Samir Khafagy

✨ Samir Khafagy ✨

📜 Screenwriter - Playwright - Director - Egyptian Producer

📌 Personal Information

📅 Born: August 13, 1930 – Cairo, Egypt

✝ Died: September 21, 2018 (88 years) – Dokki, Egypt

🇪🇬 Nationality: Egyptian

🎓 Education: Faculty of Law, Cairo University (1953)

🎭 Profession: Playwright, Producer, TV Writer, Screenwriter, Film Producer

🗣 Languages: Arabic, English

🎭 His Life and Career

📌 Early Life:

Samir Khafagy grew up in a family that loved theater. His father used to take him to Al-Rihani Theater, which nurtured his passion for the stage from childhood.

📌 Career Start:

He began his artistic career through radio, contributing to the creation of the famous comedy program "Sa’a Le Qalbak" 🎙, which launched the careers of many comedy stars, including:

✅ Fouad El-Mohandes

✅ Shweikar

✅ Khayria Ahmed

📌 Founding of the United Artists Troupe:

In the 1960s, he founded the United Artists Troupe 🎭, which became one of the most important theater groups in the Arab world and helped launch the careers of many comedians, including:

✅ Adel Imam

✅ Saeed Saleh

✅ Younis Shalaby

✅ Ahmed Zaki

📌 Most Famous Plays:

🎭 Madraset El-Moshaghbeen (The School of Trouble Makers) (1973)

🎭 El-Eyal Kebret (The Kids Have Grown Up) (1979)

🎭 Enha Haqan A’ela Mohtarema (It’s Really a Respectable Family) (1979)

🎭 Raya and Sekina (1983)

🎭 El-Wad Sayed El-Shaghal (Sayed the Servant) (1985)

🎭 El-Za’im (The Leader) (1993)

🎭 Body Guard (1999) – (His last play)

📌 His Contributions to Cinema and TV:

🎬 Hob Fi El-Zenzana (Love in the Cell) (1983) – (Producer)

🎬 Isabet Hamada Wi Toto (Hamada and Toto’s Gang) (1982) – (Producer)

🎬 Ghareeb Fi Beity (A Stranger in My House) (1982) – (Producer)

📺 Abbas El-Abyad Fi El-Yom El-Aswad (White Abbas in Black Day) (2004) – (Writer)

🏆 Awards and Recognitions

🏅 Nile Award

🏅 State Appreciation Award

❤️ Personal Life & Death

He never married and dedicated his life to theater and cinema.

He suffered a stroke that affected his movement and speech, forcing him to step away from the spotlight.

He passed away on September 21, 2018, at the age of 88.

✨ He left behind a lasting legacy in Egyptian theater and remains one of the most influential figures in Arab comedy and stage production. 🎭