Leila Mourad (Arabic: ليلى مراد‎; February 17, 1918 â€"
November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the
most prominent superstars in the Arab world in her era. Born Lillian
Zaki Mourad Mordechai to a Jewish family 1918 in the El Daher District
in Cairo, she later changed her name to Leila Mourad as a stage-name.
Leila married three times and divorced three times . She converted to
Islam early in her life and died in 1995.Leila Mourad was born on
February 17, 1918 to Egyptian Jewish parents, Ibrahim Zaki Murad
Mordechai and Gamilah Ibrahim Roushou, the daughter of Ibrahim
Roushou, a local concert contractor in the early 20th century who
regularly booked Zaki Mourad to sing at concerts and wedding parties.
Her father was a respected singer, musician, and religious Jewish
cantor (Hazzan). One of her brothers, Mounir Mourad, was an actor and
composer.She made her first stage appearance, aged nine, at the Saalat
Badi'a, one of Cairo's most successful Music Halls. The theatre had
been founded in 1926 by the actress and dancer Badi'a Masabni, who
became Mourad's patron. Her first film appearance, aged fifteen, was
in the 1932 " Al-Dahaaya " (The Victims) which had originally been
made as a silent film. Her song, The Day of Departure, was added as
part of the transformation of the production into a "talkie".
November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress, and one of the
most prominent superstars in the Arab world in her era. Born Lillian
Zaki Mourad Mordechai to a Jewish family 1918 in the El Daher District
in Cairo, she later changed her name to Leila Mourad as a stage-name.
Leila married three times and divorced three times . She converted to
Islam early in her life and died in 1995.Leila Mourad was born on
February 17, 1918 to Egyptian Jewish parents, Ibrahim Zaki Murad
Mordechai and Gamilah Ibrahim Roushou, the daughter of Ibrahim
Roushou, a local concert contractor in the early 20th century who
regularly booked Zaki Mourad to sing at concerts and wedding parties.
Her father was a respected singer, musician, and religious Jewish
cantor (Hazzan). One of her brothers, Mounir Mourad, was an actor and
composer.She made her first stage appearance, aged nine, at the Saalat
Badi'a, one of Cairo's most successful Music Halls. The theatre had
been founded in 1926 by the actress and dancer Badi'a Masabni, who
became Mourad's patron. Her first film appearance, aged fifteen, was
in the 1932 " Al-Dahaaya " (The Victims) which had originally been
made as a silent film. Her song, The Day of Departure, was added as
part of the transformation of the production into a "talkie".
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