Egyptian Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is an Egyptian shot putter.His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Usti

Is an Egyptian shot putter.His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Usti nad Labem. In the discus throw he has 61.58 metres, achieved at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater. He is most notable for his role in t

Was an Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater. He is most notable for his role in the film adaptations of the Cairo Trilogy, a trilogy written by the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz.

Is an Egyptian actor born on April 7, 1945 [1]. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo U

Is an Egyptian actor born on April 7, 1945 [1]. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University in 1971 with an MBBS and is married to Dr. Lamis Gaber, a notable writer and historian whose most renowned work is the 2007 Egyptian television s

Is one of the pioneers of the Twentieth Century modern literary movement in Egypt. He has experiment

Is one of the pioneers of the Twentieth Century modern literary movement in Egypt. He has experimented with the various literary norms: the short story, the novel, literary criticism, essays, meditations, and literary translation.

Is an Egyptian film director.Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated

Is an Egyptian film director.Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Following, he worked as a film critic and directing assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982. H

Has been Egypt’s Minister of Finance since 2004.Youssef Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt, an

Has been Egypt’s Minister of Finance since 2004.Youssef Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo, Egypt, and received his education at Cairo University where he obtained his B.A. in Economics in 1974. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1981.

Was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with

Was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif [1]. A critically acclaimed director frequently seen in film festivals during decades, Chahine also had his reach

Is an Egyptian actor, who has worked in theatre, cinema and television.Dawoud started acting when st

Is an Egyptian actor, who has worked in theatre, cinema and television.Dawoud started acting when studying at Alexandria University. After leaving university, he worked for Alexandria Oils and Soap Company and engaged in amateur acting until 1986 when he

Was an Egyptian actor and film director, a leading star of the 1930s and '40s and a prominent stage

Was an Egyptian actor and film director, a leading star of the 1930s and '40s and a prominent stage actor for four decades. He was born to a high state official in Egypt but renounced his family's wealth and traveled to Rome in the 1920s to study theatre.

She first appeared in the 1980 film Athkiya laken aghbiya (1980. English: Smartest yet Stupidest). I

She first appeared in the 1980 film Athkiya laken aghbiya (1980. English: Smartest yet Stupidest). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor Adel Emam in several films.She has made a

Was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composer

Was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composers.Greiss was of Coptic heritage. He composed orchestral works and chamber music. His patriotic work for orchestra entitled Masr (1932) is considered the fi

Was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. He wrote realistic stories about ordinar

Was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. He wrote realistic stories about ordinary and poor people. Many of his works are in the Egyptian vernacular, and he was considered a master of the short story. Idris originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the University of Cairo. He sought to put the foundations of a modern Egyptian theatre based on popular traditions and folklore, his main success in this quest was his most famous work, a play called "Al-Farafeer" depicting two main characters: the Master and the "Farfour" [=poor layman].