The National Office of Culture and Information in Algeria mourned the actress Farida Sabounji, who is one of the most prominent film and television faces in Algeria, who died Saturday at the age of 92 after suffering from illness.
Sabunji, who was born in 1930 in Douirat neighborhood in Blida, suffered a stroke in 2018, after which she was kept out of public view.
The Algerian Center for the Development of Cinema, the Algiers Opera and a number of artistic institutions, theater groups, media professionals and public figures mourned her through social media.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune also sent a telegram of condolences to her family, in which he said, “With this great affliction, we bid farewell to a brilliant name of the great Algerian artists, who, with a group of artists, won appreciation and respect through their high-end theatrical and cinematic works, and thus were an example for generations of artists.” .
Sabonji started her artistic career early at the age of 13 and presented distinguished works on the stage in the 1950s, where the great stars of Algeria participated in their works, such as Mohieddine Bachtarzi, Rowaished, Mohamed El-Toury and others.
Over the course of her artistic career, she won many awards. She presented radio dramas and became famous on screen for the roles of wealthy, arrogant women.
Among her most prominent TV series are (Al-Masir), (Al-Maktoub), (The Will), (The Kid of Time), (The Difficult Exam) and (Dar Umm Hani). ).
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