
Magda El Khatib
Acting
Biography
Magda El Khatib is an Egyptian actor who was born in Cairo in 1943. She began her acting career with a small role in the film “Hob wa Delaa” (Love and Endearment; 1959). El Khatib then went on to play starring roles in a numerous films including “El Bayt El Mela’un” (The Cursed House; 1987) alongside Kamal El Shenawi. Throughout her career, she has appeared in more than 130 works and won several acting awards, including the “Golden Pyramid” for her role in “Dalal Masriya” (Dalal, The Egyptian; 1966), which was her first starring role. El Khatib also won Best Actress for her role in the film “El Tufaha” (The Apple).
Known For

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.
Zezenia

Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.
Om Kulthum

The Disobedience is a series starring Mahmoud Yassin and revolves around a rich and famous figure in the Gharbia, Hamed Al-Gharbawi. He wants to marry Salwa, who appeared recently and says that she is his grandson Al-Gharbawi and has not died, but his mother wants a marriage to Nahed, his cousin.
The Disobedience

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ريا وسكينة

The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.
Rayya and Sakina

Set in the 90s , about the relationship between people in this period. It depicts the human side of the Egyptian personality and the moral situations, shedding the light on the concept of family bonding through daily events from the Egyptian street.
Our Families

When Fawaz leaves his wife Nawara and his four daughters behind, he heads to Alexandria where he meets a playgirl and ditches his family, leaving Nawara to struggle to provide for her children and help them get a good education.
A Woman from the Heart of Upper Egypt

Ali Baba and the forty thieves are one of the most famous stories and characters with eastern features, and it is one of the well known fairy tales that inspired writers and artists around the world. The story revolves around a simple Arab lumberjack named Ali Baba who accidentally hears the password that opens the door of the cave in which a gang of thieves hide their treasures. Thanks to the password, open Sesame, Ali Baba managed to obtain the treasures hidden in the cave, and his name became a sign of thievery throughout the world.
One Thousand and One Nights: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Nawara lives in Darb Sa'da alley with the family of Hajj Ismail. In the neighborhood, the families share intertwining relationships as Nawara goes through her daily life. The experiences she encounters reflect what life is like inside the Egyptian household.
A Maiden

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ألف ليلة وليلة: علي بابا والأربعين حرامي

Munira falls in love with Sayed who works as a driver for her family. Her family forces her to marry someone else, and Sayed marries his cousin, Amina, who gives him money and he becomes a businessman. He divorces Amina and meets a woman whose family can help him with his projects.
Years of Misery and Love

A social comedy that revolves around Samiha and her son Hilal, and his uncle Dahi’s interference with their lives, until he marries Fawzia, so Hilal tries to convince his mother to marry the divorced Nouf, but his mother rejects the matter, until she recognizes Nabil and everything changes.
Alsahih ma yutih

Nadia falls in love with Sami, a university student, and tries to harm his girlfriend, Layla, forcing Layla to quit her job. Sami is also forced to leave his apartment and university, and they flee to Alexandria, where the story unfolds. The plot revolves around misunderstandings and hasty judgments.
Please don't misunderstand me

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رحلة هادئة

Hosny suffers from terrifying nightmares, so he resorts to a psychiatrist to help him
The Tragedy of Dr. Hosny

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أبيض في أبيض

Hamada is so desperate to get rich that he participates in all TV competitions hoping to win one day. Fate smiles on him and he indeed wins a sum of 1 million dollars. But life is not a wish-granting factory, is it?
Hamada Getting Rich
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ألف ليلة وليلة: ذات الخال

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مسائل عائلية جدا

The film revolves around the wife, Estefaqah and her husband Jebel, both of whom earn their living from theft. During the process of stealing one of the villas, she was arrested while her husband fled, and he began to believe that he would take care of her son and wait for her when she was released from prison. She was found guilty of life imprisonment, and was surprised that Jebel was not interested in the prison and did not ask about her. After leaving after serving her sentence, she searches for her husband and son, and finds her husband married a rich young woman named Safi. Net, and events start when you try to open Est The birth of her son, while trying Djabl away from his new life.