"سيدة الشاشة العربية" فاتن حمامة ترحل عن عمر يناهز 84 عاما

She sure was an icon.. great loss indeed.

I wonder how you are and what you and your 50 aliases are doing dear flamethrower as you rest in pieces and tranquility at your final destination.

God rest her soul!

Faten Hamama's culture and class represents a bygone era of hope in the Arab world.
The Arab world was independent and full of hope for a better future.
In the early 50s, we still considered the US as a just ally and anti-colonial power.
The US had stood up to Great Britain, France and Israel in 1956, in favour of Egypt. Justice meant something back then.
But things got worse and defeat after defeat brought the worst kind of Arab regimes into power, backed by either the US and USSR.
And then the US started using Islamists against Soviet influence in Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
They planted the seed of today's horror show and they continued nurturing it by their unjust and crazy support of Israel, their invasion of Iraq and their dabbling with Islamists during the Arab revolts.

God rest her soul!

Faten Hamama's culture and class represents a bygone era of hope in the Arab world.
The Arab world was independent and full of hope for a better future.
In the early 50s, we still considered the US as a just ally and anti-colonial power.
The US had stood up to Great Britain, France and Israel in 1956, in favour of Egypt. Justice meant something back then.
But things got worse and defeat after defeat brought the worst kind of Arab regimes into power, backed by either the US and USSR.
And then the US started using Islamists against Soviet influence in Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
They planted the seed of today's horror show and they continued nurturing it by their unjust and crazy support of Israel, their invasion of Iraq and their dabbling with Islamists during the Arab revolts.