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PHOTO GALLERY: Faten Hamama on and off screen




A still photo from Ard Al-Salam 1957 directed by Kamal El-Sheikh (Photo: Al Ahram)

(Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and ex-husband Omar Sharif in a scene in Lady of the Palace 1958 (Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and ex-husband prominent actor Omar Sharif. The two remained Egypt’s favorite romantic couple in spite of their separation in the 1970s.(Photo: Al Ahram)

(Photo: Al Ahram)

A young Faten Hamama in the early days of her career (Photo: Al Ahram)

On the right a photo of 7 year old Faten Hamama from her first film Happy Day, on the left a slightly older Hamama with music legend Mohamed Abdel-Wahab(Photo: Al Ahram)

An article about Faten Hamama (Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and ex-husband Omar Sharif. The two remained Egypt’s favorite romantic couple in spite of their separation in the 1970s.(Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and Shokry Sarhan(Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and Mahmoud Yassin in The Thin Thread 1971(Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama and Zozo Nabil in the Amazing Age 1952(Photo: Al Ahram)

(Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama (Photo: Al Ahram)

(Photo: Al Ahram)

A portrait of Faten Hamama from her Lady of the Palace on the cover of Al-Mosawr magazine 1958 (Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama playing cards (Photo: Al Ahram)

Faten Hamama shakes hands with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, also known as Sheikh Mohammed, the constitutional monarch of Dubai (Photo: Al Ahram)

Egyptian actress Faten Hamama died on Saturday at the age of 84.

She was one of Egypt’s most prominent actresses from the 1950s through to the early 1970s.

(Photos: Al Ahram)

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