Dalal Abdel Aziz ( ar, دلال عبد العزيز; 17 January 1960 – 7 August 2021) was an Egyptian actress. She was the wife of actor

Samir Ghanem Samir Yousef Ghanem ( ar, سمير يوسف غانم; 15 January 1937 – 20 May 2021) was an Egyptian comedian, singer, and entertainer. Career Ghanem was born in al-ʿAtawlah, Asyut Governorate. He earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture f ...

from 1984 until her death in 2021.

Education

Abdel Aziz had her bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Agriculture at

Zagazig University Zagazig University ( ar, جامعة الزقازيق) is a public university located in the city of Zagazig, Egypt. Notable alumni *Hany Mohammed Diab – actress *Ayman Al-Hendy – academic, scientist *Muntaser Ibrahim – geneticist See also ...

. She later studied at the Faculty of Mass Communication, English Literature and Political Science in the

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

Career

Abdel Aziz entered the field of acting in 1977 with some small roles, including her role in the series "''Bint Al Ayam''", and her actual beginning was when artist Nour El Demerdash introduced her to theater, and she participated in many series, plays and films, such as “''

Five-Star Thieves Five-Star Thieves (Egyptian Arabic: لصوص خمس نجوم) is an Egyptian film released in 1994. It is directed by Ashraf Fahmy and stars Salah Zulfikar. It is Salah Zulfikar's final film role. Plot Galal Suleiman (Salah Zulfikar) is the mana ...

”'' (1994) with

Salah Zulfikar Salah El Din Ahmed Mourad Zulfikar ( ar, صلاح ذو الفقار; ; 18 January 1926 – 22 December 1993) was an Egyptian actor and film producer. He started his career as a police officer in the Egyptian National Police, before becoming an ac ...

, and with these works she was able to obtain many awards as the best actress.

Personal life

Abdel Aziz was married to actor

; they were the parents of actresses Donia and

Amy Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ...

. Ghanem died from complications of kidney functions and associated mucormycosis related to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

in El Safa Hospital,

Mohandiseen Mohandiseen ( ' , "The Engineers"), is a major 1940s sub-division project originally named Madinat al-Awqaf, and made up most of the Wasat (middle) district in the city of Giza, before being divided in 1997 into the districts of Agouza (cove ...

, Giza on 20 May 2021, at the age of 84. Abdel Aziz herself died on 7 August, from complications related to COVID-19 100 days after infection.

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* 1960 births 2021 deaths People from Sharqia Governorate Zagazig University alumni Cairo University alumni Egyptian film actresses Egyptian stage actresses Egyptian television actresses Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt 20th-century Egyptian actresses 21st-century Egyptian actresses {{Egypt-actor-stub