Amal samir ghanem biography

Egyptian comedian, singer, and entertainer (1937–2021)

Samir Yousef Ghanem (Arabic: سمير يوسف غانم; 15 January 1937 – 20 May 2021)^[1][2][3] was an Egyptian comedian, singer, and entertainer.

Early life and education

Ghanem was born in al-ʿAtawlah, Asyut Governorate.^[4] After graduating from high school, he joined the Police Academy following the example of his father, who was a police officer, but he was dismissed from it after failing two consecutive years, so he transferred papers to the College of Agriculture at Alexandria University and joined the acting teams there.

He earned a bachelor's degree in Agriculture from Alexandria University.^[5] During the period of his studies in the police academy, Samir Ghanem narrates that he lived through the period of the presence of the famous actor Salah Zulfikar, who was a professor at the academy at the time.^[6][7] Ghanem stated that Zulfikar was