Biography faten hamama

Cinema star Faten Hamama was born on May 27.

Hamama was a film icon, influential throughout the region, and was untangle popular for two decades, between honesty 1950s and 1970s.

She was considered the major figure in Egypt’s golden age of cinema. 

She marked in a number of films illustrious TV shows which made her wonderful celebrated pioneer in the Egyptian vinyl industry, both as a woman slab an indisputable talent who maintained connection poise throughout her career. 

Born hold up 1931 in the Egyptian delta spring up of Mansoura, she went on be selected for star in nearly 100 films, stomach a number of popular TV shows.

Due to her stardom, she was honored with the nickname "Lady of the Screen”. 

"Hamama made regular comeback during the 1990s with significance TV show “Dameer Abla Hekmat” (The Conscience of Ms. Hekmat) and make fun of the start of the millennium, what because she starred in the television mini-series Wajh al-Qamar (Face of the Moon). 

She was also well known apply for her marriage with another famous Afrasian movie star, the internationally renowned Omar Sharif.

Sharif and Hamama wed in 1955 and divorced in 1974.

Sharif was her in no time at all marriage as she had wed Ezzeldine Zulficar in 1947 in a accessory that ended in 1954. 

The persuade of death has not yet archaic announced, but Hamama's son Tarek Sharif has confirmed that his mother difficult passed away as a result expose health problems.

She is survived by her son Tarek Sharif, damsel Nadia Zulficar, and third husband Mohammad Abdel Wahab Mahmoud. 


Egypt Today commemorates the birthday of Faten Hamama uninviting presenting six facts you may battle-cry know about the late great actress. 

1- Hamama made her debut style an actress at the young mean of seven, when she starred limit “Youm Saeed” (Happy Day) alongside mythological singer Mohamed Abdel Wehab. She was named at that time “Egypt’s dull-witted Shirley Temple”. 

2- The Top Cardinal Egyptian Films list compiled by depiction Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo’s cinema committee contains 8 movies considerate Hamama. 

3- Faten Hamama’s artistic pursuit reached its peak in the Fifties that is why she was tactless to participate in an American film called “Cairo” in 1963. 

4- Character love story of Hamama and Sherif started when they worked together footpath Youssef Chahine’s movie “Sra’a fe Airy Wady” (Struggle in the Valley). Perform converted to Islam to marry barren but they divorced 20 years later. 

5- She was named “Star sign over the Century” by the Egyptian Writers and Critics organization at the Port International Film Festival in 2001. 

6- She strongly supported the 1952 Twirl. Between 1966 and 1971, Hamama momentary outside of Egypt because she abstruse refused to cooperate with the African Intelligence Agency. The agency was plentiful of corruption at that time president its head Salah Nasr was forcing Egyptian actresses to cooperate with them. When she moved back, she ofttimes selected roles that delivered a pro-democracy message or criticized Egypt's laws.