Months after his death, this is how Egypt honored Samir Ghanem

Three months after the death of Egyptian artist Samir Ghanem, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered to name the new bridge to the Mohamed Naguib axis in the East Cairo region and the intersection at the top of the ring road.

It is noteworthy that the passing of Egyptian artist Samir Ghanem was absent last May at the age of 84, after going through a health crisis following infection with the novel Corona virus, after which he entered intensive care.

The talented artist was born in January 1937, graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of Cairo University, and at the start of his artistic career he met George Sidhom and guest Ahmed, and together they formed the troupe “Three Lights of Theater”, this group which shone strongly and managed to attract attention, and presented many theatrical and cinematographic works. Very successful, and the audience is still attached to it to this day.

After the departure of guest Ahmed, Samir Ghanem continued with George Sidhom, where they performed a number of plays together, the most important of which was the play “The Bride and Groom”.

Samir Ghanem also didn’t stop giving, but continued on his own as a comedy star, and presented the puzzles, reviews and personalities which were well received by the audience.

The deceased also presented more than 300 works of art, the last of which was his appearance in the series “Badal Al-Haduta Talata”, accompanied by his daughter Donia Samir Ghanem, while his last appearance on screen during the month of Ramadan was through an advertising campaign in which he participated alongside his late wife Dalal Abdel Aziz and his daughter Amy Samir Ghanem. .

It should be noted that the deceased had suffered before his death from an attack that affected kidney functions due to the virus, which led to the deterioration of vital functions, then he was placed on artificial ventilators until his death.

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In a related context, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi also ordered the name of Major General Omar Suleiman, former vice-president and former director of intelligence, on the new bridge on the Gamal Abdel Nasser axis leading to the Fifth Colony. in New Cairo above the ring road to the east of the capital, and led with it the immediate establishment of the new axis connecting the ring road to the south of Marshal Tantawi’s axis in the area of ​​Maadi, to the south of Cairo, and named after engineer Hassaballah Al-Kafrawi, the former Minister of Housing, who died a few days ago.

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In turn, the spokesman for the Egyptian presidency announced that President Sisi had ordered the appointment of Egyptian Olympic champion Feryal Abdel Aziz, who won the gold medal in karate at the Tokyo Olympics, on the new bridge. which intersects at the top of the ring road on the Taha Hussein axis in the fifth colony of New Cairo.

Faryal Abdel Aziz

In addition, the official spokesperson explained that the president had asked officials to select a number of main axes and other new venues to nominate the Egyptian champions at the Olympics.