The departure of Antoinette Najib.. Damascus bid farewell to the largest Syrian actress

Despite her advanced age, Antoinette Naguib did not stop working and giving until the last months of her life.

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Yesterday morning, the able Syrian artist, Antoinette Najib, passed away at the age of 92, and she is the oldest Syrian artist in life, and despite that she did not stop working and artistic giving, and the Syrian Artists Syndicate called the late artist, and a large number of Syrian drama, while he announced Her grandson, artist Fadi al-Shami, announced the date of her funeral, this afternoon, from a church in Damascus.

The able Syrian actress had been subjected to a number of health ailments during the past periods, as a result of which she entered the intensive care department, while her health deteriorated after undergoing periodic dialysis sessions.

With her departure today, the actress concludes a long and varied artistic career, which she started in the late sixties of the last century, during which she presents a constellation of the most beautiful works of art that remained engraved in the memory of the Arab viewer, in which the late woman moved between the covers of the big screen and the stage, and then the drama, as it includes her balance to this day. More than 150 theatrical, cinematic and television works, the most famous of which are in the theater: the play “Hat in Al-Kharj”, “The Trees Die Standing” and the play “An Evening with Abu Khalil Al-Qabbani”.

Antoinette Najib was also famous in Syrian drama, for the roles of the mother, which the artist distinguished in her embodiment on the silver screen, to dedicate some of her best looks close to the hearts of the Arab public, such as the character "Naima" in the famous series "The Four Seasons", by the late Syrian director Hatem Ali, and also contributed The late actress, with her various roles, in the success of a number of famous television works that resonated with all poles of the Arab world, such as the series “Sah Al-Nom”, starring the Syrian actor Duraid Laham in the early seventies, and the series “Mirrors” starring the Syrian actor Yasser Al-Azma.

She also participated in many successful Syrian series, such as: "Bath Al-Qishani", "Autumn Leaves", "My Family and I", "Donya" and "Al-Khawali" directed by Bassam Al-Mulla.

In addition, the late actress presented the central character of "Umm Salem" in the series "Migration of Hearts to Hearts" directed by Haitham Haqqi in 1991, and the character of "Umm Al-Bashiq" in the series "Al Jawareh" directed by Najdat Anzour in 1995.

As for her latest work in the cinema this year, it was the movie "Fake Father", in which the late guest was honored to share the experience with the artists Ayman Zidan, Nazli Al-Rawas and Iyad Abu Al-Shamat, and she also participated in the series "Continuous Pain" directed by Samir Hussein.

Antoinette was an active party in a number of targeted awareness campaigns, most notably her participation two years ago in the "Breaking Stereotypes 2020" campaign, which was launched on social media platforms with the aim of changing the stereotypical image of prejudice imposed by society on women. I'm just old.)

Antoinette Najib, who is considered the oldest Syrian actress, hails from the city of Daraa in southern Syria, and her full name is Antoinette Najib al-Balough. She married artist Youssef Choueiri in 1962, until his death in 2005, to have their only daughter Samah and their grandson, Fadi al-Shami, who in turn fought The field of acting is similar to a serious experience.

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