The death of Soad Nasr

Head of the Egyptian Actors Union, Ashraf Zaki submitted a request to have the body of Egyptian actor Soad Nasr, who died this week, undergo an autopsy.

Ashraf said that he wants to know the exact reasons behind Soad's death, and will announce the results publicly.

Police officials agreed immediately to the request.

Ashraf wants to know if her death was a medical mistake or occurred naturally.

After a coma that lasted for almost a year, Soad died at the age of 57. The late actor had fallen into a coma while she was having liposuction and began losing large amounts of blood.

Soad was born in 1953 and graduated from the Arts and Theater Academy in 1975. She went on to become a comedian actor on stage, television and the big screen, making her debut in the cinema in 1982 in the film “Al Gheereh Al Qateleh” (Deadly Jealousy).

Her second film was “Huna Al Qahira” (Here is Cairo) alongside prominent actor Mohammad Subhi. Later that year she worked with the late director Salah Abu Yousef on the film “Al Badieh” (The Beginning) and then continued to work with prominent director Yousef Shahin.

Some of her most popular works are the television dramas “Rihlat Al Malyoun” (The One Million Journey), “Abria’ fi Kafas Al Itiham” (Innocence behind bars), “Abwab Al Madina” (City Gateway), ‘Wanees’, “Juha”, “Al Laila Wa
Akhero” (Midnight), “Mishwar Imra’a” (A Woman’s Journey) and “Bawabit Al Halawani” (Al Halawani Gateway).

Soad will be remembered for her films “Al Ghadab” (Anger), “Zawaj Bikarar Joumhouri” (A Public Wedding), “Bait Al Kadi” (The Judge’s Home) and “Huna Al Qahira” (Here is Cairo).

In the theater, Soad acted in the plays “Juthoor Looz” (Almond Roots), “Takhareef” (Nonsense) and “Albarooshaat” (Parachutes).

Soad married twice, her first husband was actor Ahmad Abdul Warith, with whom she had a daughter and son. Her second husband was engineer Mohammad Abdul Mun’em.

By: Dina Adel