Since yesterday, the Cairo International Film Festival has been trying to attract the attention of the public and cinema lovers to the fact that a new honor will be announced to join the list of honors of the festival in its 44th session for the year 2022, which will take place from 13 to 22 November. Since the early morning, she has been receiving phone calls Multiple After the festival announced at 11 am this honor, it is the big star of “Lebleba” where it was announced Awarded the Golden Pyramid Award Appreciation for the achievement of life, in appreciation of her career that started from her early childhood and spanned for years in which she presented many important works that varied between cinema, theater, television and show.
The festival’s president, the great artist Hussein Fahmy, said, “It is a worthy tribute to an artist who has spent her life in presenting dozens of cinematic works with love and sincerity, and she has done her utmost to make what she presents worthy of being presented to an audience who loves her appearance on the charming screen, and despite her giving over the years of her life, she still enriches The industry with its participation and still has a lot to offer, and I am honored that I shared that journey through several works that we previously collected.”
the artist lebleba
Those words were an overwhelming happiness for her that was mixed with tears when she received the news on her mobile phone from Hussein Fahmy himself while she was with her family on the North Coast, which she confirmed in exclusive statements with Al Arabiya.net. Half past eleven in the evening before I got ready for bed, and I was with my family on the northern coast, when I received a phone call from Hussein Fahmy, and the truth was I did not expect the news he told me, I thought it was a normal call, but he said to me, “Congratulations to us, Nonya .. you will get The Golden Pyramid Award for Life’s Journey.” In fact, I cannot describe how happy I am with this news, and I found myself thinking regarding my childhood and remembering all my artistic journey like a movie tape in front of my eyes, since I was 5 years old, when my mother took me to the Copper Film Company and met the great producer and director Niazi Mustafa and the scriptwriter Abu Al-Saud Al-Ebiari, when my mother signed the contract for the movie “Habibi Soso” and discovered it for me, and their agreement to change my name to Lebleba to be my artistic name for all these years.
Lebleba at different stages of her life
And she added, “No one in my family believed that I would complete my career in the art world. Everyone thought that I would present a movie or two, but I really loved art and devoted myself to it, and I was happy to cooperate with giants in the field of art. I had the luck of working with major producers in the world of cinema. In her golden age,” she confirmed, with tears in her voice, “I wish my mother would be with me at that moment so that she would see me while honoring me, how much I miss her, and I remember every moment how hard she was with me in being on filming sites and at every moment, and encouraging her for me all the time.” .
Lebleba confirmed, “I loved my audience and felt how much they encouraged me throughout my career, regardless of their ages. When you look at me, you smile and laugh, and they treat me like I’m still Nonya, the little girl they knew at 5 years old. I love people and they love me the same, and I felt that happiness more.” With an announcement of my honor from the Cairo International Film Festival, and the number of calls I received from this morning until now to congratulate me, assuring me that I deserve it well.”
And regarding the meaning of this honor for her, she confirmed, “I felt that they appreciated my long artistic career, which began when I was 5 years old and continues until now, and at first I thank our Lord, then I thank the advisory committee, artist Hussein Fahmy and the management of the festival.”