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Ahmed Zaki, 1949-2005
Issandr El Amrani
Ahmed Zaki, the veteran Egyptian actor who played roles such as former presidents Nasser and Sadat, passed away today after a long battle with cancer. The Egyptian press had been on death watch for the past few weeks, including some rather tasteless coverage of his agony.Zaki's last film, Maali Al Wazir (His Excellency the Minister), was a damning indictment of the Egyptian political system and its corruption (and corrupting influence.) You can see a full filmography here.
He was most recently working on a film called Haleem, a biographical epic on the great Egyptian singer of the 1960s, Abdel Haleem Hafez, which presumably will find another lead actor.
Reader Comments (33)
i love you
allah yerhamak ya ahmed zaki karim de maroc
In our hearts ya Ahmed. I am wondering... How long it will take to see another Ahmed Zaki born again?
May allah reset your suol in peace.
Allah yerham Ahmed Zaki, oua fassiha jinanek.
Ahmed Zaki for ever in our hearts, love you for ever.
my heart cry allah yer7mc
why you leave before gave us any reasons i love you and i will love you forever
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ya ahmed
lla yrhamad ahmed zaki atmana ino ibnak tkon zaiak inta daiman fi 2olobna ma ra7 nansak abadan
me and all the egyptians love you.......u paseed away but we will paray for u to be in heaven as u said in ur movie that egypt have 20 million abd el nasser .....i say that egypt have 70 million ahmed zaki.........love uuuuuuu
f u colokem wa ahmed.
if he was an emam no one would have heard of his death.
ali al yameny
Why does it annoy you so much Ali that people love Ahmed Zaki!
If it was a good emam, I assure you other (or maybe the same) people would weep for him aswell.
i love u ahmed very much and my heart still crying . allah yerhamak we yethabet akdamak 3end el soaal.
May u rest in peace Ahmed.
May it Help to know that gods presences will never stray and that. He is only a pray away.
may the gates of heaven be open to up as ur heart was to other, and live in eternally in darasalam. my love and support goes out to the family.
Allah yermak Ahmed
I must say,i´m still shocked after ahmed zaki´s death...He was more than an excellent actor!Did anyone of You know that Ahmed Zaki opened houses for poor children and hospitals for children with cancer???It is not strange,that no one knows about that,because Ahmed Zaki was a real human with a big heart and he did not care to let people know about things like these.....Allah yerhamak Ya Batal,Ya Malak ElRahma,Ya Malek olub El3alam El3araby kolu:Ahmed Zaki!!!!
we love you very much ahmed because you are a hero you will be alive in our hearts for ever.
and allah yerhamek.
amine and imen from Tunisia
i've never ever loved an actor like u, may ur soul rest in peace. i can't believe that i might love someone i don't know personally to the extent that i keep thinking of him since he died....... allah yer7amak ya ahmed zaki
ana mesh 3arfa 2a2ol eah ,,, allah yr7amak we yg3al elkabr rawda mn reyad elgana ,, you will be always in my heart
we will all miss you.allhom edkholoh ganatak w eghfer alhw zonoboh.AMIN
iman algiers
allah yerhamek ya ahmed zaki wa youskinouka fassiha jenanihi ameen i love you so much you are always in my heart
may the almighty rest ur soul in eternal peace
me & arabs in sudan & other places would miss you very much
ahmed i love you personally
i love all your movies
you were great in all your movies
your my ideal
in our arab world we have a scant superstars
your were the greatest
egyption cinema lost one of the greatest superstar
may allah rest your soul inheavens
i like egypt & egytion because of you
i wanna tell u that u didn't leave , actually u r in our hearts we won't ever forget u , and u r a miracle it won't happen again here in egypt or either in other country i won't say good bye caz u r in my heart, i love uu
Allah yer7amak, enta eb galbna walla, chnt atmana ane amot bedalak... yaret allah chan yaxoth mn 3omr o ye xale 3ala 3omrak
Enta el nmrl aswad elal abad ya ba3ad 3omre
IMAN...ALGIERS..ALGERIA
AHMED I WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH
AHMED I LOVE YOU PERSONALLY SO MUCH
AND I WISH TO MEET ONE DAY
I WILL MISS YOU AHMED
YOU ARE THE BEST
ALLAH YERHAMEK YA AHMED ZAKI YA GHALI
ch_z2004@yahoo.fr
to all the arabic people.
we used to lose everyday
many important things
like our rights.but we used
also to forget it .
i think that Zaki was the last
beautiful value in our life
that´s why he will never be
forgotten. we are all on the
road Ahmed.inshallah meet you in the paradise.