Naguib el-Rihani

Naguib el-Rihani
نجيب الريحاني
Native name نجيب الريحاني
Born Naguib Elias Rehana
نجيب إلياس ريحانة

(1889-01-21)January 21, 1889
Cairo, Egypt
Died June 8, 1949(1949-06-08) (aged 60)
Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Occupation Actor
Spouse(s) Lucie de Vernay, Badia Masabni

Naguib el-Rihani (Arabic: نجيب الريحاني; January 21, 1889[1][2][3] – June 8, 1949) was an Egyptian actor. He was born in Bab El Shereya, Cairo, Egypt to a chaldean father from Iraq by the name of Elias El Rihani who worked as a horse expert and trader and eventually settled in Cairo, where he met and married Naguib's mother, a Coptic Egyptian woman from Cairo, (he was one of three sons). He was educated in the French school "Les Frères" in Cairo.

He had a turbulent marriage with Badia Masabni, a Levantine actress and dancer who settled in Cairo, and established her famous cabaret, "Casino Badia." They separated before his death. He died at the age of 60 years in Cairo of typhus, while filming his last film, "Ghazal Al Banat"

He established his own theatrical group in the late 1910s, in Cairo, and partnered with his lifelong friend, Badeih Khairy, in adapting several French theatre hits to the Egyptian stage, and later to the cinema.

A great comedian both on stage and in films, he is considered "The Father of Comedy" in Egypt. Fuad Al Mohandes, the great Egyptian comedian of modern times, acknowledged Naguib Al Rihani's effect on him and his style in acting.

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