Alaa Kouka

✨ Alaa Kouka ✨

🎭 Egyptian Actor & Theater Director | 🎓 Professor at the Acting & Directing Department – Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts

🏆 Personal Information

📛 Full Name: Alaa El-Din Ahmed Ali Kouka

📍 Place of Birth: Egypt

🇪🇬 Nationality: Egyptian

☪️ Religion: Islam

🎭 Profession: Actor & Theater Director

🗣️ Languages: Arabic

📅 Years Active: Since 1992

🎓 Education & Academic Career

🏛 Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University.

🎭 Earned a Ph.D. in Acting & Directing from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 2006.

👨‍🏫 Started teaching at the institute and later became Head of the Acting & Directing Department.

🎬 Notable Works

📺 TV Series

🔹 Sijn Al-Nisa (Women’s Prison) (2014) – Role: Hajjaj

🔹 Haq Mayet (Dead Right) (2015) – Role: Hossam

🔹 Molouk Al-Gad’ana (Kings of Bravery) (2021) – Role: Selim

🔹 Al-Tawoos (The Peacock) (2021) – Role: Samer

🔹 Rasayel Al-Imam (The Imam’s Messages) (2022) – Role: Yahya Al-Tanisi

🔹 Al-Hashashin (The Assassins) (2024) – Guest Star

🎭 Theater Plays

🎭 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Role: George

🎭 Yama Fe El-Garab Ya Hawy

🎭 White Crime – Role: Prosecutor

🎭 Mime Show (2024) – Director

🏅 Awards & Recognitions

🏆 State Encouragement Award

🏆 Best Actor Award – National Theater Festival of Egypt

🏆 Best Actor Award – Fez Festival for Professional Theater, Morocco (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

📚 Publications

📖 "Developing an Actor’s Concentration Skills" – Published in 2020 by the Arab Theater Authority

❤️ Personal Life

💍 In December 2024, he married a woman outside the entertainment industry in a private family ceremony.

🔹 Alaa Kouka is regarded as one of Egypt’s most distinguished theater actors, known for his outstanding performances on both stage and screen. Additionally, he plays a key role in training new generations of actors. 🎭👏