After a long cinematic career, studded with more than 80 films, including a bunch of the most prominent works in the history of Egyptian cinema, yesterday, Nadia Lutfi, aged 83, was absent from death.

The health of the star, who was known as "beautiful Egyptian cinema", had deteriorated during the past few weeks, and she fell asleep with intensive care in a hospital in Cairo, as well as underwent several surgeries recently.

The Syndicate of Representative Professions and institutions and artistic bodies called the late artist, as well as condolences and condolences on the pages of social media from the stars and filmmakers in Egypt and abroad.

The actor's captain, Dr. Ashraf Zaki, said that "the great actress suffered from a health problem two weeks ago, which was that she suddenly had a severe febrile illness, and was subsequently transferred to Maadi Hospital where she passed away."

For her part, the Minister of Culture, Enas Abdel-Dayem, said that Nadia Lutfi "has risen to the throne of Arab cinema, as it is a landmark that made part of the history of art, and the password was for the success of some of the greatest immortal works."

The late woman was famous for having positions, and not just an artist with beauty and talent, as she joined the Kasr Al-Aini Hospital during the October 1973 war, to help treat the wounded soldiers, and reported what happened in Sabra and Shatila with her own camera, and visited the late President Yasser Arafat during the siege imposed It was upon him at the end of Abu Omar’s life before the occupation.

The late artist was born in 1937 as Paula Muhammad Shafiq, and she appeared for the first time in cinema in 1958 in the movie "Sultan" starring Farid Shawqi and directed by Niazi Mustafa.

She chose the name "Nadia Lotfi" as a quote from the novel "La sleep", by the late writer Ihsan Abdel Quddus, which turned into a movie starring Faten Hamama in 1957.

She starred in the 1960s, and presented a number of films that critics have categorized as Egyptian cinema marks, such as: “Sins” in 1962 in front of Abdel-Halim Hafez, “Black Glasses” in 1963 in front of Ahmed Mazhar, and “Samman and Autumn” in 1967 in front of Mahmoud Morsi.

Participation in films by senior directors such as Youssef Chahine in "Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din" and Shadi Abdel Salam in "The Mummy" gave her an artistic weight, and the movie "Abi Abi Al-Shajarah" gave her a large audience, after he was shown in cinemas for two years.

She then presented several films, the last of which was "The Rightful Father" in 1988, in front of Mahmoud Yassin and directed by Nagy Anglo.

Her focus on cinema came at the expense of her balance in other fields, so she presented the theater with a "bulb of mug", and in the TV drama "Nass Lil Nass" in 1993.

Nadia Lotfy has received dozens of awards during her career, and Egyptian and Arab festivals have honored her, including the Cairo International Film Festival, the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, and the Egyptian Catholic Center Film Festival.

The body of the late artist is common this afternoon, while the funeral will be held on Thursday at the Police Mosque in Sheikh Zayed City, Giza Governorate.

Lamentation with broken hearts

Artist Nabil El-Halfawi described the artist Nadia Lotfi as "a unique artistic, national and human history." "A true artist with distinguished beauty and a special presence ... formed a milestone in the history of Egyptian cinema." He added on his account on Twitter: “May God have mercy on you as much as your human giving and as much as you enjoyed the honesty, clarity, serenity and kindness of heart.”

And the singer Angham said: "Survival of God is in the capable and beautiful artist # Nadia_Lutfi."

With "broken heart" and sad words, artist Mina Shalaby tweeted on her Twitter account: "Farewell, Nadia Lutfi, the beautiful, great, kind, courageous, who has principles and history."

Lamentations were not limited to Egyptian artists, as star Nancy Ajram said: "Today we lost the beautiful Egyptian and Arab screen." And in her Lebanese accent, the actress Elissa wrote: “What a sad death for you, O star of the stars. Nadia Lutfi, the last of the giants ».

As for the Tunisian star Hind Sabri, she wrote about the late: "A star of Arab and Egyptian art and one of the legends."

1937

The year in which Nadia Lutfi was born, who has a long history of art that passed away yesterday.

The late woman received dozens of awards, and was honored by Egyptian and Arab festivals.