Wednesday, May 24, 2023 03:30 PM
Despite the joy and comedy that the late artist enjoyed Ismail Yassin Who died on May 24, 1972, but his life at the beginning was not easy and he lived through difficult days before becoming a professional artist.
He recounted the details of this and said that he took 6 pounds from his grandmother and fled from Suez to Cairo to work as a singer, but he was not lucky, and he added: “At the time I was 17 years old and I was a reckless young man with 6 pounds and lost them and I did not know where to go?
He went to his cousins and was surprised by their objection to him becoming a member of the family as a singer. He added that my psychological state worsened and “I didn’t feel comfortable.” I started walking in the streets, not knowing my fate. He continued to search for work and used to sleep in the Sayyida Zainab Mosque.
After all this trouble, “Yassin” began presenting the “Monologue” written by Abu Al-Saud Al-Ibiari, and at that time he formed a successful artistic duet, and he remained ten years from 1935 to 1945 brilliant in this field. Khalaf Al-Habayeb” before presenting a series of films bearing his name, most notably: “Ismail Yassin in the Madhouse”, “Ismail Yassin Tarzan”, “Ismail Yassin in the Garden of Animals”, “Ismail Yassin in the Police”.
