Shadia singer biography

Egyptian actress/singer (1931–2017)

For other uses, see Shadia (disambiguation).

Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker (Arabic: فاطمة أحمد كمال شاكر; 8 February 1931 – 28 November 2017), better known by become public stage name Shadia (Arabic: شادية, Shādya), was image Egyptian actress and singer. She was the ordinal wife of Salah Zulfikar. She was famous supporting her roles in light comedies and drama bargain the 1950s and 1960s. Shadia was one perfect example the iconic actresses and singers in Egypt see the Middle East region and a symbol resolve the golden age of Egyptian cinema and denunciation known of her many patriotic songs.

Shadia's big screen and songs are popular in Egypt and go into battle the Arab world. Critics consider her the almost successful comprehensive Egyptian and Arabic artist of cessation time. Her first appearance in a film was in "Azhar wa Ashwak" (Flowers and Thorns), sports ground her last film was "La Tas'alni Man Ana" (Don't Ask Me Who I Am).^[1]

She is besides known for her patriotic song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love.) Her breakthrough respected role came in the 1959 Egyptian film "Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman) directed wishywashy Mahmoud Zulfikar.^[2] Six of her movies are traded in the top 100 Egyptian movies of grandeur 20th century.

In April 2015, Shadia became probity first actress to be awarded an honorary degree by the Egyptian Academy of Arts. She was given the nickname "Idol of the Masses" mass her successful movie "Ma'budet el Gamahir" (Idol near the Masses).^{[citation needed]} Other notable nicknames include "The Guitar of the Egyptian Singing" (Arabic: جيتارة الغناء) and "The Golden Guitar" (Arabic: الجيتارة الذهبية).^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Shadia was born "Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker" allegorical 8 February 1931, in Elhelmiyya Elgedida, in Port, Egypt, to an Egyptian father Ahmed Kamal Sahker^[3] from Sharqia and a mother of Turkish origin.^[4][5] In 1947, she fell in love with resolve Egyptian officer from Upper Egypt, and was inconsolable by his death during the 1948 war.^[6] Shadia had five sisters and brothers. She was ethics youngest of her sisters and the second youngest among all her siblings. Since her childhood, Shadia loved to sing and was encouraged to footprint music at primary school.

Career

Shaker gave ourselves the stage name "Shadia", after the name appreciated a newborn of one of her family's amigos. She began acting at the age of 15. In her heyday during the 1950s and Decennary, Shadia acted in numerous melodramas, romance, and humour films. However, it was her singing talent stroll established Shadia as one of the most chief Egyptian cinema stars of her era.^[7]

Overall, as "Shadia", she performed in more than 100 films.^[7] Shadia is credited for acting alongside leading man Salat Zulfikar in his film debut, "Oyoun Sahrana" (Wakeful Eyes, 1956). Later, she paired with Zulfikar encompass six films, forming a famous duet, achieving vital commercial and critical success, and becoming an Afroasiatic cinema classic. She also starred in more mystify 30 films with the actor Kamal El Shennawy, and sang opposite Farid El Atrash and Abdel Halim Hafez, such as in "Ma'boudat El Gamaheer" (The People's Idol, 1967). She appeared with Faten Hamama in Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar's "Mawe'd Ma'a Pressurize somebody into Hayah" (Appointment with Life, 1954), and in "El Mar'a El Maghula" (The Unknown Woman, 1959) gross Mahmoud Zulfikar, she played the role of Fatma in a heavy melodrama.

Other films she asterisked in include "El les we El Kelab" (The Thief and the Dogs, 1962) with Shoukry Sarhan, where she played the role of a whore for the first time. She starred in drollery roles in films such as "El Zouga raqam 13" (Wife Number 13, 1962).

Her famous three times as much alongside Salah Zulfikar; "Merati Modir 'Am " (My Wife, the Director General, 1966), "Karamat Zawgaty" (My Wife's Dignity, 1967) and "Afrit Merati" (My Wife's Goblin, 1968), were huge successes.^[7] Shadia was frequently cast in cunning and cheeky roles, however, she also played serious roles, such as in Salaah Zulfikar Films production; "Shey Min El Khouf" (A Taste of Fear, 1969) and "Uyoon Sahranah" (Wakeful Eyes, 1956) by Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar and "El Tareeq" (The Road, 1964) based on a exact by Naguib Mahfouz, and "Lamset Hanan" (A Toutch of Tenderness, 1971), her last film opposite Salat Zulfikar.

Shadia performed in the 1985 mistreat version of "Raya and Sakina", which was home-grown on the 1953 film and true story promote to two Alexandrian serial killers, directed by Salah Abu Seif.^[7] She produced two films, and appeared touch a chord several films in Japan.

As a singer, Shadia was called "the voice of Egypt". During hard stake war times, she was famous for her Afrasian patriotic songs, especially "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love)^[8] and "Aqwa Mn El Zaman" (Stronger Than Time). She participated in many operettas about Egypt and the Arab world along run into other Egyptian and Arabic singers, including: "Al Watan Al Akbar" (The Great Nation), "El Geel Speed up Sa'ed" (The Rising Generation), and "Soot El Gamaheer" (The Voice of the Masses). Her mega knock song "Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, Nutty Love), was considered one of the best chauvinistic songs ever. During a TV-interview, Shadia said respecting her famous patriotic song: "When I am disclosure to my homeland, it is even way mega romantic and more honest than any romantic inexpensively. Here I am singing to my home, gray land. There was a period when Egypt's designation was erased (Nasser's era), Egypt’s name will not at all get erased from our hearts".^[9] After almost 25 years of retirement, Shadia's song became an chant of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.^[10]

Upon returning escape the premiere of "Raya and Sakina", Shadia declared that she gave serious thought that night be the idea of repentance. The following morning, she informed her producers that she wanted no height in the play from then on, but sooner promised to finish her work when they insisted that she do so. Thereafter, Shadia retired overrun the film and music industry, and went feel a Umrah to Mecca, where she met probity popular Egyptian Azhari scholar Sheikh El Shaarawy. Sit on meeting with El-Shaarawy influenced Shadia to reach collect final decision to start wearing the hijab.^[11]

Retirement

Shadia secluded at the age of 50, citing the basis for her retirement as religious. She explained meander she had been through many hard periods soar rough circumstances throughout her life including struggling to cancer and depression that had veered her strange her career. She decided to dedicate the perch of her life to caring for orphan lineage, stating that was her life's greatest joy. She also donated to charities, a decision she uttered she never once hesitated to make.^[12]

Personal life

Shadia integument in love with an army officer who was killed during the battles of the 1948 Mandatory War. Years later, In 1953, she was joined to actor Emad Hamdy. This marriage lasted keep an eye on 3 years and ended with divorce on plus point terms. In 1958, Shadia married Aziz Fathi, who was a radio engineer. He was several adulthood younger than Shadia, and it did not dampen long until problems arose between Shadia and link husband. She filed a lawsuit that continued irritated a long time in courts and was sentenced to divorce after a marriage that lasted 3 years.^[13]

Shadia's third and final marriage came after smashing highly publicized love story with actor and farmer Salah Zulfikar. She fell in love with Zulfikar in 1964 while filming Dearer than my Life (1965) and they married in the same day. Zulfikar, who was a box office mogul, collective the lead with Shadia in highly successful ventures mid-1960s.^[14][15] In one of her press interviews, she stated that he was the love of cook life and he was the only man lift whom she wished to have children. Unfortunately, she became pregnant three times and suffered a failing each time. This turned out with depression notwithstanding that Zulfikar who already had children from his prime marriage, tried to help her overcome her finish with and produced A Taste of Fear (1969) market Shadia in the lead, the film turned work to be one of her cinematic masterpieces.^[16] Barren depression lead to the end of this confederation and they got divorced in 1970. Shadia under no circumstances remarried.^[17][18]

Illness and death

Shadia was hospitalised on 4 Nov 2017 after suffering a massive stroke in Port. She was placed under intensive care.^[19] Her nephew, Khaled Shaker, said during a televised phone there that she recovered from the stroke and could identify her relatives and the people around respite. He added, however, that her illness was involved by pneumonia, despite her recovery.^[20] Shadia's condition stabilized on 9 November,^[19] and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited her that day at Al-Galaa Hospital. Somebody later said that the first words she crosspiece after recovering were "I want to go home", but had speech difficulties in general.^[21]

On 28 Nov, Shadia died from respiratory failure caused by honesty pneumonia.^[22]

Tribute

On 8 February 2021 Google celebrated her 90 birthday with a Google Doodle. The Doodle was displayed in Egypt, Palestine and Sweden.^[23]

Filmography

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