- The year witnessed the death of Bassam Al-Mulla, Sherine Abu Aqleh and Jrouj Al-Rassi
The year 2022 witnessed the departure of local, Arab and international political, artistic and sports figures, and the following are the most prominent of them, according to the date of death:
The death of the Syrian director, Bassam Al-Mulla, 1956-2022
He was born in the Syrian city of Zahle and directed several series of the Levantine environment, the most famous of which is Bab Al-Hara. He belongs to an artistic family. His father is the actor Adham Al-Mulla and his brothers are the actor Moayad Al-Mulla and the directors Moamen and Bashar Al-Mulla, and his two sons Adham and Shams Al-Mulla, who acted in the series “Bab Al-Hara”.
Al-Mulla directed a number of heritage cultural programs that are inspired by heritage, its flags and its arts through dramatic and dramatic scenes, and he completed a large number of these programs in the nineties of the twentieth century in particular.
The death of Maha Abu Ouf 1956-2022
An Egyptian actress, the sister of the artist Ezzat Abu Auf, and one of the sons of the composer Ahmed Shafiq Abu Auf. With her brother Ezzat and her three sisters, Mona, Manal, and Mervat, she formed the “Four M” band at the end of the seventies, and she is the only one among her sisters who continued with artistic and acting work. She studied at the American University in Cairo.
The death of Marwan al-Sibai 1962-2022
A Syrian actor, born in the city of Damascus, he played many artistic, theatrical, cinematic and television roles. A graduate of the Faculty of English Literature, he is famous for the character of Abu Lotfi, who embodied her in the series “Layali Al-Salihiya”.
The death of Aida Abdel Aziz 1930-2022
An Egyptian actress, born in the village of Damlo in Banha Center, Qalyubia Governorate. Her first work was the operetta “Judgment Day”, on the musical stage in 1961. Among her most famous works in cinema are films; On cellophane paper, he left and did not return, The Tiger and the Female, and one of her most famous works on television is series; Zainab and the Throne, Mirrors, Hala and the Dervishes, Abla Hikmat’s Conscience, Angry and Angry, Muhammad is God’s Messenger to the World.
Death of Sammy Clark 1948-2022
A Lebanese musician, singer, and musician, distinguished by his operatic voice, he is considered one of the most important Lebanese artists, especially in the field of foreign song.
His real name is Sami Hobeika, but he called himself Sami Clark to make it easier to pronounce the name in foreign languages, especially since he started singing in foreign languages. Born and raised in the village of Dhour El Choueir, he won many awards in music festivals from Bulgaria, Germany, France, Greece and Austria.
The death of Hanna Abu Hanna 1928-2022
A writer, poet, and researcher, he was born in Al-Raina, near the city of Nazareth, in occupied Palestine. He belongs to the first generation of Arab resistance poets in Palestine.
Hanna Abu Hanna received many honors, the “Quds Medal for Poetic Creativity” (1991), the “Palestine Prize for Biography” for his biography “The Shadow of the Cloud” (1999), the “Mahmoud Darwish Prize for Freedom and Creativity” (2013), and the “Prize Jerusalem is the permanent capital of Arab culture” (2015). In 2005, Boutros Abu Manna and Johnny Mansour published the book “Zaytouna of Galilee” in his honor.
The death of Talal Najjar 1953-2022
A Syrian Olympic weightlifting player, he held the position of Vice President of the Syrian Arab Weightlifting Federation, and won more than fifty gold, silver and bronze medals. He is considered one of the legends of Arab and Asian weightlifting.
He was honored by President Hafez al-Assad three times for his repeated achievements. He was also honored several times by the General Sports Federation. In 1979, following the good results achieved, popular organizations in Homs honored him with a ceremony where many valuable honorary gifts were presented to him.
The death of Zaki Abdel Wahhab 1961-2022
Egyptian actor and director. And the son of the artist, Laila Murad, and the director, Fatin Abdel-Wahhab.
The artist, Zaki Fateen Abdel-Wahhab, died at the age of 61, following a struggle with cancer. Abdel-Wahhab suffered from two crises, lung cancer and a brain tumor, as he developed a brain tumor in June 2021, and he had developed lung cancer in mid-2019.
The death of Ahmed Halawa 1949-2022
Known as Ahmed Halawa, an Egyptian actor. He is the nephew of actor Fayez Halawa.
He died at the age of 73, due to complications from the Corona virus, as he contracted the virus in February 2022 and entered intensive care, and doctors described his condition as serious.
The death of Laila Nasr 1938-2022
An Egyptian actress, born in 1938. She presented more than (150) works, the most famous of which are the series “Wolves of the Mountain” (series) and the series “Hadith al-Sabah and al-Masa’” (series), and her latest work is the series “The Spiritual Father” S2 in 2018.
Death by Jafar 1942
An Iraqi poet born in the city of Amarah, he translated selected poems by Gabriela Mistral and selected poems by Pushkin.
And he won the Soviet Peace Prize in 1983, and the Sultan bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation Award for Poetry, the eighth session: 2002-2003.
The death of Sherine Abu Aqleh 1971-2022
Shireen Nasri Anton Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian journalist who worked as a news correspondent for Al-Jazeera Media Network and was one of the most prominent journalists in the Arab world. She was killed by the Israeli occupation forces in Jenin.
Shireen covered the events of the Palestinian uprising in 2000, the Israeli invasion of Jenin and Tulkarm camps in 2002, and the various Israeli raids and military operations that the Gaza Strip was subjected to.
She was the first Arab journalist to be allowed into Ashkelon prison in 2005, where she interviewed Palestinian prisoners who had been sentenced to long prison terms.
Deaths of Vangels 1943-2022
Greek composer and musician with an international reputation in the field of new age and electronic music. He is best known for composing the music for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire (1981 AD), as well as for his films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
The death of Hisham Heneidy 1946-2022
A Jordanian actor, born in 1946. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from Cairo University in 1969, then obtained a master’s degree in film directing from Moscow in 1980. He began his artistic career in the mid-sixties of the twentieth century, when he presented many social, historical and Bedouin works on television.
He passed away on Friday morning, June 17, 2022, following a long struggle with cancer. The artist’s family announced his death at Al-Hussein Cancer Hospital
The death of Tayseer Nayfeh 1951-2022
A Palestinian scientist, professor, and inventor from the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is the owner of a group of inventions officially registered in his name, and he has received several scientific awards and honors.
Nayfeh was born in Jordan on October 6, 1951, to a Palestinian family from the city of Tulkarm, where his family had moved to Jordan following the Nakba War in 1948.
The death of Mohsen Alameddine 1954-2022
An Egyptian film producer whose full name is Mohsen Muhammad Al-Husseini Alamuddin. He contributed to the enrichment of the Arab cinema library with his works. He has a high reputation among major stars, due to his credibility and experience in the cinematic field.
He worked as a producer and executive producer for several films shot outside the Arab Republic of Egypt (France, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Italy).
The death of Pierre Chamoun 1959-2022
A Lebanese actor who participated in several series and is famous for presenting comic characters.
He was born in the city of Zahle, and studied art and theater at the Lebanese University. He became famous through his comedic roles, especially in the program Samaat Watan.
The death of Muhammad al-Aboudi 1926-2022
A Saudi writer, author and traveler, born in Buraidah.
Al-Aboudi was honored from many quarters in recognition of his scientific and literary efforts.
The death of George Al-Rassi 1982-2022
A Lebanese singer, born in the village of Sheikh Taba in Akkar, from a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother from the town of Marmarita. He is the brother of actresses Nadine Al-Rassi and Sandrine Al-Rassi. He married the Brazilian model of Lebanese origin, Joel Hatem, and they had a child whom they called “Joe”, and they announced their separation following that.
He died as a result of a violent traffic accident on Al-Masnaa Road in the Bekaa region, eastern Lebanon, on the border with Syria.
The death of Daoud Jalajel 1947-2022
A Jordanian actor, one of the pioneers who established Jordanian drama on the Arab scene.
He was born in Silwan, Jerusalem, to a Palestinian family consisting of thirteen brothers and sisters. He moved with his family to Amman, and his artistic start was through Jordanian drama. In the seventies of the twentieth century, he presented his first series entitled “The Spear and the Rock.” He presented many works in television, theater and cinema.
The death of Bassam Lutfi 1940-2022
An artist and dramatic actor who was born and raised in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is considered one of the most prominent Arab actors. He is called the “Dean of Syrian Drama.” He is one of the founders and pioneers of Syrian art and drama, and one of the founders of the Syrian Artists Syndicate.
The death of Antoinette Naguib 1930-2022
A Syrian actress, she participated in several plays and gained wide fame in the mid-fifties of the twentieth century, following she played many theatrical roles, including “Hat al-Kharj,” “Fine Work,” “Al Ashjar Dying Standing,” “The Industrial Catacombs,” and “An Evening with Abu Khalil al-Qabbani.”
Musician Ahmed Shaybah
A famous Yemeni Oud player. He gained great popularity and presence in the art scene globally and in the Arab world through social media platforms and several concerts in the Arab Gulf region and the United States of America. Al-Shaybah was famous for re-distributing international and Arabic music and songs using the oud, and breaking the accepted rule that the oud instrument is only compatible with oriental art.
Died in a traffic accident in New York City, USA.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi 1926-2022
An Azharite Egyptian scholar who holds Qatari citizenship, former president and founder of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, and president of the European Council for Fatwa and Research. He was born in the village of Saft Turab, the center of Al-Mahalla Al-Kubra, Gharbia Governorate, in Egypt. Some consider him the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement around the world and their first view.
The death of Hisham Selim 1958-2022
An Egyptian actor who has starred in many films, series and plays. He is the son of the Egyptian soccer player, Saleh Selim.
Hisham Selim passed away on September 22, 2022, at the age of 64, following a struggle with lung cancer.
Death of Queen Elizabeth 1926-2022
Elizabeth II, whose full name was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, was the constitutional monarch of fourteen of the fifty-three Commonwealth countries she headed, and the Anglican Church of England. From February 6, 1952 until her death on September 8, 2022.
She was Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Head of the Commonwealth and Queen of the 12 countries that have become independent since her accession.
She died on September 8, 2022, as Buckingham Palace announced her death at the age of 96.
The death of “Mama Coco” 1913-2022
The woman who was the inspiration for the character “Mama Coco” in the famous 2018 Oscar-winning film “Coco O” and made famous by Disney’s “Coco” regarding the story of a boy who searches for her family history through this Mexican tradition.
Tourists usually visit Mam Coco to take pictures with this woman, whose features are close to the character of “Mama Coco”.
The Death of Hagrid from Harry Potter 1928-2022
A fictional character of a wizard in the Harry Potter series by British author Rowling.
He was born on December 6, 1928 to a father of magicians and a giant mother, and his mother ran away shortly following his birth. His father died when he was eleven, then he was expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and imprisoned in Azkaban for several months on charges of opening the Chamber of Secrets.
The death of Chef Osama Al-Sayed 1957-2022
Egyptian celebrity chef, nutrition consultant, author and TV presenter.
Al-Sayed was chosen to be the President and Supervisor of the International Culinary Competition of the Dubai Hospitality Championship 2014, which is a competition that includes the world’s largest professional chefs.
On October 31, 2022, Osama Al-Sayed passed away following a struggle with illness.
The death of Wadi Palestine 1923-2022
Egyptian journalist and writer, born in Akhmim, Sohag, in 1923.
The death of Raouf Ghabbour 1953-2022
An Egyptian businessman, Chairman of Ghabbour Group of Companies and Managing Director in Egypt and Chairman of the Board of Directors of GB Ghabbour Auto, which was founded in 1985. He is a member of the Supreme Committee of the Free Egyptians Party.
