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She is considered one of the actresses who enjoyed wide fame in her artistic life, and she presented many cinematic works, most of which were prevented from being shown by censorship.
She was considered one of the boldest actresses in the Arab world.
Nahed Yousry was born in 1949 and began her artistic career in 1968. She belongs to an artistic family,
Her sister, actress Samia Shoukry, participated in a number of series, the most famous of which was the series “The Treasure.” She published a number of novels.
In serial episodes in Lebanese magazines, and among her films: “The Traitor, The Abbot, Young Love, Crazy Lovers”.
In 1990, Nahid Yousry retired from acting with rumors that she decided to wear the hijab and it was said that she repudiated her artistic history, especially during the period when the phenomenon of the veil of artists spread,
It was said that she stated in a press interview that she did not believe in the imposition of the veil. In a television interview, she said that her husband did not force her to wear the hijab or to stay away from the artistic community, but she chose to do so willingly, and Nahid Yousry decided to devote her life to her husband and her home.
She also revealed that she performed the Hajj 7 times, and the Umrah 29 times, with the aim of obtaining forgiveness from God, and her last artwork was the movie “The Disappearance of a Wife”.
Nahed Yousry presented many joint Egyptian-Lebanese films, which relied on bold scenes and blatant temptation, and was known at the time for the roles of seduction.
And the striking personalities, for example, the famous movie “The Lady of the Black Moons”, was not shown in cinemas in Egypt due to the objection of censorship, because it contained blatant sexual scenes that did not suit the nature of society.
After the censorship prevented it, the film was smuggled into video cassette tapes, and it was released in Lebanese cinemas in May 1972, but on the condition that it be watched by adults only, which increased its commercial popularity.
Yousry revealed regarding her husband, saying: “When he proposed to me to marry, I told him that I am an actress, not the daughter of “Al-Shaarawy”, and likewise with swimwear and naked and kisses that are my profession, and I chose her and loved her, and he did not say anything.”
And regarding her falling in love with her husband, she said: “I was like a horse, and everyone loved me, but I did not love anyone, and I felt that I really loved this man when he formally proposed to me for marriage, and I did not promise my husband to retire and he did not force me to do so.
