Shahira Gives 1st Interview Since Mahmoud Yassin's Death

Veteran Egyptian actor, Mahmoud Yassin passed away at the age of 79, after a struggle with disease, on October 14.

Yassin’s widow, former actress, Shahira, made her first media appearance on Tuesday with the journalist Amr Al Laithy, on his program "One of the People".

Shahira expressed her deep sadness over Yassin's  death, noting that she did not visit him at the hospital in the last four days due to severe cold, and was prevented from going by the doctors.

"Mahmoud was life for me, and till this moment I cannot believe that Mahmoud is gone and is not with us," she added.

Shahira continued: "Our marriage lasted fifty years, and the secret to its success was mutual love. Mahmoud was polite and kind."

She noted that she met Yassin for the first time while working in the 1972 film "Sowar Mamnoaa".

"At the time, I was in the first year of the Higher Institute of Theatrical Art. We were attracted to each other and began our relationship, and after the end of film "Nahnu La Nazraa Al-Shok", he was in talks for film "Al Kheit Al Rafee" with Faten Hamama, so he asked me to marry him so that he would be completely dedicated to the film," Shahira added.

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