Kouka
Acting
Biography
Kouka, born Tahia Ibrahim Belal, was an Egyptian dancer and actress.
Born: March 7, 1917
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Known For
Antar and Abla
The series portrays the life of knight and poet Antarah ibn Shaddad whose father refused to acknowledge him as a legitimate son. Antarah falls in love with his cousin Ablah, but he couldn't dream to marry her due to their different positions and her father's wish to wed her to a wealthy man.
The Dawn of Islam
The film deals with the life of the Arabian peninsula before Islam emerged, where idolatry, ignorance and corruption spread all over. Then the Mohammedan message of worshiping God alone begins and the difficulties facing Islam and early Muslims starts.
Waheiba Maleket Al-Ghagar
"Wahiba - Queen of the Gypsies" - dancing, music, exoticism and forbidden pleasures.
A Glass and a Cigarette
Hoda is a famous dancer who gives up the spotlight to marry and start a family with Mamdouh, a handsome young doctor who is just beginning his career. When Mamdouh's scheming Italian head nurse Yolanda sets her sights on Mamdouh, Hoda's jealousy drives her to drink, ultimately endangering everything she holds dear.
Jericho
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
Zizo, My Beloved Uncle
Zizu suffers from wasting his body and his health is ridiculing all around him. Zizu wants to become a sports hero to be a source of pride for the son of his sister Samir, who takes a higher example of his uncle.
Wedad
Baher is a merchant in love with his serf Wedad who goes bankrupt because his merchandises are stolen. In order to pay his debts Wedad sacrifices herself and decides to sell herself as serf to another wealthy master.
Antar: The Black Prince
Based on the life and legend of Antarah ibn Shaddad, a 6th century poet and hero whose poetic works are considered among the greatest in the Arab language.
Rabiha
(Rabha) is a Bedouin girl from a fanatical tribe. She meets by chance a young man from the city while he is on a hunting trip. Love grows between them and they agree to marry. However, her tribe does not approve of their daughter’s marriage to a non-Bedouin young man, and they decide to marry her to her cousin, so Rabha escapes from the tribe to her lover. On her wedding day, her lover, Nabil, decides to kidnap her and let her live with him despite the social difference.
Antar Invades the Desert
Shadad sends his son Antarah to herd sheep after he refuses to acknowledge him as his son because of his dark skin and his mother is a slave and refuses to wed Antarah to his cousin Abla. When Banu Abs is invaded by another tribe, they enlist Antarah's help in exchange for allowing him to marry Abla.
Filmography
as Rawia
as Knooz Fawaz
as Azza (Antar's sister)
as Abla
as عبلة
as Samra
as Tunisian Azza
as Farha/The Black Knight
as Wahiba
as Sumaya bint Khayyat
as Faddah
as Laila bint Al Mahdi Al Amriya
as Ghalia/Sultana
as Rawiyah
as Abla
as Rabha
as Gara
as شهد