Thoraya Abdel Wahab ثريا عبدالوهاب

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An Egyptian athlete, TV presenter, and film actress, born in Ismailia Governorate in 1943. She practiced swimming, rowing, and cycling. She won championships at the state level in the late fifties and early sixties. She came to Cairo, joined the Faculty of Physical Education at...Read more Cairo University, and graduated in 1963. She passed the exams for announcers on Egyptian TV, worked as a link announcer, and presented many successful programs such as World of Sports. In 1963, she married journalist Mamdouh Zaher, head of the television news sector and director of newspaper censorship, and they had two sons, Ahmed and Khaled. She presented some cinematic roles, most notably in the movie Convergence (1977). After her husband's death, she married businessman Hanafy Farag, and they had a daughter. She was forced to quit her job on TV because of her husband's political position after President Sadat took power. She took part in the Correction Revolution on May 15, 1971. She worked in the Ministry of Youth and after a short period, she left her government job and established a factory for ready-made clothes and then worked in the field of real estate.


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  • An Egyptian athlete, TV presenter, and film actress, born in Ismailia Governorate in 1943. She practiced swimming, rowing, and cycling. She won championships at the state level in...Read more the late fifties and early sixties. She came to Cairo, joined the Faculty of Physical Education at Cairo University, and graduated in 1963. She passed the exams for announcers on Egyptian TV, worked as a link announcer, and presented many successful programs such as World of Sports. In 1963, she married journalist Mamdouh Zaher, head of the television news sector and director of newspaper censorship, and they had two sons, Ahmed and Khaled. She presented some cinematic roles, most notably in the movie Convergence (1977). After her husband's death, she married businessman Hanafy Farag, and they had a daughter. She was forced to quit her job on TV because of her husband's political position after President Sadat took power. She took part in the Correction Revolution on May 15, 1971. She worked in the Ministry of Youth and after a short period, she left her government job and established a factory for ready-made clothes and then worked in the field of real estate.

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