Hala Shiha’s First Appearance at Ashraf Abdel Ghafour’s Funeral

Actress Hala Shiha was keen to participate in the funeral of the late artist Ashraf Abdel Ghafour, which was held a short while ago at the Police Mosque in Sheikh Zayed. She attended with her sister Hana Shiha, to mark her first appearance at an artistic event since she wore the hijab and moved away from the artistic community during the past two years.

A number of artists participated in the funeral of Ashraf Abdel Ghafour, including Ahmed Badir, Mervat Amin, Bushra, Hanan Mutawa, Wafa Amer, Ahmed Al-Saadani, Sayed Ragab, Dalia El-Behairy, Dina El-Sherbiny, Amr Mahmoud Yassin, Mahmoud El-Hadini, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz, Nihal. Anbar, Muhammad Al-Sawy, Fattouh Ahmed, director Ahmed Saqr, media personality Amr Al-Laithi, Liqaa Suwaidan, Ihab Fahmy, Muhammad Abu Dawoud, artist Muhammad Ali Rizk, director Ashraf Fayek and others.

The great artist Ashraf Abdel Ghafour passed away from our world yesterday evening, Sunday, at the age of 81, following a traffic accident he was involved in with his wife on the Egypt-Alexandria Desert Road, where Abdel Ghafour died and his wife survived death, while a number of the artist were keen to be in the hospital next to the artist Reham. Abdel Ghafour supported her in the difficult situation and the shock she received with the death of her father, as she was accompanied by: Hanan Mutawa, Dina El-Sherbiny, Sawsan Badr, Iman Al-Assi, Ahmed Al-Saadani, Salwa Muhammad Ali, Rania Al-Sayed, Ashraf Zaki, Ihab Fahmy, Ayman Azab, Azouz Adel, Muhammad Jumaa and others.

The late artist passed away before completing filming of his latest artistic work, “Black Point,” with Ahmed Fahmy and Nahed El Sebaei, which is being filmed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Abdel Ghafour finished filming 80% of the events of his role in the work, and 20% remains for him, including important scenes, and the makers of the series began. In developing concepts and suggestions about treating the rest of the scenes of the late artist Ashraf Abdel Ghafour in the work.

The artist Ashraf Abdel Ghafour has great artistic value, and his artistic journey includes approximately 300 artistic works, and he owns approximately 100 religious and historical works, including his roles in the series “Muhammad, the Messenger of God” and “Imam Malik,” and his embodiment of the character “Saeed bin Jubair” in the series “Greats.” In history”, and the character of the Abbasid Caliph “Musa Al-Hadi” in the series “Harun Al-Rashid” series, and the role of the Sultan of the Scholars Al-Izz bin Abdul Salam in the series “Imams of Guidance”, in addition to his participation in the operetta performances (Al-Layali Al-Muhammadiyah) and episodes of the program “Names of God”. In addition to the audio performance provided by Ashraf Abdel Ghafour for a number of books within the (audio book) series.

Ashraf Abdel Ghafour was one of the first stars to gain his stardom through the television screen, as he participated during the beginnings of television in starring in the series “Cairo and the People,” one of the most important television series, which ran for about five years. Abdel Ghafour is also considered one of the stars of the National Theater and one of its loyal sons, where he presented Since he joined it in 1963 until now, this theater has produced about 35 plays, most of which are important works in the history of the National Theater, such as “Suleiman Al-Halabi,” “The Night of Guevara’s Death,” “My Homeland of Acre,” and “Fire and Olives.”

As for cinema, Ashraf Abdel Ghafour did not have any luck with her, even though he graduated from the first batch of the Higher Institute of Cinema. He began his career with her, like any budding actor, in small roles that developed into second starring roles, after which the ties between him and her broke, and he preferred to return to his first home, which was television. During this trip, his relationship with the National Theater was never severed.

The first appearance of the artist Hala Shiha

Hala Shiha with Hana Shiha

Hala Shiha with her sister here at Ashraf Abdel Ghafour’s funeral

Hala Shiha with her sister here at Ashraf Abdel Ghafour’s funeral