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Remembering Ezzat Abou Ouf on His 3rd Death Anniv.


Fri 01 Jul 2022 | 03:53 PM
Ahmed Emam

Today marks the third death anniversary of renowned star Ezzat Abou Ouf — best known for playing "Rushdy" role in Omer and Salma movie.

Abou Ouf’s invaluable contributions to the Arab film and television industry has been massive and his illustrious career boasted of several major projects.

Abou Ouf, who was born on 21 August 1948 to the renowned musician Ahmed Shafik Abou Ouf, made his showbiz debut as part of a band that he formed with his four sisters, Mariam, Mervat, May, and Manal.

He was known for his joint collaboration with a number of remarkable musicians of the 80s like pianist Omar Khairat who played drums for Les Petits Chats before Ezzat.

Apart from his singing prowess, he had also carved a name for himself as one of the most talented stars of all time.

Throughout his outstanding career, he featured in many successful works like Ice Cream in Gleam (1992), Bakhit wa Adeela 1 and 2 (1994 and 1997), Ismailia Rayeh Gai (1997), Edhak El-Sora Tetla Helwa (1998), Ard El-Khouf (2000), Asrar El-Banat (2001), Matab Sena'y (2006), Hassan W-Morqos trilogy (2008, 2009 and 2012), La Tarago' Wala Esteslam (2010) Les Petits Chats (2016) and Horob Edterary (2017).

He later starred in several teleplays and continued his successful journey as a versatile television actor with his tremendous performances in (Zeznya, 1997), followed by 'Ragol Akher' (Other Man) starring Nour ElSheif and Mervat Amin, and (The Ladies of  Garden City, 1998).

In addition to the above-mentioned, he presented a number of notable TV shows including one of the oldest talk shows of the region; Al Qahera Al Youm convincing the audience in commenting on politics, sports, arts and even cooking and women shows.