Hind Rostom

Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, (Arabic: هند رستم‎  pronounced [ˈhende ˈɾostom]; November 12, 1929[1] – August 8, 2011) was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the seduction icons in the Egyptian cinema, as she was mainly known for her sensual roles.[2][3][4] Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east "مارلين مونرو الشرق".[5][6] Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies throughout her career.

Hind Rostom
Hind Rostom
Born
Nariman Hussein Murad

(1929-11-12)November 12, 1929
Alexandria, Egypt
DiedAugust 8, 2011(2011-08-08) (aged 81)
Cairo, Egypt
Other namesMarilyn Monroe of Egypt
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Hassan Reda
Dr. Mohammad Fayad
ChildrenBasant Reda

Early life and career

Hind Rostom was born in the neighborhood of Moharram Bek, Alexandria, Egypt on November 12, 1929.[7][8] She was born to a middle-class Turkish father[9][10][11] and an Egyptian mother. 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 Ibn Hamidu in 1957, Youssef Chahine's Bab El Hadid (Railway Station) with Farid Shawki in 1958, 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. Rostom was known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, the "Marilyn Monroe of the East (or of the Egyptian cinema)"[12][13][14]

She decided to retire acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.

Rostom once more turned down an offer of one million Egyptian pounds for her biography in December 2002. 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, Youssef Chahine, 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 Egypt's State Merit Award in 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.[15]

Marriages
  • She was married twice, once to Hassan Reda, a film director and father of her only daughter; then to "Basant". Dr. Mohammad Fayaad, a gynecologist.

Death

On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.[16][17]

Honours

On November 12, 2018, Google recognized her with a doodle.[18]

Selected filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1950 Baba Amin Sonia
1954 Women Can’t Lie
1955 Flesh Nurten
1955 Women of the Night
1967 My One and Only Love
1957 Hamido's son Aziza
1958 Cairo Station Hanuma
1958 Sleepless Kawthar
1958 Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital
1959 Struggle in the Nile Dancer Nargis
1959 She Lived for Love
1960 Between Heaven and Earth Star Nahid Shoukri
1961 A Rumor of Love
1963 Chafika the Copt Girl Chafika Elqebteya
1965 The Nun
1967 Departure from Heaven Anan
1967 The Second Groom Wafae
1971 My Beautiful teacher Nadia
1972 Den of Villains
1979 My Life is Agony Fatma

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. [S.l.]: 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). [Place of publication not identified]: Lulu Com. ISBN 978-1257054190. OCLC 941695283.
  9. 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...
  10. 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 Turkish 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.
  11. 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 a Turkish father and an Egyptian mother.
  12. Music and media in the Arab world. Frishkopf, Michael Aaron (First ed.). Cairo. September 2010. ISBN 9781617976032. OCLC 891590944.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. "Egyptian screen siren Hind Rostom was an accidental feminist". The National. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  17. Reporter, Dina Aboul Hosn, Staff (2011-08-10). "Egyptian cinema sensation dies of heart attack at 82". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  18. "Hind Rostom's 87th Birthday". google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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