Biography
Egyptian actress and singer, whose real name is (Zakia Ali Mahjoub), and Mustafa Al-Qashash, a journalist in Al-Sabah magazine, chose her artistic name by which she was known. She excelled in the art of monologue. She was born in an artistic family where her sister was a singer. She used to go to the theater and go up to the stage between the seasons and offer singing connections, and from here she started the art of monologue, and continued that from 1940 until 1966. During her artistic career, she presented more than 300 monologues of the most famous of them (Addini Your Mind, O Sidi Eib), in addition to Her participation in acting in many films, she even formed a cinematic duo with the comedian Ismail Yassin, and joined the band (Baba Ezz El-Din). Among her most prominent works is (Ismail Yassin interviews Rayya and Sakina, the male hunter). She passed away in 1994.
Movies & TV Shows
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Ismail Yassine in the House of Ghosts (1952) — عزيزة
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Farewell, Love (1956) — Thurya
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Alley of The Pestle (1963) — Hosnia
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The Black Market (1945) — نعيمة
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Love Has No Cure (1952) — Shoala
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Who's Done it ? (1944) — One of Younes's friends
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The Hunger (1986) — خاله حليمه
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Good News (1952) — Nousa نوسة
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My Wife's Dignity (1967)
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Elsetat Afaret (1948)
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El Zuhur El Fatina (1952) — Thurya
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I Love You Only (1949)
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If I Was Rich (1942) — مطربة الكبارية
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Casino el latafa (1945)
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2 Against the law (1992)
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The Bread Seller (1953) — friend of Nemat
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Meeting at the Tower (1962)
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Saedat El Rigal (1960) — راقصة
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Believing in God (1952)
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Long live women! (1944)
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Your luck this week (1953)
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Halal Aleik (1952)
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Love In The Darkness (1953)
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The Two Orphans (1948) — سنية
- Wives factory (1941)
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Owner of Few Piasters (1949) — سنية
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Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sekina (1955) — Nono
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Laylat Al-Jumea (1945) — ثريا بنت عبد الفتاح
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The Fifth Groom (1942) — سوسو - مغنية الكباريه
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Hokm Elqawi (1951)
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Ana bint Nass (1951)
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Banat Al-Lail (1955)
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Shahr aleasal (1945)
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The Life of Darkness (1940) — ميمي
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He and She Stories (1985)
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The Widow and The Devil (1984)
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عفريت لكل مواطن (1988)
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The Beggars' Strike (1967)
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Dalal Al-Masria (1970) — Dandash
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Uncle Qandil's Scissors (1985)