At 9:45 minutes every Egyptian morning, children for a few generations would wait for "Ghinwa and Hadouta" where the song "Ya Walad.. Boys. Come.. Come.. "Abla Fadila" tells a story and broadcasts a song in the program that has become an icon over the years.
At the age of 93, she departed, on Thursday, "Abla Fadila," the most famous presenter of children's programs, and was "Sayeda Al-Hawadit" in the dreams of the children of Egypt.
Her daughter Reem Ibrahim had published on her page the news of the death, noting that the funeral of "Abla Fadila" will be held from the Othman Mosque in the city of Pickering, less than 50 kilometers from Toronto, Canada's largest city.
"Abla Fadila" began working as a children's presenter in 1959 after Baba Sharo (presenter Mohamed Mahmoud Shaaban) moved to Egyptian television, to start her program, which hosted during its episodes the most prominent Egyptian celebrities at the time, such as Naguib Mahfouz, Anis Mansour, Dr. Farouk El-Baz, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Kamel El-Shenawy, Sayed Makkawi, Abdel Halim Hafez and Dr. Yahya Al-Rakhawy.
She had started as a presenter since 1951, but her big dream was to work in children's programs, and she refused to name her program "Mama Fadila" in the manner of "Baba Sharo", the famous children's presenter, and preferred the name "Abla Fadhila".
"Abla Fadila" was born to an Egyptian father and a Turkish mother, in 1929, and obtained a qualification in law and among her classmates were Drs. Osama El-Baz, Atef Sedky and Fathi Sorour, then she joined the radio and refused to appear on television in order to continue her program "Ghinwa and Hadouta", which is the sister of the late actress Mohsen Tawfik.
She continued to present her program "Ghinwa and Hadouta" until 2007. At the end of 2014, Abla Fadila traveled to Canada to stay with her only daughter, Reem, and her grandchildren.