Naguib Al Rihani

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Naguib El Rihani (Arabic:نجيب الريحانى) (born 1889-June 8, 1949) was an Egyptian actor. He was born "Naguib Elias El Rihani" to a Christian Catholic family to an Iraqui Lebanese father and an Egyptian mother (Latifa), in Bab El Shereya ,Cairo, Egypt.^[1]. He had two brothers. He was educated in the french school "Les Freres", in Cairo. He had a turbulent marriage, with Badeaa Masabny, a Lebanese actress / dancer, who setteled in Cairo, and established her famous cabaret, "Casino Badeaa" , and separated before his death. He died at the age of 49 years old in Cairo, of Typhoid, while filming his last film "Ghazal Al Banat".

He established his own theatrical group in the late 1910s, in Cairo, and partnered his long-life friend Badeih Khairy, in adapting several french theatre hits, to the Egyptian Theatre, and later to the Cinema.

A great comedian both on stage and in films. He is considered as "The Father of Comedy" in Egypt. Fuad Al Mohandes , the great Egyptian comedian of modern times, always aknowledged Naguib Al Rihani's effect on him and his style in acting.

1 List of Theatre Plays
2 Filmography
3 External link
4 References

[edit] List of Theatre Plays

Taaleeli Ya Bata تعاليلي يابطة .
El Rial 1917.
Kesh Kesh Bey Fee Paris.
Homar We Halawa.
Ala Keifak (As You Like It)
El Ashra El Tayeba 1920, music by Sayed Darwish''.
Ayam El Ezz (Times of Prosperity).
Lawe Kont Malik (If I Was A King).
Mamlaket El Hob.
El Guineh El Masry (Egyptian Pound) 1931, adapted from Topaze by Marcel Pagnol'
El Donia Lama Tedhak (When Luck Smiles) 1934.
Hokm Karakosh (Rule of Karakosh) 1936.
Kismiti (My Luck) 1936.
Lawe Kont Heleiwa (If I Was Handsome) 1938.
El Dalouah (The Spoiled Girl) 1939.
30 Yom Fee El Segn (30 Days In Prison)
El Setat Ma Yearfoush Yekdebo (Women Never Lie)
Ela Khamsa إلا خمسة (Minus Five)1943.
Hassan, Morcos & Cohen 1945.