<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:16pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mai Kassab is an Egyptian actress and singer, with calm features and Egyptian beauty. Her success in Egyptian cinema began with a comedy series that made her a well-known face to the public, as she proved her success with her sense of humor and cheerful spirit. She is considered one of the most successful comedy actresses and one of the distinguished singers among the public. She proved her success with merit in many of her artistic works, as her work in cinema did not stop at comedy only, but she also became a professional singer in addition to dramatic works, and proved her success with merit as a whole.</p><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">The origins of Mai Kassab, the Egyptian singing and acting star</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:895/1203;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/6ed4be32-fd19-49d5-8268-7b473ec834fc.jpeg" width="895" height="1203" alt="Mai Kassab"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:16pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the following paragraph, we will talk about information about the upbringing of the artist <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.sbisiali.com/news/article/a-little-hajj-remains-may-kassab-shares-a-video-from-her-hajj-trip">Mai Kassab,</a> the star of Egyptian acting and singing, which is: </p><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-inline-start:48px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> I was born in Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, on December 8, 1981. </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> I graduated from the Faculty of Music Education. </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> She grew up in an artistic environment, in a family that loved art and supported her, as her family was her first supporter. </li></ul><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Mai's beginnings in the world of art</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:863/1057;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/33874c68-32ba-4459-93a5-d8d8e4a3de8b.jpeg" width="863" height="1057" alt="Mai Kassab"></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Her father was the first to discover her talent for acting, and because Mai combined acting and singing, her father likened her to the late artist Shadia. Her father asked the novelist Ibrahim Abdel Majeed to help his daughter in acting until she got her first role in the novel “No One Sleeps in Alexandria.” Her acting debut was in the series “Tamer and Shawqia” opposite the artist Ahmed El-Fishawy in 2006.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Her singing career started when a university colleague nominated her to sing with the artist Majd Al-Qassem in a duet called “Close Your Eyes” and she achieved great success at the time. After that successful experience, she faced several difficulties, so the artist decided to join a singing band that works at parties, until she met the singer and artist Hamada Helal and formed a friendship between them to be her first friend from the community, as he helped her greatly in introducing her to the producer of her first album entitled “Sheel Da Men Da”</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> After that, many, many of her successful songs and beautiful albums followed, or distinguished series and films with her different roles.</p><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Mai Kassab, the comedy star in Egyptian drama</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:910/1258;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/05e7b319-0b40-4eb5-9665-e39b28fb2d6e.jpeg" width="910" height="1258" alt="Mai Kassab"></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The star <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://news.sbisiali.com/news/article/mai-kassab-reveals-the-reason-for-not-participating-in-al-atawla-2">Mai Kassab</a> achieved great success in her comedy series "Tamer and Shawqia", which made her a beloved and well-known face among the audience, and as a result of her success, doors were opened for her to dramatic works.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She played the role of Maryam in the movie "Kalbi Dalili", Mouj in the movie "Baltiyet El Aaima", Nisreen in the movie "El Farah", Bessa in the movie "Rasa'il El Bahr", the movie "Sana Awla Khataf", Mervat in the series "Karima Karima", Mansoura in the series "El Attaba El Hamra", Zahya in the series "Years of Love and Salt", Donia in the series "Hameha Haramheha", Shafaq in the series "Saraya Abdeen" and other roles in many of her distinguished works.</p><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Mai's diverse dramatic works Mai's diverse cinematic works</span></h2><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mai Kassab is an artist who has diversified her roles in the art world. The audience first knew her when she participated in the song “Close Your Eyes” with the singer Majd Qasim in 2005. This was the first spark for the audience to know and love her, so she decided to enter the artistic, dramatic and cinematic community, where she participated in many works. The beginning was in 2006 when she acted in the series “No One Sleeps in Alexandria” directed by Hassan Issa. Then in 2007, she participated in her first leading role alongside the actor Ahmed El-Fishawy in the series “Tamer and Shawqia.” </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:892/1302;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/72fbf22a-eeb9-489b-a6ea-133b809f6407.jpeg" width="892" height="1302" alt="Mai Kassab"></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> But the year did not end here, as she was part of the cast of the movie "Khalij Naama" alongside actress and artist Ghada Adel and actor and singer Ahmed Fahmy. She did not stop there, as before the end of the year she released her second album, titled "Ahla Min El Kalam", which included 10 songs.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">She returned in 2008 with the second part of the series Tamer and Shawqia, and her start in the field of cinema was when she participated alongside the great star Abla Kamel in the movie Baltiyat Al-Aaima, in addition to other works in the same year, including the movie Hema Days of Laughter and Tears and the movie Cabaret.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">Then for the third year in a row she presented the third part of the series Tamer and Shawqia in 2009. She also participated for the first time with the artist Adel Emam and the artist Yousra in a work that brought them together in the movie Bobos, and also with the artist Khaled El Sawy and the young artist Donia Samir Ghanem in the movie El Farah. She did not stop working on Egyptian television. In 2010, she participated in many works, some of which were as a guest of honor, such as the series I Want to Get Married, and some of which she took a leading role in the series El Attaba El Hamra and Years of Love and Loss, and films such as Bon Soir and Love Letters.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">The works continued until the joint championships on the artistic cinematic level, including the films “Aziz’s Dream”, “My Dog is My Guide”, “Al-Nabtashi”, and the television works “For the Highest Price”, “Family Size”, and finally “Jaafar Al-Omda” and “Al-Atawla”.</p><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Mai Kassab's famous songs</span> </h2><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/3Xaa85wFE40"></oembed></figure><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-inline-start:48px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> A song they say is strong </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> We are like jasmine </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Ch ch </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> God's name </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> berry berry </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> What do you like about it? </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Wear camouflage </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Where is Mama? - With Oka </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Single on Valentine's Day </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> I </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Happy Birthday to You </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> My sweetheart </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Happy Birthday to You </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> A million faces </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> He put a ring on me </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Oh general, my love </li></ul><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Her latest artwork</span> </h2><ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-inline-start:48px;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> I'm Still Here includes 12 songs. </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> I am Mama and it includes 10 songs. </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> sweet dreams </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> Jafar the mayor </li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#434343;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.999999999999998pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:disc;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;;text-align:left;direction:ltr" aria-level="1"> The Ottawala </li></ul><h2 style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:18pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Mai's personal life</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1009/955;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/db4ff590-dec5-419a-b3d4-065bc0c204ef.jpeg" width="1009" height="955"></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mai Mahmoud Hanfy Kassab, this is the name of the four-time artist. She began her artistic career in 2000 by participating in some theatrical performances, and gained great fame after participating in the lead role in the series (Tamer and Shawqia) opposite the artist Ahmed El-Fishawy in 2007.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is known that Mai was previously engaged to Major Saeed Jameel in 2007, but they broke up months later and the engagement was not completed without clear reasons.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In 2013, she worked in the movie "8%", in which the popular singer "Mohamed Salah, known as Oka" participated. This movie was the reason for the beginning of the relationship between the artist and Oka. They were staying in the same hotel, which allowed both of them to see the faults and advantages of the other party, so the friendship between them continued, which was not devoid of love, repeated meetings, conversations, and sharing with each other.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr">Her mother's death caused her to fall into a state of severe depression, and no one close to her could get her out of that state due to her strong attachment to her mother, but Oka was her first supporter and he was the one who was able to get her out of that miserable state, and from here her mother's death was a reason for strengthening their relationship with each other. </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1009/992;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/804d3b28-7449-4e37-847e-89e59e939d01.jpeg" width="1009" height="992"></figure><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The artist faced criticism and controversy on social media due to the scientific, cultural and social gap as a result of their official announcement of their engagement. At first, the artist rejected the idea of engagement because of the age difference and the criticism she faced as a result of this relationship and society's view of her as an artist, but the singer succeeded in containing her until she no longer felt the age difference between them, and his family was the reason for convincing her to get engaged and complete the marriage. </p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> She told her father about their relationship and that he was the only person she loved and felt safe with and that he was able to make her happy, and that he was the person who succeeded in penetrating her world and taking her to his world, and corrected many of her concepts, and she introduced him to her father to get to know him, and in 2015 the marriage contract was signed, then the marriage.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> God blessed her with three children. Her father was the one who named her first daughter Farida, while her second daughter was surprised after giving birth that her husband named her Dalida, so she insisted on naming the third child herself, and that is what happened and she named him Noah.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;;text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mai Kassab was and still is one of the most successful actresses and singers in the world of art and singing. She has a special love from the audience who love her cheerful spirit and lightheartedness, and she proves that with merit in any artistic work. In addition to her work in art, she gives her family attention and containment, unlike other people in the world of art who have received a lot of criticism.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>