Haitham ahmed zaki biography samples
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As the son of big screen legend Ahmed Zaki and silver screen beauty Hala Foad, Haitham Zaki is proving the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree. The 24 year old American University marketing student kicked of his acting career in with a stellar role in the long awaited blockbuster biopic Halim.
It was a part that was to prove historical in more ways than one.
A graduate of the Cairo Higher Institute for Drama Studies and supposedly the first dark-skinned Egyptian actor to be given leading roles, Ahmed Zaki often.
Not only did Zaki have to play Egypt’s greatest ever icon – legendary singer Abdel Halim Hafez but he had his own father’s colossal shoes to fill. Zaki senior was also playing Halim during his last years; a character which he’d always dreamed of embodying.
Yet in a cruel case of life imitating art, he died tragically during the final days of filming. Haitham Zaki stood up to the fore, fulfilling his father’s lost dream and earning himself rave reviews. Enigma’s Daliah Galal speaks to a young man who is much more than just a reflection of a legend…
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