Shams al-Muluk Gamil al-Baroudi (Arabic: شمس الملوك جميل
البارودي‎) is a retired Egyptian actress who was active in
Egyptian films and also Lebanese films during the 1960s and 1970s.
Lisa Anderson of the Chicago Tribune described her as "one of the most
beautiful and glamorous of Egypt's actresses".Born to an Egyptian
father and Syrian mother, al-Baroudi studied at the Higher Institute
of Dramatic Arts in Cairo for two and a half years and made her cinema
debut in Ismail Yassin's comedy Hired Husband ( زوج
بالإيجار) in 1961. After a prolific career in the 1960s, she
came under spotlight with "transgressive" roles in early 1970s. After
marriage to fellow actor Hassan Youssef in 1972, the couple started to
work in cooperation until al-Baroudi decided after Umrah in 1982 to
quit cinema and wear the hijab. At that time Youssef was still filming
Two on the Road (اثنين على الطريق) and after
al-Baroudi's unexpected retirement, the film could only be completed
and released by 1984.In 2001 Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji of the Arab
News interviewed al-Baroudi in the 2001 Al-Madinah Festival.
Al-Baroudi described her acting era as "the time of ignorance," the
name Muslims use to refer to the pre-Islamic era. As of 2004 she was
wearing a niqab and her sole television appearances were on religious
satellite channels. By 2008 she stopped wearing the niqab and only
wore the veil.Lisa Anderson used al-Baroudi as an example of an
increase in social conservatism in Egyptian society.
البارودي‎) is a retired Egyptian actress who was active in
Egyptian films and also Lebanese films during the 1960s and 1970s.
Lisa Anderson of the Chicago Tribune described her as "one of the most
beautiful and glamorous of Egypt's actresses".Born to an Egyptian
father and Syrian mother, al-Baroudi studied at the Higher Institute
of Dramatic Arts in Cairo for two and a half years and made her cinema
debut in Ismail Yassin's comedy Hired Husband ( زوج
بالإيجار) in 1961. After a prolific career in the 1960s, she
came under spotlight with "transgressive" roles in early 1970s. After
marriage to fellow actor Hassan Youssef in 1972, the couple started to
work in cooperation until al-Baroudi decided after Umrah in 1982 to
quit cinema and wear the hijab. At that time Youssef was still filming
Two on the Road (اثنين على الطريق) and after
al-Baroudi's unexpected retirement, the film could only be completed
and released by 1984.In 2001 Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji of the Arab
News interviewed al-Baroudi in the 2001 Al-Madinah Festival.
Al-Baroudi described her acting era as "the time of ignorance," the
name Muslims use to refer to the pre-Islamic era. As of 2004 she was
wearing a niqab and her sole television appearances were on religious
satellite channels. By 2008 she stopped wearing the niqab and only
wore the veil.Lisa Anderson used al-Baroudi as an example of an
increase in social conservatism in Egyptian society.
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