Nour_El_Sherif

Nour El-Sherif

Nour El-Sherif

Egyptian actor

Nour El-Sherif (Arabic: نور الشريف; 28 April 1946 – 11 August 2015), born Mohamad Geber Mohamad Abd Allah (Arabic: محمد جابر محمد عبد الله) was a prominent Egyptian actor. He has 6 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

El-Sherif was born in the working-class neighbourhood of Sayeda Zainab in Cairo. El-Sherif was married to Poussi (1972–2006) and together they had two daughters, Sarah and Mai. He got divorced from Poussi in 2006 and they reunited in early 2015 during the difficulty of his illness. He also played soccer before choosing acting as a career. Nour El-Sherif is sometimes credited as Nour El Cherif, Nour El-Cherif or Nour Al-Sharif. He died on August 11, 2015, Cairo, Egypt.[1][2][3]

Death

Nour El-Sherif died from lung cancer in Cairo at the age of 69 in 2015 after a severe struggle with the disease.

Tribute

On 28 April 2021, Google celebrated his 75th birthday with a Google Doodle.[4]

Filmography

Selected works

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See also

References

  • Habib, Samar. Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. Routledge, July 18, 2007. ISBN 0415956730, 9780415956734.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Famed Egyptian actor Nour el-Sherif dies Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Arab American News, December 8, 2015.
  2. [2]
    "نور الشريف - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ - فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  3. [3]
    "Nour El-Sherif". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  4. [4]
    "Nour El-Sherif's 75th Birthday". Google. 28 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    Habib, p. 129.
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