Basil Al-Najjar – Cairo – Monday, October 17, 2022 11:31 pm – The Egyptian star Youssra is considered one of the most prominent stars of Arab cinema, for the distinguished works she presented throughout her career.
Yousra was born on March 10, 1955, in Cairo. Her real name is Sefin Hafez Naseem. She was the only daughter of her parents, but she did not have a happy childhood after their separation from each other.
After her mother’s divorce, she lived with her father against her will after he took her from her mother’s bosom by force. In her father’s house, she was subjected to harsh treatment by her wife, which almost destroyed her psychologically. However, she insisted not to surrender until she obtained a GCE certificate.
Her artistic career
He discovered the talent of Yousra, director of photography, Abdel Halim Nasr, and presented it for the first time through her participation in the movie Alf Bossa wa Bossa, and then presented it in films: A girl is looking for love, one smile is enough, a young man dances over fire, a palace in the air, heaven under her feet, a swimsuit for the daughter of Al-Usta Mahmoud and the Devil of the Island. Juha and the daughters of Shahbandar series.
After that, star Youssra presented the great director Youssef Chahine in a number of films that won many major prizes, on top of which are my films: An Egyptian Story, and Alexandria Violin and Violin.
Her credit in the cinema
Yousra has participated in about 70 films, and formed a wonderful duet with the artist Adel Imam in the films: The Man Lives Once and at the Door of the Minister Boubos, The Yacoubian Building, The Birds of Darkness, Terror, Kebab, Devil Island, Mansi, Man, Jinn and Krakun on the Street. The artist Ahmed Zaki also participated in a number of wonderful films, most notably the shepherd, women, one woman is not enough, and His Excellency the Minister.
Her credit for drama
Yousra has presented a large number of successful series, most notably Raafat Al-Hagan, Hayat Al-Jawhari, Awan Al-Ward, Malak Rouhi, A Case of Public Opinion and Critical Moments. And she achieved great success in the character of Maryam in the series “Nakdib”, “If We Say We Don’t Behbash”, “Saraya Abdeen” series, “Above the Level of Suspicions”, and the “Al-Hisab” series combines and we have other sayings. Theatrically, she participated in the plays When Baba Sleeps and the play The Beginning and the End and High Heels.
her singing work
Lisra had a lyrical debut in collaboration with singer Abu through the song Three Beats, which was a great success in the Arab world to win an award at the Murex D’or Festival in Beirut, which is added to the many awards she received during her career, including the best actress for the movie A Warm Winter Night.
And recently, pages specialized in art and celebrity news re-published a bold television interview with the Egyptian star Yousra, through the social media platforms.
Yousra surprised her fans and fans, with shocking and bold statements about some details of her personal and professional life, during the interview.
While the famous doll, Abla Fahita, hosted her on her “Duplex” program broadcast on the “ON” satellite channel, Yousra revealed that she was herself marrying her father-in-law Khaled Saleh Selim, former Al-Ahly club president Saleh Selim, while they were traveling abroad.
She said that the flight attendant asked her to marry Saleh Selim, even for one night, and she agreed at once, but he refused. Confirmed that “it was a moon.”
her marriage
Yusra married the engineer Khaled Selim, brother of the artist Hisham Selim, but she did not have children, and she revealed in more than one meeting that she agreed with her husband in his decision not to have children in this wild world, and stated that if she had a daughter, she would call her Kenzi because of her love for the daughter of a girl Her aunt has the same name.
her illness
Yusra was diagnosed with a disease in her ear and vocal cords that almost completely lost her voice, so she started receiving cortisone treatment, which led to her sudden weight gain. Doctors prevented her from speaking for 3 months, which caused her suffering.
Chosen as a goodwill ambassador
She was chosen by the United Nations Development Program as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2006, due to her fame throughout the Arab world and the work she presented during her artistic career aimed at supporting women’s issues and sending messages in various political, social and humanitarian fields, in addition to her participation in many social associations.