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Hind Rostom
Hind Rostom
Born	Nariman Hussein Mohammed Murad (1929-11-12)November 12, 1929 Alexandria, Egypt
Died	August 8, 2011(2011-08-08) (aged 81) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Other names	Marilyn Monroe of Egypt
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	Hassan Reda Dr. Mohammad Fayad
Children	Bassant Reda (daughter)

Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, (Egyptian Arabic: هند رستمpronounced [ˈhende ˈɾostom]; November 12, 1929 – August 8, 2011) was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in the Egyptian cinema, as she was mainly known for her sensual roles. Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east ("مارلين مونرو الشرق"). Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies in her career.

Early life

Hind Hussain Mohammed was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria, Egypt on November 12, 1929. She was born to a Middle class family, to an Egyptian mother and an Alexandrian father of egyptian origin.

Career

She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her first true success was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night).

Her famous films include Ezz El-Dine Zulficar's Return My Heart (Rodda Qalbi) with Shoukry Sarhan, Mariam Fakhr Eddine and Salah Zulfikar in 1957, Ibn Hamidu with Ismail Yassine in 1957. She was cast by Youssef Chahine in the 1958 film Cairo Station (The Iron Gate / Bab El Hadid) alongside Farid Shawki. She also co-starred in Salah Abu Seif's La Anam (Sleepless) with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, and Rushdy Abaza in 1958, Sira' fi al-Nil (Struggle in the Nile) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza in 1959, and Chafika el Koptia (Chafika the Coptic Girl) in 1963, where she played the role of a Coptic Orthodox nun. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, the "Marilyn Monroe of the East (or of the Egyptian cinema)".

She decided to retire acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best. In December 2002 Rostom once more turned down an offer of £E1,000,000 for her biography. The offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel to portray her life as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors of the past, such as Farid Shawki, Salah Zulfikar, Shukri Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. Rostom made a statement when she turned down belly dancer Fifi Abdo's invitation to attend a party held in Hind Rostom's honour.

In 2004, she refused to accept Order of Sciences and Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the middle east, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse to honor me before Shadia, she'd deserved it and she was a star longtime before me", Rostom commented.

Personal life

Hind Rostom's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. She was married twice, once to Hassan Reda, a film director and father of her only daughter, Passant, then to Dr. Mohammad Fayaad, a gynecologist. "I have no regrets," she stated in an interview about her decision to retire. "I did it for the love of my life, my prince, Dr. Fayaad," she added, referring to her second husband Mohammed Fayyad, whom she was married to for more than 50 years.

Rostom was overprotective of her daughter Passant due to worry about the stigma associated with artists’ children lacking parental supervision. "She was extremely stern, even with my friends," Passant recalled. She was not allowed to join her friends on trips and outings.

Death

On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.

Honours

On November 12, 2018, Google recognized her with a doodle.

Selected filmography

Film

References

1. "هند رستم (قطة السينما المتوحشة):مصطفى أمين لقبني ب (ملكة الشائعات)!!". www.al-jazirah.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
2. "Hend Rostom". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
3. "Hind Rustom, AlexCinema". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
4. MAXIMILLIEN., DE (2018). STARS ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. APRIL 2018. ECONOMY EDITION. : LULU COM. p. 120. ISBN 978-1387709335. OCLC 1032280396.
5. Arab News. "'Marilyn Monroe of Arabia' Hind Rostom dies". Retrieved 2012-06-29.
6. هند رستم [Hend Rostom]. Hayyes.com (in Arabic). 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. الفنانة هند رستم اسمها بالكامل هو هند حسين محمد باشا رستم، وهي ممثلة مصرية ولدت في الثاني عشر من نوفمبر عام 1931م، بحي محرم بك بمحافظة الاسكندرية، عاشت في عائلة شركسية مصرية. (Hend Rostom, full name Hend Hussein Mohammad Pasha Rustam, is an Egyptian actress who was born on 12 November 1931, in Moharram Bey neighborhood of Alexandria, to a Circassian Egyptian family.)
7. Sekaly, Malak. "19 January 2016". SpiralMag. Cairo. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016.
8. De., Lafayette, Maximillien (2011). Hind rostom : the world's greatest actress (a synopsis). : Lulu Com. ISBN 978-1257054190. OCLC 941695283.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. Hesham, Soha. "Hind Rostom (1929-2011) Egypt's Monroe". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Rostom was born on 11 November 1929 in Alexandria to an Egyptian father and an Egyptian mother.
10. Rym Tina Ghazal. "The Other Marilyn Monroe". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Of aristocratic Turkish & Arab roots, Rostom was born on November 11, 1931 in Alexandria as Nariman Hussein Murad...
11. The Daily News Egypt (2011-08-09). "Egyptian screen legend, seductress Hind Rostom dies at 82". The Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-08-28. Born Nariman Hussein Murad on Nov. 11, 1931 in Alexandria to a middle class egyptian father and an aristocratic mother, her parents separated shortly after she was born. She moved to Cairo with her father when she was nine and then later with her single mother a few years later.
12. Music and media in the Arab world. Frishkopf, Michael Aaron (First ed.). Cairo. September 2010. ISBN 9781617976032. OCLC 891590944.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
13. Ghazal, Rym Tina (2012-08-13). "The Other Marilyn Monroe". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
14. Haroutunian, Mourad R. (2000). Media, politics, and religion in Egypt: an analysis of the impact of the relationship between government and religion on Egyptian media content, 1950-1995. M. Haroutunian. p. 91.
15. Ayman, Ḥakīm (2018). Hind Rustum, dhikrayātī. Cairo: Al-Karma Books. p. 26. ISBN 9789776467941. OCLC 1036238392.
16. Magazine, Enigma (2016-11-03). "Hend Rostom". eniGma Magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
17. "Egyptian icon Hind Rostom: The Marilyn Monroe of the East". Arab News. 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
18. Deena Adel (18 Aug 2011). "Egypt's 50s cinema star Hind Rostom, through her daughter's eyes".
19. "Egyptian screen siren Hind Rostom was an accidental feminist". The National. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
20. Dina Aboul Hosn (2011-08-10). "Egyptian cinema sensation dies of heart attack at 82". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
21. "Hind Rostom's 87th Birthday". google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.

External links

• Hind Rostom at IMDb.
• Biography on Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• An interview with Hend Rostom. (in Arabic)
• Al-Ahram's article. (in Arabic)
• Hind Rostom’s 87th Birthday

• 1931 births
• 2011 deaths
• Egyptian television actresses
• Egyptian comedians
• 20th-century Egyptian actresses
• Egyptian film actresses
• Egyptian stage actresses
• Actresses from Alexandria