Madiha Yousri

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Madiha Yousri (

Madiha Yousri was born on December 3, 1921, in Cairo, Egypt as 'Honouma Habib Khalil Ali', to a lower middle-class Egyptian family within a humble neighborhood.^[1][4]

Career

She was discovered by the Egyptian director Mohammed Karim while sitting with friends at a cafe. When she would later describe the meeting, she remembered listening to Karim while thinking that her father would never allow his daughter to act.^[2][5] Her debut role was in a film directed by Karin in 1940, Mamnau'a Al-Hub (en: Forbidden Love). She went on to appear in many films, alongside many of Egypt's famous musicians of the time, including Abdel-Halim Hafez, Mohamed Fawzi and Farid Al-Atrash.^[2]

In the 1940s,

Near the end of her life, Yousri was given an honorary doctorate from the Egyptian Arts Academy.[2]

Death

On 29 May 2018, Madiha died ^[7] in a local hospital after suffering from chronic illness at the age of 96.^[8]

Selected filmography

• 1944 – Rossassa Fi Al-Qalb (en: A Bullet in the Heart)
• 1947 – Azhar wa Ashwak (أزهار وأشواك)
• 1952 –
  Lahn al-Kholood (لحن الخلود, en: Immortal Song)^[9]
• 1953 – Wafaa (en: Loyalty)
• 1954 – Hayaa aw Mout (en: Life or Death)
• 1956 – Ard Al-Ahlam (en: Land of Dreams), nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival
• 1962 – Al-Khataya (en: The Sins)
• 1994 – Al-Irhabi (en: The Terrorist), Madiha's final cinema appearance

References

External links

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