Biographies: Samiha Ayoub - Actor

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Samiha was born in Shubra and was educated at the Nun’s School. She is a first rate theater performer and her real name is Samiha Ayyoub U’thman. Samiha graduated from the Acting Institute in 1952 where she studied under Zakky Taleimat. She had an outstanding performance in the radio series Sammara and Rab’aa al-A’dawiyah. Samiha first married actor Mohsen Sarhan and then Mahmoud Morsy. She would later marry writer Sa’ad Wahba. Among her plays are The Miser, We’ve Won the Primo, The Right Way and Chalk Circle. Samiha later joined the al-Qawmmy theater which she would later manage twice between 1975-1985. Samiha also managed the Modern theater on two occasions.

• 22 January 2011
• محمد ألطيب