Ibrahim Bahar (, August 2, 1956—February 15, 2019) was a

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i actor.

Biography

Ebrahim Bahar is the older brother of Bahraini singer

Ali Bahar Ali Khamis Ebrahim Bahar (; 1960 – 3 July 2011) was a Bahraini singer, guitarist and organ player known for his music band Al Ekhwa (Arabic: الإخوة, literal translation: The Brothers). He was nicknamed the "''Bob Marley of the Gulf''" a ...

. A leading actor and director on the Bahraini theatre scene, he graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1982 and earned a postgraduate degree at

Saint Joseph University Saint Joseph University of Beirut (; French: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', commonly known as USJ) is a private Catholic research university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Go ...

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. He married and had four daughters and a son. He was the Director of Radio and Television Production for a time at the Center for Educational Technologies, part of the

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. Bahar featured and sometimes directed many plays and television series in Bahrain and around the Gulf states.

Death

Ebrahim Bahar died on Friday, February 15, 2019, after a struggle with

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. Several prominent actors mourned him on social media.

External links

El Cinema page

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahar, Ibrahim 1956 births 2019 deaths Bahraini male actors Saint Joseph University alumni