Naguib el-Rihani

Naguib el-Rihani نجيب الريحاني
Native name	نجيب الريحاني
Born	Naguib Elias Rehana نجيب إلياس ريحانة (1889-01-21)January 21, 1889 Cairo, Egypt
Died	June 8, 1949(1949-06-08) (aged 60) Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Lucie de Vernay, Badia Masabni

Naguib el-Rihani (Arabic: نجيب الريحاني‎‎; January 21, 1889^[1][2][3] – June 8, 1949) was an Egyptian actor. He was born in Bab El Shereya, Cairo, Egypt to a chaldean father from Iraq by the name of Elias El Rihani who worked as a horse expert and trader and eventually settled in Cairo, where he met and married Naguib's mother, a Coptic Egyptian woman from Cairo, (he was one of three sons). He was educated in the French school "Les Frères" in Cairo.

He had a turbulent marriage with Badia Masabni, a Levantine actress and dancer who settled in Cairo, and established her famous cabaret, "Casino Badia." They separated before his death. He died at the age of 60 years in Cairo of typhus, while filming his last film, "Ghazal Al Banat"

He established his own theatrical group in the late 1910s, in Cairo, and partnered with his lifelong friend, Badeih Khairy, in adapting several French theatre hits to the Egyptian stage, and later to the cinema.

A great comedian both on stage and in films, he is considered "The Father of Comedy" in Egypt. Fuad Al Mohandes, the great Egyptian comedian of modern times, acknowledged Naguib Al Rihani's effect on him and his style in acting.

List of plays

• Taaleeli Ya Bata (تعاليلي يابطةوانا مالي ايه)
• El Rial 1917.
• Kesh Kesh Bey Fee Paris. (Kesh Kesh Bey In Paris)
• Hamar We Halawa.
• Ala Keifak (As You Like)
• El Ashra El Tayeba 1920, music by Sayed Darwish.
• Ayam El Ezz (Times of Prosperity).
• Lawe Kont Malik (If I Was A King).
• Mamlaket El Hob. (Kingdom of Love)
• El Guineh El Masry (Egyptian Pound) 1931, adapted from Topaze by Marcel Pagnol
• El Donia Lama Tedhak (When Luck Smiles) 1934.
• Hokm Karakosh (Rule of Karakosh) 1936.
• Kismiti (My Luck) 1936.
• Lawe Kont Heleiwa (If I Was Handsome) 1938.
• El Dalouah (The Spoiled Girl) 1939.
• 30 Yom Fee El Segn (30 Days In Prison)
• El Setat Ma Yearfoush Yekdebo (Women Never Lie)
• Ela Khamsa إلا خمسة (Minus Five) 1943.
• Hassan, Morcos & Cohen 1945.

Filmography

• Saheb Al Saada KeshKesh Beh 1931.
• Yacout 1934, adapted from "El Guineh El Masry".
• Besalamtoh Ayez Yetgawwez 1936.
• Salamah Fe Kheer 1937.
• Abou Halmoos 1941.
• Leabet Al Set 1941.
• Si Omar 1941, adapted from "Lawe Kont Heleiwa".
• Ahmar Shafayef
• Ghazal Al Banat 1949.

References

External links

• Naguib el-Rihani at the Internet Movie Database
• Naguib El Rihani on Egypt State Information Service