Background and career
Nour El-Sherif (Arabic: نور الشريف; 28 April 1946 – 11 August 2015), born Mohamad Geber Mohamad Abd Allah (Arabic: محمد جابر محمد عبد الله) was a prominent Egyptian actor. He has 6 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list.
Over the course of his 47-year career, El-Sherif starred in and contributed to some of the most acclaimed Arabic films and television productions. His film credits included Youssef Chahine’s *Hadouta Masreya* (*An Egyptian Story*) (1982) and *Al Massir* (*Destiny*) (1997), as well as the 2006 adaptation of Alaa Al-Aswany’s novel *A’amaret Yacoubian* (*The Yacoubian Building*), followed by *Masgoon Transit* (*Prisoner in Transit*) and *Leilat Al Baby Doll* (*Night of the Baby Doll*) in 2008.
El-Sherif was equally prominent on television, where his series attracted audiences throughout the Arab world. Among his most notable television roles were in *Haroon Al Rasheed*, *Omar Bin Abdel Aziz*, *A’aeilat Al Hag Metwally* (*The Family of Haj Metwally*), and *Lan A’aeesh Fe Gelbab Aby* (*I Will Not Live in My Father’s Shadow*).
