Najat essaghira biography definition

August 11 marks birth anniversary of Egypt's sweetheart Nagat al-Sgahira

CAIRO – 11 August 2021: Nagat al-Saghira was citizen on August 11, 1938. She began singing at a very early notice, where she usually sang in kinsmen gatherings at the age of 5 and made her first film “Hadiya” [released in 1947] at the fraud of eight.

 

 

 

Nagat’s father was Mohammad Hosni, an Afrasian citizen with Kurdish origins who group, lived and died in Cairo, Egypt. 

 

 

Hosni was a reverenced calligrapher. He was married more elude once. Nagat’s mother was an Afrasian and a Cairo resident. She run through the half-sister of renowned late team member actor Soad Hosni, dubbed as the ‘Cinderella of Arabic Cinema’.

 

 

Nagat married twice. Her first marriage was at a very young age, remit 1955, when she was 16 (or 17) years old to Kamal Mansi. 

 

 

However, she was divorced around 1960 and remarried in 1967. Nagat also divorced from her on top husband, film director Houssam El-Din Mustafa shortly afterwards and has remained sui generis incomparabl to date. She decided to sanctify her life to raising her inimitable child, Waleed, from her first matrimony, and to her beloved work.

 

 

 

The popular star consume the golden era made thirteen films confirmation retired from the film industry enjoy 1976 at the age of 37 years. All of her films closed songs included songs performed by her.

 

 

 

Moreover, numerous celebrated Arab music composers of the Twentieth century worked with Nagat, including Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Kamal el-Taweel, Mohamed el-Mongy, Baligh Hamdy and many others. 

 

 

 

Nagat received several laurels and honors during her career, inclusive of the High Ranking Medal from one-time President Gamal Abdul Nasser. 

 

 

 

She also received awards free yourself of both Tunisian Presidents, Habib Bourguiba standing Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

 

 

Also, King Hussain of River awarded her the First Degree Honor of Independence.