Raghda Mahmoud Na'na ( ar, رغدة محمود نعنع, born 26 November 1957), better known by the monoynm Raghda, is a

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n actress known for working in

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. She played

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

Zenobia Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city, ...

Palmyra Palmyra (; Palmyrene: () ''Tadmor''; ar, تَدْمُر ''Tadmur'') is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second ...

in the 1997 Syrian soap opera ''

Al-Ababeed Al-Ababeed ( ar, العبابيد, lit=''The Anarchy'') was a Syrian soap opera and historical fiction centered around the 3rd-century Syrian Palmyrene Empire which aired in the Ramadan season of 1997. In the show, the role of Zenobia of Palmyra ...

''. Raghda currently resides in

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Early life and education

She grew up in the Syrian city of

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

where her father's house included 14 children. Raghda enrolled at the Arabic language division of a literature faculty in

Aleppo University University of Aleppo ( ar, جَامِعَة حَلَب, Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after the University of Damascus. During 2005 ...

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Career

She began her career in ( The Peacock - Al Tawoos) 1982 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 wote a successful duet with Ahmed Zaki in four films and a duet with the Syrian artist

Duraid Lahham Duraid Lahham ( ar, دريد لحام; in Roman transliteration, sometimes spelled "Durayd Lahham") is a leading Syrian comedian and director born 1934 in Damascus, Syria. He is famous for acting the role of "Ghawwar El Toshe" in a number of movie ...

through the film (

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- Al Hodood) 1984 and (The report - Al-Taqreer) 1986. She has also participated in (Sorry for Bothering - Asef lil Izaag) 1986 with

, “Istabl A’ntar” (“A’ntar’s Stables”), “Al Dawaer Al Mughlaqa” (“Exclusive Circles”), “La Ilah Ila Allah” (“There is no God But God”), and ( Kaboria - Crabs) 1990. Her well known theatrical performances include “Saloumy” and “Al Rahaen” (“The Hostages”). One of her most well known roles whatever, was playing Queen

in "''

''" (The Anarchy). She later worked as an announcer on “Garrat Al Qammar” (“Neighbor to the Moon”) in 2002.

Personal life

Raghda was briefly married to Abdallah al Kahhal, a Syrian businessman and fellow Aleppine, but they were divorced some years later. She has 4 children.

Political views

Raghda is a known vocal supporter of

n president

Bashar al-Assad Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...

. Her father, who opposes Assad, has been allegedly abducted by rebel groups in March 2013 due to his daughter's political allegiance. On the 20th of March 2013 Raghda, who recited poetry supporting Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and criticizing radical Islamists of the middle east, was attacked by six Islamist radicals attending the conference who began throwing fire extinguishers at her and the attendees attempting to rescue her. She is interested in Arab issues and advocates for the Al-Aqsa uprising. She participated in breaking the siege on Iraq, which lasted for 13 years. She also went to Beirut in the July 2006 war under bombardment and stayed with the displaced in the gardens

References

{{authority control Syrian actresses 1957 births Living people Syrian Arab nationalists Cairo University alumni Syrian Shia Muslims