A group of accounts concerned with news of artists circulated on the social media, a rare photo of the passport of the late Egyptian artist “Nour El Sherif”.
The photo clarified a lot of information, and settled the controversy surrounding the artist’s real name and religion. Which is always disputed by a large number of the public, due to the rumors circulated regarding the true identity of the artist, especially following his death.
That circulating photo of the late artist’s passport revealed many personal information regarding him, such as his real name and religion. Many rumors were received from the artist, Nour Sharif, during his life and following his death.
The passport indicated the real name of Nour al-Sharif, which is Nour al-Sharif Jaber Muhammad Abdullah, following the artist changed it, as his name at birth was (Muhammad Jaber Muhammad Abdullah) until he changed it in the official documents to become his movie name is also his real name and not Just an artistic name, and that his own religion was Islam, where there were rumors regarding him being a non-Muslim.
It is reported from Nour El-Sharif that he was born in 1946 in the Sayeda Zeinab neighborhood in Cairo governorate, and his family’s origins go back to Minya Governorate. His father died and he was one year old at the time. His uncle Ismail supervised his upbringing and his other uncle Amin took care of him. He obtained a diploma from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts with a grade of “excellent” and was the first in his class in 1967.
He began acting in school, where he joined the acting team, as he was a player in the football cubs at the Zamalek club, but he did not complete his football career, and then turned to the field of acting.
Nour al-Sharif married the Egyptian artist Bossi twice, as he married her for a long time, unlike most marriages in the artistic community, but a divorce was waiting for them in 2006 for reasons that neither he nor she disclosed. The divorce lasted for nearly 8 years, during which the artist Nour El-Sharif fell ill, and Bossi returned to him once more in late 2014, and they have two daughters: Sarah and Mai.
The artist Nour El Sherif presented several roles for Egyptian cinema, which he started since 1966 through the movie Qasr Al-Shawq, and in 1999 he presented the movie The Lovers, in which he tried directing for the first time, and also starred in drama through his series, the most famous of which are:
(I will not live in the robes of my father, the other man, al-Dali, the unknown prince, the presence of the accused, my father, the family of Hajj Metwally, al-Attar and the Seven Banat, and al-Rahaya.) And several historical series, the most important of which are: (Harun al-Rashid and Omar bin Abdul Aziz). He made nearly 200 cinematic works in his career.
Nour El Sherif in his most famous roles, the artist Nour El Sherif died on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in Cairo, following a long struggle with illness, at the age of 69. His funeral was held on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at the Police Mosque in the 6th of October.
