CAIRO – The Arab theatre icon and veteran actress, Samiha Ayoub, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 93, after a long and outstanding artistic career.
In March 1932, legendary Egyptian actress Samiha Ayoub was born in Cairo’s Shubra district.
In 1953, she graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts, where she studied under the gifted theatre artist Zaki Toleimat.
Throughout her glittering and successful career, the late star took part in nearly 170 theatrical performances, in addition to her distinguished work in cinema and television.
Her well-regarded films include “Among the Ruins” in 1959, “Land of Hypocrisy” in 1968, “The Dawn of Islam” in 1971, and “Tita Rahiba” in 2012.
In TV drama, she delivered impressive and superb performances in acclaimed TV series; topped by “El-Daw’ El-Sharid” (The Stray Light), “Awan El-Ward” (The Time for Roses), and “Al-Masraweyya”.
Samiha Ayoub received numerous accolades and awards throughout her great career. She was honored by the late Egyptian presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, and late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
