Social networks in Egypt witnessed a wave of anger after film critic Essam Zakaria said that he had found some belongings of the late Egyptian actor Nour El Sherif, which are being sold in a market for antiques and old books in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
Zakaria indicated that he had found original and "family" copies of books owned by Al-Sharif in the market located next to the "Diana" cinema, explaining - to Al Jazeera Net - that some of them included the signature of the late artist and his gift, "and writing in his handwriting, as he was specifically binding books. And write his name on it.
The film critic stated that the market sellers still own a number of Al-Sharif's shields and badges, in addition to a group of movie posters that he produced, noting that the sale of collectibles began months ago and is still ongoing.
Zakaria said that some of the items offered for sale "were already in his old (Noor Sharif) apartment, which he turned into an office. If the heirs do not know that the property has been sold, they must file a report that it is missing in order to recover it."
disapproval and anger
Social media platforms witnessed many objections to the sale of Sharif's holdings in the antiques market, while the media Mahmoud Al-Tamimi confirmed - via Facebook - that he obtained in the "Diana" market video tapes containing the late artist's seminars, programs in which he appeared as a guest, as well as a photo album The movie "Naji Al-Ali" and other collectibles.
The holdings in the Library of Alexandria?
For its part, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina announced that it had nothing to do with what was recently circulated about the display of some of the late artist's holdings for sale.
Today, Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the library confirmed that it had received a gift from the Nour al-Sharif family in May 2016, according to which it obtained about 6022 books, 167 papers containing contracts for his production company, in addition to 9 brochures on which he wrote some thoughts and notes in his handwriting.
The library indicated that visitors can inspect books in the private collections reading room and rare books on the B2 floor, “as they are indexed and listed in the library’s database, and visitors and researchers can view them at any time. The library also confirms that there are no artist’s holdings, whether Photo albums or awards and shields were handed over to the library.
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina website stated that the holdings donated by the Sharif family to the library in 2016 “included a set of family photographs; In all areas, he wrote on some of them in his own handwriting.
Al-Sinari House held an exhibition for Al-Sharif in April 2016, coinciding with his birthday, in which he displayed his most important possessions in the presence of his family and a group of intellectuals and artists.