An Egyptian artist whose real name is Sevin Mohamed Hafez Naseem. She was born on March 10, 1955 in Cairo. She graduated in 1973 with a G.C.E.

Yousra began her artistic career in the 1970s by participating in the films “A Thousand and One Kiss” and the film “A Girl Looking for Love” in 1977, after director of photography Abdel Halim Nasr discovered her talent.

Yousra experimented with singing in some of her films, and some of her most famous songs are “Jet Al-Hararah,” “Randevo,” “Dantella,” and “Fadhi,” which she released in two albums.

She also participated in the operetta “Jerusalem Will Return to Us.” She performed a duet with the artist Abu entitled “3 Daqat.”

Yousra presented a television program in 2010 called “In Arabic.” The experiment was repeated again in 2017 through the “Al-Ma’wid” program. Finally, she presented the “Kalam Fel Hob” program in 2022.

In 2006, Yousra was chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa region by the United Nations Development Programme. She was also appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS in 2016.

Yousra was selected as a jury member in a group of international and Arab festivals, including the Academy Awards, the Italian Taormina Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, the Doha Film Festival, and the Marrakesh Film Festival.

She was also a member of the jury in many Egyptian festivals, including the El Gouna Film Festival and the Sharm El Sheikh International Film Festival. She is also the first Egyptian woman to chair the international jury in the history of the Cairo International Film Festival.

3 of the films in which Yousra participated were selected on the list of the 100 best films in the history of Egyptian cinema. These films are “An Egyptian Story,” “The Avocado,” and “The Migrant.”

Personal life

Yousra was the only daughter of her parents, but she did not have a happy childhood after they separated. She was married twice, the first to the Palestinian businessman Fadi Al-Safadi, and the second to Khaled Saleh Selim, the son of the Egyptian Al-Ahly club player Saleh Selim, and the older brother of the artist Hisham Selim.

Her marriage did not produce any children. Yousra's uncle is Mohamed Naseem, a former Egyptian General Intelligence officer and a member of the Egyptian Free Officers Organization.

Artistical works

The movies

1977: “A Thousand Kisses, A Girl Looking for Love”.

1978:  “A Swimsuit for Bint al-Usta Mahmoud, A Palace in the Air, One Smile Is Enough, Youth Dancing Over the Fire, The Devil of the Island, and Paradise Under Her Feet.”

1979: The  “The Girl Has Grown Up” and “Lovers Under Twenty”.

1980: “Smart But Stupid”, “Circle of Doubt”, “What Does Love Do in Daddy”.

1981: “Bayada,” “A Warm Winter’s Night,” “Blood on the Pink Dress” and “You Only Live Once,” “The Court Ruled”.

1982: “Assault, Arzak Ya Donya, Revenge, Al-Safahin, At the Minister’s Door, an Egyptian Story.”

1983: The  “Avocato, Darb Al-Hawa, Your Lord is Watching,” and “The Tannery Tower.”

1984:  “Professor Hassan’s Apartment, Don’t Ask Me Who I Am.”

1985: “Humans and Jinns, Al-Saa’alik”.

1986: The Beginning, Before Goodbye, Hunger, Al-Galsa Serya, Top Secret, Disgrace, The Poisoned Family Home, and A Prison in the Street.

1987:  “Due to insufficient evidence, A Bird with Fangs, The Talisman, A Date with Destiny, Al-Laa’eba, The Garden of Blood, and The Railway of Regret.”

1988:  “A Cry of Regret, We Share Your Joys, and A Woman Unfortunately.”

1989: The  “Al-Moled” “Nightmare,” and “Days of Rage.”

1990:  “The Lady of Cairo,” “One Woman Is Not Enough,” “Alexandria Again and Again,” and “The Devil’s Island.”

1991: The  “The Shepherd and the Women.”

1992: The  “The Fierce, A Woman on the Verge of Fall, The Past Is No Longer Mine, Terrorism and the Kebab.”

1993: The  “Al-Mansi”, “Mercedes”, “Laughter, Play, Seriousness and Love”.

1994:  “The Immigrant, The Strawberry War”.

1995: “Birds of Darkness”.

1996: “Nazwa”.

1997:  “Mushrooms”.

1998:  “Dantella, A Letter to the Governor”.

1999:  “Hassan and Aziza: A State Security Case, Night Talk.”

2000: “The Red Rose, Film Thakafy, The City”.

2001: “The Storm”.

2002: “His Excellency the Minister”.

2004: “Alexandria - New York”.

2005: “Deer’s Blood”.

2006:  “Come to Dance, The Yacoubian Building, and Talk about Love.”

2009: “Bobos”.

 2011: “18 Days”.

2012:  “Game Over, Mtabaq Mn Embareh”.

 2019: “Welad Rizk 2” .

 2020: “Sahib al-Maqam, A Lifetime of Joy”.

 2022: “Eid Night” (not yet shown).

Series

1977: “Tales of a Bride and Groom”.

1978:  “A Date That Did Not Fulfill,” “Juha and Shahbandar’s Daughters.”

1979: “The Only Witness”.

1980: “The Hotel, A Nose and Three Eyes”.

1981: The radio Series “At the Minister’s Gate.”

1985: “The Hotel Lady”.

1988: “Raafat Al-Hagan” . And the television evening “The Fourth Dimension”.

1989: “Ead Al-Sidma” . And the radio  “Emperor Abu Al-Dahab”.

1990: “Raafat Al-Hagan2” .

1991: “Raafat Al-Hagan 3” .

1996: “Hayat El Gohary” .

1998: “Song on the Bridge of Hope” .

2000: “Awan Al Ward” .

2002: “Where is my heart”.

2003: “King of My Soul”.

2004: “Meeting on the Air”.

2005: “Ordinary Dreams”.

2007: “Critical Moments, A Case of Public Opinion”. And the radio  “Hello, Pasha.”

2008: “In Safe Hands”. And the radio  “Majnun Laila”.

2009: “Very Special”. And the radio  “A Good, Rich, Bankrupt Family.”

2010: “With Red Wax”.

2012: “Sherbat Luz” .

2013: “We would lie if we said we didn’t like you”.

2014: “Saraya Abdeen, Min’s Empire”. And the radio  “Dukhan Shehata”.

2015: “Saraya Abdeen2” .

2016: “Above Suspicion”.

2017: “Al-Hesab Yegma’a” .

2018: “We Have Other Sayings, Hidden Worlds”. And the radio  “Message to Al-Waili”.

2020: “Betrayal of a Covenant”.

2021: “Civil War”.

2022: “Sweet Dreams, Searching for Ola” .

plays

1985: The play “The Beginning and the End.”

1996: The play “High Heels”.

2002: The play “When Daddy Sleeps.”

Awards and honors

Best Actress Award for the movie “A Warm Winter’s Night” in 1981.

Best Arab Actress Award from Arab American Television in 1991.

Honoured by the Venice International Film Festival in Italy in 1992.

Honoured by the French Cannes Film Festival in 1995.

Honoured by the Arab World Institute in Paris in 1995.

Best Actress Award from the Ouaga Dojo Festival in Burkina Faso for the movie “Mercedes” in 1995.

Honoured by the Mediterranean Film and Culture Festival in France in 1998.

Honoured by the Beirut Film Festival in Lebanon in 1999.

Honoured by the Alexandria International Film Festival in 2000.

Creativity Award for Best Actress at the Cairo Arab Media Festival for the movie “The Storm” in 2001.

Horus Award for Best Actress at the Cairo National Egyptian Film Festival for the film “The Storm” in 2001.

Honorary Award, Cairo Arab Media Festival, 2002.

Creativity Award for Best Actress in Social Drama at the Cairo Arab Media Festival for the series “Where is My Heart” in 2003.

Honorary Award of the Marrakesh International Film Festival in 2003.

Best Arab Drama Actress Award from the Murex d’Or ceremony for the series “Malak Rouhi” in 2003.

Honoured by the Royal Society of Physicians in London in 2005.

Honoured by the Cairo International Film Festival in 2006.

Taormina Art Award for Cinematic Excellence from Taormina Film Festival in 2007.

Honoured by the Valencia Film Festival in Spain in 2007.

Creativity Award for Best Actress at the Cairo Arab Media Festival for the series “A Case of Public Opinion” in 2007.

Artistic Achievement Award from the Malmö Arab Film Festival in 2012.

Best Arab Actress in the Radio and Television World Cup for the series “Nakdib Law Oalna Mabenhebesh” in 2013.

Best song award from the Murex d’Or ceremony for the song “3 Daqat” in 2018.

Honoured by the Aam-Awards in the United States of America in 2019.

Best Actress Award from the Arab Satellite TV Festival for the series “Betrayal of the Covenant” in 2020.

Best Actress Award in Drama from the Der Geist Foundation for the series “Betrayal of a Covenant” in 2020.