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Hind Rostum: A Great Loss To
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Hind Rostum, one of the last great Golden Era actress/dancers, died August 8, 2011 in Cairo of a heart attack. This is indeed very sad news. She was a beautiful, talented woman who acted and danced in over 70 films during her amazing career. She was truly one of the last Egyptian greats and one of the last remaining links to the Golden Era of Egyptian film. Rest in peace, Madame Hind. Below is a translation of an article that appeared on EgyNews August 8, 2011 at http://www.egynews.net/wps/portal/news?params=135439 . |
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Hind Rostum
(The Marilyn Monroe of the Middle East)
Has Departed at Age 82
Egyptian and Arab cinema lost one of its leading pioneers on Monday night, August 8, 2011, with the departure of the respected artist Hind Rostum who died of a heart attack at age 82 after having been transferred to The Doctor's Tower Hospital in Agouza. The artist's career included 74 films starting with the film Ghazal el Banat in 1949 and ending with the film Hayate 3azab in 1979, after which she retired. The late artist Hind Rostum was born November 11, 1929 in Alexandria to an Egyptian mother and a father of Turkish origin who was a police officer. She appeared in cinema for the first time in 1949 in the film Ghazal El Banat as a background actress who accompanied the singer Leyla Mourad during the song Ekhmaktari Ya Khael for just two minutes. Hind Rostum was married twice. First to the director Hassan Reza who married her at the beginning of her career and helped her quite a bit and with whom she had a daughter named Basant. Her second marriage was to Dr. Mohamed Fayad who she was married to until his death. The artist was known during her career for playing seductive roles in Egyptian cinema and was nicknamed The Marilyn Monroe of the Middle East because of her physical similarity to international sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. The actress Hind Rostum is regarded as one of the most important artists in the history of Egyptian and Arabic cinema from the time she made her film debut in Ghazal el Banat to when she became a star who worked with directors such as Imam Hassan Barakat, Yousef Shahin and other great Egyptian cinema directors. The most important films of the late artist were:
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The artist's funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, August 9, 2011, after prayers, at Nafissa Mosque. It has not yet been decided where the Consolation (services) will be held. [Translator's note: In Egypt the Consolation or services are held after the burial.] ABOUT THE PHOTO: Hind Rostum and Omar Sharif. |
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About the Translator
Priscilla is a dancer of Lebanese heritage who enjoys researching the Golden Era of Egyptian dance. She owns a collection of more than one hundred classic black and white Egyptian films which is continually expanding. Priscilla has also gathered a large library of dance related articles and clippings from Middle Eastern magazines and newspapers, many of which she has translated from the original Arabic to both English and Spanish. Priscilla currently resides in Central America where she is a dance instructor. |
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