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Faten Ahmed Hamama (Egyptian Arabic: فاتن حمامه pronounced [ˈfæːten ħæˈmæːmæ] ⓘ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. [1] She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was only seven years old.
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.
Dec 24, 2018 · For Michel Chalhoub, or better known as Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama symbolized not only love, but belonging. She came from his own homeland, Egypt, born into a Muslim lower middle class family in Mansoura while he was from a wealthy, Catholic background in Alexandria.
Jan 18, 2015 · Faten Hamama, one of Egypt's best-known actresses, has died, aged 83. An Arab film icon, she was only a child when she made her screen debut. She went on to appear in almost 100...
Jan 22, 2015 · Jan. 21, 2015. Faten Hamama, the Egyptian-born actress whose victory in a beauty contest when she was only 7 inspired a cinematic career that would span nearly 100 films and establish her as...
Feb 13, 2015 · Faten Hamama, an Egyptian actor nicknamed The Lady of the Arab Screen, died on Saturday aged 83. The former child star was buried by thousands of mourners at a mosque on the...
Jan 18, 2015 · CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered at a mosque outside Cairo on Sunday for the funeral of actress Faten Hamama, a pillar of Middle Eastern cinema who died a day earlier after a career that spanned seven decades and graced the golden age of Egyptian filmmaking.
Faten Hamama has been dubbed the “Lady of the Screen,” having starred in more than two dozen films and received various awards and honors throughout her career. In 1977, she won a prize at the Tehran Festival for her film “Affwah wa Aranib” (“Mouths and Rabbits”).
Jan 17, 2015 · Iconic Egyptian actress and Arab film icon Faten Hamama, best known by mainstream audiences for her English-language film “Cairo,” died on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reports. She was 83.
Jan 18, 2015 · The Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, an Arab film icon and the actor Omar Sharif’s former wife, died on Saturday, January 17 at the age of 83, their son Tarek Sharif said. Hamama, who made her screen debut before she turned 8, appeared in almost 100 films and worked with masters of Egyptian cinema.