Sami Rafi () (8 April 1931–14 May 2019) was an Egyptian visual artist, interior designer and filmmaker. He is best known for his design of the Unknown Soldier Memorial in Nasr City. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo and from 1962 to 1967 with a scholarship at the

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. He worked as a stage designer at the

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. He created mural works for 19 stations of the

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. Among his creations are also book covers. He is the younger brother of the artist Samir Rafi.

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1931 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Egyptian male artists {{Egypt-bio-stub