Abdelmonem Ibrahim

Abdul Moneim Ibraheem is one of Egypt’s most famous comedians. He was born in Cairo where he graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts in 1949. Thanks to his professor Zaky Toulaymaat he joined the ”Modern Theatre”troupe. He participated in different plays; “Mossmaar Goha” by Ahmad Bakatheer ,”Sett el Bannnat” by Amin Youssof Ghorab. He resigned from his job to join the state theatre, yet he left it in 1955 to join Ismaeel Yasseen troupe. Of his famous plays are The “Battle of Portsaid”, “Gomhoureyet farahaat”, “Game’yyat katl al-zawgaat” and “Aly Ganaah al-Tabreezy”. Among his famous TV series are “Zainab wal-arsh”, “Al-shaware’ al-khakfeya, “Al-shahd wal-domou’” and “Awlaad Adam”. Among his very popular roles in cinema is Asfour in “Serr takeyyat al-ekhfaa”, Sokkar in “Sokkar Haanem” and Mahrous in “Eshaaet hobb”. One can never forget Yasseen in Naguib Mahfouz’s Triology. Abdul Moneim received a number of awards; the Order of Sciences and Arts 1983, The National Theatre shield 1986.