The success hides behind him years of deprivation and pain experienced by the Egyptian star Ahmed Zaki, who today Google celebrates his birthday on November 18, 1949.
Ahmed Zaki was born into a humble family in the East, and when he came to Cairo to fulfill his dream of acting, the road was not paved in front of him with roses, and because he lived the experience of an orphan, he was keen to have lunch often with the guard of architecture or the makogi, so he remained simple even in the years of his artistic glow , Before he faced the ordeal of his disease with cancer, which was able to destroy his life during months, during which he lived many of the details that we list in the next report.
The first chemotherapy session for Ahmed Zaki was not easy, as the Minister of Health, Dr. Muhammad Awad Taj al-Din, was the supervisor of following up on his health condition with presidential orders, but he knew that Zaki's condition was late, and he may be very near to the end.
Taj al-Din was briefing the late Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak at the time of all the urgent developments, and on the day specified for the first treatment session, and at exactly 3 in the afternoon he received a phone call from Mubarak to reassure his health, as he allocated a "120C" military plane in case his condition required travel abroad. But the case was late.
Structure tip that didn't work out
Journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal went through the experience of cancer 3 times, so Ahmed Zaki advised during that period to completely hide his disease in order not to affect him in the media or on his relationship with the public, but Ahmed Zaki decided not to act on advice and to share with his audience at that time his pain, so he also agreed to appear On Egyptian television to talk about the experience, and he was allowed to be filmed while he was receiving treatment.
At that time, he had already begun to portray the character "Halim" in the movie in which he embodied the character of the singer Abdel Halim Hafez, and he had filmed the song "Qaraat Al-Fenjan". He felt that he had already accomplished a large part, but director Sherif Arafa decided to start training his son Haitham Ahmed Zaki to be a substitute for him in the event of a deterioration in his health.
Trying a herbal remedy
Ahmed Zaki was in a relationship with a Chinese friend named Hani Yani during his studies at the Film Institute, and then he traveled to China, but when he learned of Ahmed Zaki's disease, he returned again with a group of doctors specializing in herbal remedies at his own expense, and indeed they sought permission from Dr. Tajuddin, who was supervising On the case, he agreed to try a new treatment, but it did not succeed, because the disease was able to manage it and the side effects of the chemotherapy treatment had begun to affect him through the strokes he was exposed to, and at that time Zaki decided to leave the hospital and return again to Hilton Ramses where he was staying in his years Last.
Taha Hussein representation turned into reality
In his artistic beginnings, Ahmed Zaki presented the character of Taha Hussein, and he was trained at that time to deal as a blind person, and Zaki did not know that he would face the same fate days before his death. As a result of the repeated attacks he suffered, as he was already suffering from health problems in his eyes, he lost part of His eyesight, so he did not recognize who entered his room in recent days, and he told his close friends a few days before his death, "I know now the feeling of Taha Hussein."
Heavy days of pain experienced by Ahmed Zaki, on March 27, 2005, Ahmed Zaki left our world, leaving an important artistic legacy, and became a sign of Egyptian art.