Before his departure, and in late 2014, in particular, the artist Nour El-Sherif (1946-2015) diagnosed the new scourge of Egyptian cinema in his interview with the BBC, saying, "We have become producing American films in the Egyptian dialect."

He also expressed his protest against the distortion of the image of Arabs and Muslims in international cinema, calling for the formation of a "lobby" from the current generation of filmmakers "to defend Arab and Islamic civilization for every ordinary citizen in the world", as if he summarizes his eternal artistic career that he made in more than 50 years in which he occupied a summit The pyramid of admiration, interaction and influence from the classes of his generation and from the following generations, in that it is derived from the history of a nation and its fateful issues, and from the reality of people, their values ​​and their daily fantasies.

Champion in an artistic "marathon"

Our star's career was like a "marathon" that he goes through all the time, from cinema to television to theater. After his early start on the path to stardom with the 1966 film "Qasr Al-Shawq" in the role of "Kamal", which reflects the intellectual and psychological crisis of a young man in an occupied country, the race begins with the sound of sirens. And the Israeli air strikes on June 5, 1967, and Nour ended the sixties with 4 films and 4 series. In 1971, he jumped to 11 films, the climax of which was "My Wife and the Dog", which dealt with social issues related to honesty, conscience and seduction.

He returns to the theater with "Samson and Delilah", in an attempt to re-read history, then the play "Good Children" that discusses important social issues, and after the popular echoes made by the series "Cairo and the People", it presents "customs and traditions."

In 1973, he presented a total of 12 films, including "A word of honor" with Farid Shawky, who was the cause of changing laws affecting people's lives, to open in 1974 with the war film "Sons of Silence", and achieve mass and critical success.

And it begins in 1975 with the social film with the distinction of "the grandson", then confirms its stardom with the movie "Apartment in the middle of the country", which deals with the housing crisis of young people who are about to marry after the emergence of the wealthy of war and their control over everything, and "Karnak", which exposed the crimes of torture in the Nasser era.

In 1976, Nour al-Sharif performed the play "Bachelor in the Ruling of the Peoples" that criticizes the military rule, followed by the film "With Premeditation" for which he won 4 awards, then the movie "The Devil Preaches", then "People of the Summit", before returning to the drama The TV series "Walsa I Dream with a Day", which received a huge audience.

In 1982, the "bus driver" presented an insinuation in the concerns of people and community issues with the beginning of openness and normalization, then the movie "Shame" and the character of "Abu Kamal" that exposed a deep imbalance in the social and moral structure as he did in 1984 in the role of "Professor Ferjani" in " Last gentleman. "

He presented the TV series "Ibn Khaldoun", which the censorship refused to show because it criticized the regime, so Nour returned to the national theater with the play "The Sultan's Game."

In 1987, "Running the Monsters" was presented as an unforgettable social icon, followed by the film "Injections", which exposed the trafficking of human organs.

In 1989 he presented the "death squad" for those who stole the October victory, then they tended to steal the dreams of ordinary people from the people. Then the "Days of Rage" which achieved success by making the audience chant his songs, and he returned to the theater so he presented the "dime by four" to expose the tricks of companies employing money to deceive citizens .

In 1992 he presented "Blood on Asphalt", which opened a wound in the suffering of parents and their relationship with children, then "Falcon Eyes" about guarding the nation's borders as it should be in the midst of a struggle with corruption.

In the same year, his controversial film "Naji Al-Ali" was removed from the galleries less than two weeks after its release, after a fierce press campaign rejecting the film. Nour was isolated for 6 months at his home, claiming that Al-Ali was hostile to Egypt and insulted him at its leadership, until he agreed to star in the series "The Fox" To restore credit to the state.

Al-Sharif returned to television and presented his Ramadan series "Omar bin Abdul Aziz," which is considered his favorite work, and achieved public and critical success.

In 1996, he returned to the Ramadan TV drama with the series "I will not live in my father's robes", to present a timeless, realistic picture of Egyptian society and its long-established customs and traditions.

In 1997, the series "Harun al-Rashid" was presented to refute the fabrications of the Orientalists, and entered the new millennium with the film "Speech in the Forbidden", dealing with the issue of national unity with great courage and without preaching.

In 2001 he presented the film "The Two Lovers", which appeared on the surface romantic, but inside it came to criticize the idea of ​​"privatization" that raises the importance of individual selfishness, then presented his Ramadan social series "The Hajj Metwally Family" which renewed the controversy over the issue of polygamy, and was followed by it in The next Ramadan in the series "Al-Attar and the Seven Girls", then the play "Oh Ghoul of Your Eye, Red", exposing the intrusion of the United States and the Zionists on the Arabs, then he returned to the cinema with the movie "The Blood of the Deer" dealing with emerging social issues.

In 2006 he presented the series "Honorable the Accused Abi" to emphasize his interest in the relationship between fathers and children, and in 2009 he presented the series "Ma Tkhafoush", which exposes Israeli violations of the Palestinian territories.

In 2011, Nour completed his Ramadan trilogy "Al-Dali", which he started in 2007, and achieved great success in exposing corruption in all its forms. Then, in 2012, he presented the series "Arafa Al-Bahr", embodying the character of a fishing boat owner who is fighting a struggle against people trying to exploit the simple people and manipulate their power.

In 2015, Nour ended his cinematic career with the movie "Cairo Time", in which he plays "Yahya" who suffers from "Alzheimer's" and wants to escape from his reality to a beautiful past that he misses.

Nour Al-Sharif reached the end of the race with a score of more than 180 films, more than 34 TV series, and 18 plays, in addition to his radio, media and academic works, and the news of his death was announced on August 11, 2015 after a struggle with illness.