz, Muhammad Ali, Sherif Elbendary and Marwan Hamed. Also, his films featured some of the biggest stars, including Adel Emam, Nour El Sherif, Ahmed Zaki, Yousra,Yehia El-Fakharany, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Mahmoud Morsi, Farid Shawqi, Nabila Ebeid, Madiha Kamel, Nadia El Gendy, Elham Shahin and Laila Eloui. Furthermore, his works featured prominent Arab stars, at the time, including Mahmoud Abdel Moghny, Asser Yassin and Mohamed Farrag.
In addition, Hamed produced a number of TV series, such as: Al Gawareh, El Bashayer, Eldam w Elnar and Al Gama'a, along with several films like El Lea'b Ma'a Elkobar, El-Mansy, Toyoor El-Zalam, El Noom Fi El Asal and Ma'ali Al-Wazir.
Throughout his career, Wahid received full recognition for his works, including dozens of awards and accolades, either granted by the state-run and foreign entities or voted by audience. These awards include the State Appreciation Award (2008), The Nile Prize (2012), which is the highest award granted by the country, The Golden Pyramid Award for Lifetime Achievement from the prestigious Cairo International Film Festival (2020), as well as the America Abroad Media's (AAM) Award (2018).
Furthermore, Hamed's films reaped a plethora of Best Screenplay awards, including Best Screenplay Award from the Valencia Film Festival (1991) for Al Le'eb Ma'a Al Kobar (Playing with Giants), Silver Award for Best Film at the Milano Festival for African Cinema (1993) for Al Erhab Wal Kabab (Terrorists and Kebab), and the Arab Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai International Film Festival.- Actor
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Khaled El-Sawi was born on 25 November 1963 in Alexandria, Egypt. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Blue Elephant (2014), El Farah (2009) and The Yacoubian Building (2006).- Actor
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Farid Shawqi was born on 3 July 1920 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor and writer, known for Cemile (1968), El jassus (1964) and Abou Rabie (1973). He was married to Soheir Turk, Huda Sultan, Saneya Shawky and Zynab Abdel Hady. He died on 27 July 1998 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actress
Rubi started her career as a model by coincidence when Murielle Romanoff, Polish singer spotted her in front of the AUC. He found in her the tipical Arab beauty he was looking for. He chose her to to do the video clip for his song "Don't make me cry". Rubi did commercials for Sparkle, Alo and others. She worked with famous master film director Youssef Chahine in Silence... We're Rolling (2001), where she played the role of a romantic wealthy girl, who happens to fall in love with her driver, whilst her mother falls in love with a young man who is after her money. Her favorite actors are Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama, Soad Hosny and Hind Rostom.- Actor
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Abdel Halim Hafez was born on June 21, 1929, in the village of Al-Hilwat in the province of Al-Sharkia, the fourth child of Sheikh Ali Ismael Shabana following after Ismael, Aliah, and Mohamed. His mother died during his delivery. His father was to die five years later. His work included 16 feature films, his first being Lahn el wafaa (1955) and the last being Abi foq al-Shagara (1969). He also starred in the first Egyptian color CinemaScope picture Dalila (1956). He left a legacy of over 260 songs. Towards the end of his career, he entered into contracts for five films but was unable to realize any of them due to his failing health. Abdel Halim Hafez died at the age of 48, on March 30, 1977, having dedicated half his life to the singing of songs that were to remain in the hearts of his people forever. He was one of the most famous performing artists of his era. He sang with manifest true feelings.- Actress
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Umm Kulthum was born on 4 May 1904 in Tammay al-Zahayrah, Daqahliyah, Egypt. She was an actress and composer, known for Wedad (1936), Nashid al-Amal (1937) and Aydah (1942). She died on 3 February 1975 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actress
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Laila Mourad was born on 17 February 1918 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Flirtation of Girls (1949), Shati el gharam (1950) and Leila, bint el rif (1941). She was married to Fatin Abdulwahhab, Wageeh Abaza and Anwar Wagdi. She died on 21 November 1995 in Cairo, Egypt.- Composer
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Hamada Helal is known for Love Is Like That (2007), Hilm el-Umr (2008) and Hassan and Boklos (2016).- Mohsena Tawfik was born on 29 December 1939 in Giza, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Fish's Tail (2003), Al Wisiya (1990) and Incident of Dishonor (1971). She was married to Ahmad Khalil. She died on 6 May 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
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- Maryam Fakhruddin was born on 8 January 1933 in Faiyum, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Sleepless (1957), The Cursed Palace (1962) and Bila awda (1961). She was married to Mohamad Altawel, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Sharif Alfadali and Fahd Ballan. She died on 3 November 2014 in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt.
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Egyptian actress got a Bachelor of Arts in 1981. Her relationship to art began after returning to Egypt with the director "Nour El-demerdash" in the series (No, my Dear Daughter) in 1979, and its launch point was in the series (Trip of Million), and the period of the eighties of the twentieth century was the beginning of her true fame generally. Varied roles from comedy to tragedy participated during her career with a distinguished group of senior directors, she has worked with the director "Atef El-Tayeb" in the movie (The Escape), and worked with the great director (Youssef Chahine) in the movie (Alexandria-New York) and (It Is Chaos) and in television involved a number of known series such as (Arabesque, A Man of The Age of Globalization, Zezenia Part II).- Ahmed Ramzy was a famous Egyptian actor who was born in Alexandria in 1930. He played the leading roles in many Egyptian films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was born Ramzy Mahmud Bayumi to Dr Mahmoud Bayoumi, a famous Egyptian orthopedist, and Helen MacKay, a Scottish lady. His dad died in 1939 after he lost a fortune (250,000 Egyptian Pounds) in the stock market, and his mom had to raise him by herself. Ramzy graduated from the renowned school Victoria College where he met Omar Sharif, and they became best friends since then. Ramzy joined the Medical school for 3 years, then he transferred to the Faculty of Commerce, which he eventually dropped to pursue his acting career. He had one brother, Dr. Hassan Bayoumi, who was older by 9 years and followed in their father's footsteps and had his practice in London. He got married 3 times and he had 3 kids; 2 daughters and a son. He was discovered by the producer Helmy Halim in 1955, and he was cast in his first role, as "Ramzy" in Ayyamna al-Holwa (Our Best Days), along with Faten Hamama, Abdel Halim Hafez, and his lifelong friend Omar Sharif. The film was a box office hit. Since the late 1950s, he participated in many movies and was famous for the role of the funny playboy and womanizer. He was very active till the 1970s. His last appearance was in a TV series called Hanan Wa Haneen with his friend Omar Sharif in 2007. Some of his close friends were Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama, Rushdi Abaza and Saleh Selim. Some of his well known movies are Our Best Days, Dark Waters, Hamidu's Son, Girls of Today and Adrift on the Nile. He passed away on September 28th, 2012 at the age of 82 due to a severe brain clot.
- Ismail Yassin was born on 15 September 1912 in Suez, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Ismail Yassine fil madhaf el shami (1956), Ismail Yassine Tarazane (1958) and Ismail Yassine fil tayyaran (1959). He died on 24 May 1972 in Cairo, Egypt.
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Sabah was born on 10 November 1927 in Wadi Chahrour, Lebanon. She was an actress and producer, known for Khataf Merati (1954), Sharia el hub (1958) and Afrah al chabab (1964). She was married to Rushdi Abazah, Wassim Tabbara, Anwr Mansi, Baligh Hamdy, Nagib Shammas, Ahmed Farag, Joe Hammoud, Fadi Lebnan, Prince Khaled Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud and Youssef Shabaan. She died on 26 November 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon.- Thanks to her work for an advertising agency, Ragaa el-Geddawy had the opportunity to launch a career in modeling, then later moved into working as an actress. After the birth of her daughter, she took a break from acting for a time in order to travel with her husband, a professional football player. Her most recent work has been that of acting in television series. She is particularly known for her roles as aristocratic women.
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Magda El-Khatib was born in 1943 in Egypt. She was an actress and producer, known for Men Nazrat Ain (2004), Zaier el-fager (1975) and Ahlam Umrena (2005). She died on 17 November 2006 in Cairo, Egypt.- Actress
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She joined the Institute of Performing Arts and the Institute of music at the same time,So she face a great family pressure.She worked in the theater, and made a play (Shamshon and Galila) and play (Suleiman al-Halabi), but shined in plays (Madraset El Moshaghbeen), and (Nargis), and (Ria and Skena), and (Ala EL Rasef), and (Half I Half You), and (Entry In Uniform), and (The Terrorist Attia). TV shined in the series (Backiza and Zaghloul), and evolved with the years in the hero roles. Also it made many movies, but did not match her success in the theater.- Her first appearance in the cinema where she was not exceed the age of six, through their appearance in the movie "Sahefet Sawaba" in 1956, but she decided to stop then return after four years in the movie "Girls and Summer". He worked as a hostess and then a fashion model but returned again to the cinema when she was nine years old through the film (Elnas elly Gwa) and then a movie "Miramar" year 1969 and then set off secondary roles and then starring roles and famous as temptation actress. She retired from acting in 1993 but decided to return to the representation with "Hegab" in the series "Habib el Roh" in 2006.
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Shouweikar was born on 4 May 1935 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Most Dangerous Man in the World (1967), Men Don't Marry Beauties (1965) and Circle of Revenge (1976). She was married to Fouad El-Mohandes, Youssef Medhat and Hassan Nafie Aljawaherji. She died on 14 August 2020 in Cairo, Egypt.- Aminah Rizq was born on 13 April 1910 in Tanta, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Cleobatra (1943), Al-mouled (1989) and Saut min el madi (1956). She died on 24 August 2003 in Cairo, Egypt.