Farewell to the naughty school hero

Like an autumn tree, its leaves fall off one by one, so that the fruit of their work remains immortal after their death. Today, Friday, the great Egyptian producer Samir Khafagy, founder and owner of the United Artists troupe, died, and his funeral will be held tomorrow, Saturday, after the noon prayer.

Samir Khafagy is an Egyptian author and theater producer, and the founder of the famous “Saa Lelbak” band with Youssef Auf and Lotfi Abdel Hamid, which contributed to the graduation of a whole generation of artists, such as Al-Khawaja Bejo, Abu Lamaa, Amin Al-Hunaidi, Dr. Shadid, Nabila Al-Sayed, and Baligh Hamdi, who was He takes on the task of singing in the band.

After that, he formed the “United Artists” group, which contributed to the emergence of a whole generation of artists, such as Adel Imam, Ahmed Zaki, Saeed Saleh and Younis Shalaby through the plays (Hello Shalaby) 1969, (The School of Rioters) 1973, (The Children Are Growing) 1979.

The group also presented many successful plays, including (Eve at 12 Hours) 1968 (My Beautiful Lady) 1969, (I'm Where and You're Finn) 1970, (Watch You Don't Have A Need) 1976, (Raya and Sakina) 1983, (Muhammad Ali Street) 1991, and (Body Guard) 1999, In ​​addition to the theater, Samir Khafaji wrote many dramas, including the series (Abbas Al-Abyad on the Black Day) and (Pride of Love).