Remembering Hoda Sultan: The Life, Legacy, and Impact of a Pioneering Egyptian Artist

The artist is gone Hoda Sultan About our world on this day, August 15, 2026, leaving a great artistic legacy between cinema, drama, and singing to Cairo with her first husband, Mohamed Naguib, she asked him to break her – into the field of art.

I faced Hoda Sultan Opposition from her family while her brother Mohamed Fawzi paved the way for her to enter the world of art, which led to her divorce due to the fame of Abdel Qader, who led her to become a musician as a singer on the radio.

He got a vote Hoda Sultan The approval and admiration of the most important composers, as the musician Muhammad Al-Muji described her voice as “a brilliant and strong voice.” Musician Riad Al-Sunbati found the elements of this singing in her, and she was the only singer to co-star with him in his only film, “Habib Al-Qalbi,” 1952.

In 1950, the producer Gabriel Nahhas fell in love with her, he appreciated her talent, and he convinced her that she was a film actress with a special and beautiful face, she had a monopoly contract for 3 films at the same time, and “Hoda” agreed Without hesitation, Fawzi became angry with her and threatened to kill her, but she did not comply and Fawzi told her at the time that he had fired her, and the dispute. they lasted a long time.

Hoda Sultan was married 5 times, the first time to Mohamed Naguib before she came to Cairo, and gave birth to her eldest daughter, “Nabila.” They separated because of jealousy and fame. Fouad Al-Jazairly “However, this marriage ended in divorce, and later she married the artist.” her two daughters were born, “Nahed – Maha”, and then she married the theater director Hassan Abdel Salam.

Hoda Sultan had many roles in television dramas, the most important of which are “Zeinab and the Throne,” “Arabesque,” “Zezinia,” “The Night and the End of the Night,” “Al -Wattad,” “Layali Al-Helmeya,” “Return My Heart,” “Zay Al-Qamar,” and “For Wealth.” and “Ala Al-Zaybak.” which was “Widad Al-Ghaziyeh,” “Al- Harafish”, “The Blue Angel”, “Bamba Kashar”, and “Sayyid Darwish”.