Safia El Emari (), (born Safia Mustafa Mohamed Omari, October 20, 1949, in
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
El Mahalla El Kubra (, ) – commonly shortened to ' – is the largest city of the Gharbia Governorate and in the Nile Delta, with a population of 535,278 as of 2012. It is a large industrial and agricultural city in Egypt, located in the middle ...
) is an Egyptian actress.
Biography
She was appointed as a
goodwill ambassador for the
United Nations
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in 1997, she resigned in 2006 in protest of the wars in the Middle East. She began her career as a
journalist
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Roles
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, after graduating from the Faculty of Commerce,
Cairo University
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. She studied
Russian language
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and worked as an interpreter at international conferences. She participated in many
Egyptian movies and TV series.
She was discovered by the artist Galal Issa. They got married and have two sons.
Filmography
* ''Opera Ayda'' (TV series)
*''
Al-massir''
*
''El Mohager''
*
''El Mowaten Masry''
* ''Ana elli katalt Elhanash''
*''
Ghosts of Sayala'' (TV series)
* ''Love Also Dies''
*''A'la bab El wazir''
* ''Hekaya wara kol bab'' (TV movie)
* ''El-azab emra'a''
* ''Hob La Yara El Shams''
* ''La waqt lil-demoue
* ''Hawanem garden city'' (TV series)
* ''
Al Helmeya Nights'' (TV series)
* ''El beh el bawab''
References
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1949 births
Egyptian film actresses
Living people
Egyptian television actresses
People from El Mahalla El Kubra