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Egypt's Celebrities Mark Iconic Actor Adel Emam 80th Birthday


Sun 17 May 2020 | 05:17 PM
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A number of Egyptian and Arab celebrities have taken to social media to send a sweet message to “El Zaeem” Adel Emam، on the occasion of his 80th birthday، which falls on today، May 17.

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In celebration of his father's birthday، actor Mohamed Imam sent a sweet message to Adel Emam، during which he stressed that he would remain a star and role model.

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He posted on his Twitter account Video to celebrate his father’s birthday of Adel Imam، and captioned: “May 17th 1940…the birthday of the father of Sara, Rami and Mohamed and grandfather of Adel, Ezz El-Din, Amina, Hala, Kamilia, Roqia and Khadiga…He is now 80 years old of struggle and success. We are always proud of you. God bless you my dad.

Adel Emam's granddaughter also sent a congratulatory message to him on his birthday, saying: To the best grandpa in the whole world, to the man who never failed to put a smile on everyone’s face i just hope to be like you one day you are my role model thank you for always inspiring me and supporting me in every step you are the king of our family i love you so much!! Happy birthday my Hero.

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Prominent businessman Naguib Sawiris congratulated Al-Zaeem on his birthday: To the great Adel Emam…Happy birthday oh Zaeem.

Many other actors and actresses flooded the social network platform with messages about the prominent actor، celebrating his birthday, including….

Adel Emam's latest TV series  is dubbed “Valentino“, which is currently premiering in Ramadan.

It stars Dalal Abdelaziz, Tarek El Ebiary, Elham Abdelbadea, Badria Tolba, Rania Mahmoud Yassin, Wafaa Sadeq, Elham Abdelbadea, Soliman Eid, Mohamed al-Kilani, Huda El Mufti, and others.

The TV series is written by writer and poet Ayman Bahgat Kamar and directed by Emam’s older son, Ramy.

Valentino was scheduled to be premiered last Ramadan, but the filming stopped without clear reasons.

This was the prominent actor’s first time to be absent from the Ramadan drama marathon, after seven years.

Emam’s latest artistic work is TV series “Awalem Khafeya” (Hidden worlds).

Adel Emam biography

It is worth mentioning that El Zaeem, born on May 17, 1940, is an Egyptian veteran actor and one of the most iconic figures in Arab cinema.

Emam was born in Mansoura but moved to Sayyed Zeinab at an early age with his family where he grew up.

He co-starred in over 100 movies, TV series, and plays.

Emam earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Cairo University, during which he became passionately involved in theatre productions.

He joined a television troupe in 1962 while still a student, and began starring in TV plays like “Ana wa Howa wa Heya” (He, She and I) and “Al Nassabin” (The Swindlers) which was performed at the Al Hakim Theater.

In the following years, Emam acted in several famous plays such as “Al Bijamma Al Hamra” (The Red Pajamas),”Fardet Shamal” (Left Shoe), and “Gharammiyat A’feefy” (A’feefy’s Love Affairs).

In the 1970s, he co-starred in the hit play “Madrassat Al Mashaghbeen” (Mischief at School), which were staged from 1971 to 1975, which were followed by play “Shahid Mashafsh Hagga” (The Witness Didn’t See Anything), and play “Al Wadd Sayyid Al Shaghal” which were staged from 1985 to 1993.

In 2000, the United Nations named him a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR.

People became familiar with seeing El Zaeem on the small screen over the past seven years, as he co-starred yearly in Ramadan drama matron with a new TV series such as “Awalem Khafeya”, “Afaret Adly Allam”, “Ma’moun wa shorakah”, “Ostaz wa Ra’ees Qesm”, “Saheb El Saa’da”,”Al Araaf”, and “Firqat Naji Atallah”.