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Quick facts for kids Youssef Wahbi
يوسف وهبي
Born	Youssef Abdullah Wahby Qotb ()14 July Fayoum, Egypt
Died	17 October () (aged 80) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation	Actor • director • producer
Years active	–

Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb (Arabic: يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July – 17 October ) was an Egyptian stage, film actor and director, a leading star of the s and s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of all time, who also served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in He was born to a high state official in Egypt but renounced his family's wealth and traveled to Rome in the s to study theatre.

Youssef wahbi movies

The hand of god

Slavery

Besides his stage work, he acted in around 50 films in Egyptian cinema, starting with Awlad al-Zawat (Sons of Aristocrats, ) to "Iskanderiya lih?" (Alexandria Why?, ).

Early life

Youssef Wahbi was born into an Egyptian family, from the Fayoum region. He was named after the place where he was born, Bahr Yussef and his father worked as an inspector in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.

Career

In , Turkish filmmaker Vedat Örfi Bengü approached Wahbi to play the role of the Prophet Muhammed in a European film which would be financed by the Turkish government and a German producer.

Whilst the President of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and the Istanbul council of ulamas gave their approval to the film, the IslamicAl-Azhar University in Cairo published a juridical decision stipulating that Islam forbids the representation of the prophet and his companions. Thereafter, King Fouad warned Whabi that he would be exiled and stripped of his Egyptian citizenship if he took part in the film.

Consequently, the film was later abandoned.

Wahbi started acting in the golden age of the Egyptian Cinema in , he has also starred in several plays which he translated into many languages due to his fluency in English, French, and Italian, along with his native Arabic tongue.

Villa youssef wahbi biography Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb (Arabic: يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July – 17 October ) was an Egyptian stage, film actor and director, a leading star of the s and s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of all time, who also served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in

He played many roles that were different and unusual for both Egyptian film and plays. He once played the Devil and he later on wanted to play Muhammad but the media and Al-Azhar University, the authoritative institution on Sunni Islam, were opposed to the idea and he was forbidden from going through with it.

He is one of the most respected and beloved artists of all time in the Cinema of Egypt and several French and English companies tried to save his movies by reissuing them again.

Death

He died in at the age of 80 in Cairo, Egypt, sick with arthritis and with a fractured pelvis.

He was survived by his wife.

Even though he came from a very rich family, throughout his career and life his focus was the film industry.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	International English Name(s)
	Awlad el zawat	Actor	a.k.a. the Spoiled Children or Sons of Aristocrats
	Al Defaa	Actor and director	a.k.a. The defense
	El Magid el khalid	Actor	a.k.a. High treason Youssef Wahbi was born in the Fayoum governorate of Upper Egypt on 14 July to an aristocratic father, who was the governorate’s chief irrigation inspector. He was schooled in Fayoum, then moving to a secondary school in Giza and finally enrolling in the High School of Agriculture. Eternal Glory
	Saet el tanfiz	Actor	a.k.a. The Hour of Fate
	Leila momtera	Actor	a.k.a. Stormy night
	Leila, bint el rif	actor	a.k.a. Leila, the schoolgirl
	Areess min Istambul	Actor	a.k.a. A Suitor from Istanbul
	Gharam wa intiqam	Actor and director	a.k.a. Love and Revenge
	Berlanti	Actor, writer and director	a.k.a. Youssef wahbi biography Youssef Wahbi يـوسـف وهــبــي was born on July 14 th in the city of Al-Fayoum الــفــَـــيــُّـــوم, Egypt. He was an Egyptian theatre and cinema actor مـُـمـَــثـــِّـــل and director مـُــخــرِج, a leading star نــَــجــْــم of the s and s and one of the most prominent Arab stage actors of all times. Berlanti
	Safeer Gohannam	Actor and director	a.k.a. The Ambassador of Hell
	Malak Elrahma	Actor and director	a.k.a. The Angel of Mercy
	Ghazal Al Banat	Actor (as himself)	a.k.a. The Flirtation of Girls
	Hayat ou maut	Actor	a.k.a. Zeinab Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb (Arabic: يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July – 17 October ) was an Egyptian stage, film actor and director, a leading star of the s and s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of all time, who also served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in Life or Death
	Bahr El-Gharam	Actor	a.k.a. Sea of Love
	Mal Wa Nissa	Actor	a.k.a. Money and Women
	Isha't Hub	Actor	a.k.a. A Rumor of Love
	Iskanderija lih?	Actor	a.k.a. Alexandria Why?