Leila Mourad

Biography

Leila Mourad was a renowned Egyptian singer and actress born in Cairo to an Egyptian Jewish family. She began performing at nine at the Saalat Badi'a music hall and made her film debut at fifteen in the 1932 silent film "Al-Dahaaya." A prominent actress, she collaborated with notable directors like Togo Mizrahi and Anwar Wagdi, and was later selected as Egypt's official singer during the 1953 revolution.