Somaya El Khashab (born on 20 October 1966) is an

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and singer. She began her career in 1998, acting in many series and movies, and became one of the most famous actresses in Egypt, winning many awards. She also became a singer in 2009 after releasing her first album ''Hayessal eh''.

Career

Somaya El Khashab graduated from Faculty of Commerce in

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in 1997. She began her career in 1998, her first work was in ''Earth secret'' TV series in 1998. her most famous roles in TV series was in ''Alhaj Metwali family'' in 2001 with

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, ''The truth and The illusion'' in 2003 with

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and

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, ''Raya and Sakina'' in 2005 with Abla Kamel, ''Interview on life'' with

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and Hesham Selim, ''Mahmood Almasri'' with

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, ''The Satan Gardens'' in 2006 with Jamal Suliman, ''Kayd elnesa'' in 2009, ''Kings valley'' in 2011, ''Wind inherit'' in 2013, ''Alhalal'' in 2017. her most famous roles in movies was in ''Randeefo'' in 2001 with

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, ''Mediterranean man'' in 2001, ''I love you, me to'' in 2003 with

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, ''Honor day'' in 2004 with Ahmed Ezz,

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with

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, ''Justified treason'' in 2006 with Hany Salama and May Ez El deen. She also begun her career in music in 2009 after releasing her album ''Hayessal eh'', she make many music video with Yehia Saada and

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. She released her last song in 2019 with Jamil Almaghazi. She won many awards from her works, she won

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award from Lebanon in 2009 as best Arab actress. She also won ART award from

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in 2013 as best actress for her role in ''Wind inherit'' TV series. She was honored in

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after releasing her song “Btstaawa” where she tackled violence against women.

Personal life

She announced that she married four times secretly. In 2017, she married Egyptian singer Ahmed Saad, they divorced shortly in March 2019. She accused Ahmed Saad of

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during a TV interview with Basma Wehbe. Somaya ElKhashab Exposes Ahmed Saad as Domestic Abuser in Tell-All Interview
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Works

TV Series

Movies

Stage

Albums

Music videos

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khashab, Somaya 1976 births Living people 21st-century Egyptian actresses Egyptian film actresses Egyptian television actresses 21st-century Egyptian women singers Musicians from Alexandria Actresses from Alexandria Alexandria University alumni