It was a shock for me a big one ,when I read the news this morning ,in fact it wasn't shock for me only ,but also a shock for the rest of my family especially my grand mother , already yesterday she knew some relative had died yet she wasn't as sad as today when she knew that TV host "Samia El-Atraby" had passed away suddenly and quietly
May be my grand mother became two sad as a result of the two successive news
"Samia El-Atraby" ,the famous TV host in the Egyptian National TV in the channel Two , she became a household name after presenting a wonderful set of programs for more than two decades
The wonderful thing about "Samia El-Atraby" she was really an Egyptian who 
Egyptian in her look ,Egyptian in her style,in her kindness and in her customs ,who would deny that she was the lady behind the "Jalbya" fashion in Egypt from few years.
All the other female TV hosts in the Egyptian TV like to appear on the western style ,yet she was the opposite and she proved that she is so beautiful being an Egyptian
Even in her choice of TV shows , for a whole decade she presented a real successful TV show called "Hakawi El-Ahawi" -"The tales of cafes" ,this program was the best ever documentary presented about Egypt
It was about us ,the Egyptians, our traditions and customs ,our history ,our geography ,our life
Samia El-Atraby was the sweet high class lady from Turkish decadent who set down on her feet to talk the simple peasant in Delta ,Nubians in south,nomads in Siwa
I always remember her in the interview with a very old Turkish Shoe maker in some Ally down town
She was n't arrogant all
I am really feel sad because when I was young I used to watch her TV show for children "Kanny and Manny" which is by the way an ancient Egyptian words for "Honey and Milk"
Samia El-Atraby contributed a lot to the Egyptian culture more than anyone did ,when I mean culture the real one not the sophisticated but the real one about the real Egypt of the simple Egyptians
I won't deny that this lady had a big influence in my life in fact the "Egyptian Chronicles" whether in Lives spaces or Yahoo 360 or Vox are all based upon her view to present the Simple Egypt ,the real Egypt
Egypt is which is more than Pyramids and politics
Samia El-Atraby was a real protector of the Egyptian heritage
May Allah bless her soul ,she left after long struggle with disease ,I believe it was cancer ,already she had cancer from a long time ago and she was cured from it ,then it seemed it hit again,the wonderful thing is that she didn't give up
The last time I saw her was last year with Mona El-Shazely in 10 o'clock on Dream TV
I saw her once in El-Zamalak ,she was elegant with her Egyptian Style of cloth and dark Khol make up
Her daughter by the way is the most famous Jalbya designer and got shops under the name of "Hakawai El-Ahawi" ,one of them is in Ramses Hilton Annex , unfortunately it is so so so expensive
Late Samia said already that the first Jablya she ever bought from Siwa was 5 Egyptian pounds ,now it is above 1000 , as it is hand made ,already she was the reason for the popularity of that kind of custom
Samaia El-Atraby came from a very famous family El-Atraby of Turkish blood , this family is known for the beauty of her girls whether Samia and her other 4 sisters like Sohiar who headed the Egyptian TV ,already in my class in university we had that girl from El-Atraby family and she is so beautiful
Samia fought the Cancer like no other ,it is enough to know that the last 18 years of her life where she found herself with a battle with the age killer ,were the most successful years in her career ,no one except few knew that she was undergoing a great suffering
May Allah bless her soul
Oh Allah don't make her lonely in her loneliness night and give her the easiness in the question
"An Islamic prayer"
Please read the Fataha ,she desereves it and please if you are not Muslim ,remember her in your prayer
My heart bears with you in your sadness and I keep you and your people in my prayers and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThank You Tony it is kind of you :)
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