Today (August 11) marks the death anniversary of Nour El-Sherif, known as the Master of Drama. He was best known for his roles as El-Hag Metwali, Abdel Gafour Bora’ay, and Saad Eldaly, which inspired generations of actors and left a distinctive mark on the Arab world.
El-Sherif had an academic qualification and broad artistic culture that helped him make good choices and enhance his performances. His breakthrough came in the late 1960s with a supporting role in “The Palace of Desire,” an adaptation of a novel by Egyptian Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz.
He became one of the top male actors in Egyptian and Arab cinema during the 1970s and 1980s, featuring in hit films such as "The Wife and the Dog," "The Baby Doll Night," "The Yacoubian Building," "I Won’t Live in My Father’s Robes," "Bloody Sunday," and ‘Kasr El Shawk‘.
In 1972, he married the beautiful actress Poussi and they had two daughters, Sarah and Mai. El-Sherif passed away in 2015 at the age of 69 after a long battle with lung cancer.
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