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Egypt Remembers: The Theatre s Naguib El-Rihani Was The East s Charlie Chaplin Published January 25th, 2021 - 10:40 GMT
El-Rihani died on 8 June 1949 after a battle with illness. (Twitter)
Highlights
Like Charlie Chaplin, El-Rihani dealt with psychological insight of poorer classes against unjust aristocratic class, criticising aristocracy in sarcastic manner
The General Authority for Culture Palaces, affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, celebrated the 132nd birth anniversary of renowned Egyptian actor Naguib El-Rihani last Thursday.
Naguib Elias El-Rihani was born in the Bab El-Shaareya district of Cairo, on 21 January 1889 to an Iraqi father and Egyptian mother.
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Writing on Facebook, the authority said that El-Rihani was one of the most famous theatre actors in the 20th Century, and was well known by the name of the character “Kesh Kesh Bey”.