Souad Hosni, the Cinderella that enchanted hearts and influenced Arab cinema

Souad Hosni, or Cinderella, who will not be repeated in the field of Egyptian and Arab art. The public knew her at the beginning of her life for her wit and showmanship talents due to her success in presenting all the roles and the variety between light and dramatic roles with the same degree of mastery, which is what qualified her and nominated her to occupy a position at the top of art that brought her closer. The great actress Faten Hamama is competing for the title of actress of the century, as she has a wonderful and diverse artistic career, including characters full of joy, movement and vitality, and other complex and dramatic roles that carry many social and political concerns, so we will learn more about her in this article.

Soad Hosni's journey between stardom and tragedies A performance artist who acts, sings, and dances with the same efficiency. She is an attractive, beautiful naughty girl. She is Cinderella. Souad Hosni was born in January 1943 in the Faggala neighborhood in Cairo, to an artistic family. Her grandfather, Hosni Al-Baba, is of Syrian origin. He works as a singer in Damascus, and her father, Muhammad Hosni Al-Baba, is a famous calligrapher in the royal palace. 17 brothers and sisters.

Her brother is a violinist in the Umm Kulthum band, and her sister is the artist Najat Al-Saghira. Since Souad was six years old, she began to integrate with the artistic atmosphere around her, until she grew up and reached teenage years. She went out to life looking for work due to the divorce of her mother, Mrs. Jawhara, and the father’s preoccupation with his many wives and children. Her sister's husband introduced her to Baba Sharo's program, and by chance there was a Sham El-Nessim celebration to announce the launch.

Because she was not good at reading and writing, Abdul Rahman Al-Khamisi entrusted the artist Ibrahim Saafan to teach Souad to read and write, and she accomplished the matter quickly due to her high intelligence, until Al-Khamisi nominated her to act in his radio series Hassan and Naima, but the director Muhammad Tawfiq rejected her due to her young age.

When the writer turned the series into a movie and directed it by Henry Barakat, she had reached the age of a young woman to be nominated by the artist Mohamed Abdel Wahab, director of the production company, souad was nominated opposite the late artist Muharram Fouad in the movie Hassan and Naima and it was a great success, and it was the launch of Cinderella in the cinema.

But after an artistic career and a wonderful heritage, her life ended in a tragic end, as she became depressed due to her weight gain, a facial tumor, and problems with her spine. She traveled to London for treatment, but she fell from the balcony of her house in 2001, leaving behind a puzzling mystery that has not been revealed yet. Did she commit suicide or was killed?!

Souad Hosni’s journey between acting, singing, and showcasing Souad Hosni’s many talents A great journey of great artistic dedication and a life full of paradoxes and stages for the late star Souad Hosni. She is a multi-talented artist between acting, singing and showcasing. Many of her films contained songs and performances, so she presented a number of performances, including Dola Maine and Dola Maine, The World is Spring, Too young for love, mama.

In 1959, she presented the romantic musical film Hassan and Naima, and in the sixties period from 1960 until 1969, she presented an artistic tableau of films that influenced the history of cinema, such as A Rumor of Love, The Seven Girls, Al-Safira Aziza, There is No Understanding, The Three Wretched, A Date in the Tower, Without a date, The Zizi Family, The Laughing Crime, Cairo 30, Janab Al-Safir, Too Young for Love.

During the seventies, she made many films that were more mature than before, such as Take Care of Zuzu, Lost Love, Where is My Mind, Sunrise and Sunset, Karnak, Shafiqa and Metwally.

During the eighties, she presented fewer films, but they were all films that influenced and left a mark with the audience, such as The Suspect, A Stranger in My House, The Hunger, and Love in the Dungeon, and in 1991 she presented her last films, The Shepherd and the Women.

The dramatic roles of Soad Hosni Souad presented many films and roles, ranging from romantic, dramatic, and comedic, but she starred in dramatic films and presented many films in this type of art. She presented The Choice, My Wife and the Dog, The People of the Summit, A Date for Dinner, Shafiqa and Metwally, Who Should We Shoot? All of them are films, some of which were included in the top 100 Egyptian films.

Souad Hosni's songs have a sweet voice that still resonates today Souad Hosni has a beautiful, sweet voice that still resonates to this day. She presented many beautiful songs and performances that affected the audience and are still stuck with them. She performed the song “The World is Spring,” an icon of the spring season until now. You are not in love, my heart. The girl is still young, the operetta Oh Mama. , the operetta Dola Meen and Dola Meen, Shika Bika, Yawad Yatqil, Banu Banu and other songs that have had an impact on this era. She also presented a group of songs in her series He and She, such as Khali Al-Bayya, Jalabiya Party, The break bell is struck, Don’t bring chocolate.

The personal life of Soad Hosni is a story of love, marriages, and an unfinished marriage Souad Hosni was married more than once during her life. She was married to Salah Karim, the director, for two years, and they separated in 1968. Then she married the director, Ali Badrakhan, in 1970, and her marriage lasted eleven years until they separated in 1981. In the same year, she married Zaki. Fateen Abdel Wahab was a student in the directing department at the Film Institute, but they separated after several months of marriage due to the opposition of Fateen’s mother.

As for her last husband, he was the screenwriter Maher Awad in 1987, and she died under his guardianship. Throughout her marriages, she did not give birth to any sons or daughters.

The death of Soad Hosni is a mystery still searching for an answer The death of the great artist Souad Hosni is still a mystery that has confused everyone, between suicide and murder. She died as a result of falling from the balcony of her apartment on the sixth floor of the Stuart Tower building in London, the British capital, in 2001. The British police announced that it was a case of suicide, but doubts are swirling that it was a case of suicide. An intentional murder, and to this day her death remains an unsolved mystery.

Souad Hosni: Stories and memories from the life of a star that cannot be repeated An artist with a special heritage, a rare and distinguished artistic talent. Her life is full of memories and stories, some painful and some tragic. Throughout her life, she was searching for stability, marriage, and procreation. Among these memories that she mentioned in one of the television interviews is that she fell when she was young from the stairs, which affected her spine. She became pregnant twice by one of her husbands, but it was not consummated. “Her brother Jalaa died when Souad entered upon him and woke him up, but he did not wake up.” Also among the stories that received a lot of controversy was the story of Souad and Abdel Halim’s love and marriage, and the story of her attempt to be recruited by the intelligence services to do work for her. the device.

The relationship between Soad Hosni and Abdel Halim Hafez Until now, the story of the marriage of Souad Hosni and Abdel Halim Hafez remains a mystery, as there are some close to them who confirm the marriage and others deny this matter. The journalist Mufid Fawzi, the witness to their love story, said that Nightingale was the one who refused to announce the marriage, and Mufid stressed that Hafez was very jealous. On Souad, he kept a close watch on her, and she used to go to him late.

Meanwhile, musician Hani Mohanna said in his interview with the Sheikh Al-Hara and Al-Jari’a program that this marriage did not happen, and Halim was upset by this conversation, adding that there was a good relationship with mutual love between Abdel Halim Hafez and Souad, but no marriage took place between them, continuing that the doctors prevented Abdel Halim from having any relationship. Marital due to his health condition.

Soad Hosni's influence on Arab cinema Souad presented a legacy and an artistic heritage that has remained to this day and will continue. She presented a great artistic career and a group of cinematic films that remained and became stuck with the audiences from the beginning until now. She presented roles that touch the hearts and feelings with her roles in Cairo 30 and The Second Wife, with which she immortalized her history, and all became... This is a heritage that has been passed down through generations, watched and enjoyed throughout history, and we will continue to remember and celebrate its artistic legacy throughout our lives.

In conclusion, Souad Hosni has gone through a life between happiness and tragedy, and through many stages in which she rose to the top throughout her artistic and personal career. Cinderella is an exceptional artistic talent. She is a model for the modern girl of her time and one of the few artists who has a great relationship with the cultural milieu, and this milieu contributed to refining her talent and forming her culture. She was a frequent visitor to Rose Al-Youssef, including the writer Ihsan Abdel Quddus, who helped her. She became an inspiration for them in their drawings, and the wit and naughtiness of her fans. Millions adored her, but this joy was not reflected in her personal life, which was filled with real drama from her childhood until her death.