Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage nameHind Rostom, (Egyptian Arabic: هند رستمpronounced[ˈhendeˈɾostom]; November 12, 1929 – August 8, 2011)[1] was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the icons in the Egyptian cinema, as she was mainly known for her sensual roles.[2][3][4] Her physical appearance earned her the name Marilyn Monroe of the east ("مارلين مونرو الشرق").[5][6] Hind Rostom starred in more than 80 movies in her career.
She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak (Flowers and Thorns). Her first true success was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el Lail (Women of the Night).
She decided to retire acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.
In December 2002 Rostom once more turned down an offer of £E1,000,000 for her biography. The offer was made by an Egyptian satellite channel to portray her life as a drama series. She was asked to submit a complete history of her past achievements, and work experiences with prominent actors of the past, such as Farid Shawki, Salah Zulfikar, Shukri Sarhan, and Shadia. The actress stated that she refused to sell her life as a means of entertainment and felt that her personal life was of her concern and no one else. Rostom made a statement when she turned down belly dancer Fifi Abdo's invitation to attend a party held in Hind Rostom's honour.
In 2004, she refused to accept Order of Sciences and Arts, "The award came too late, I'm not placed on the shelf for them to pick me whenever they want, there's only one Hind Rostom in the middle east, and let's consider that the number of my generation star actresses isn't that big enough to ignore us, and also it's not appropriate to honor me after years of honoring people who are less than me, another point is that I also refuse to honor me before Shadia, she'd deserved it and she was a star longtime before me", Rostom commented.[15]
Personal life
Hind Rostom's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery.[16] She was married twice, once to Hassan Reda, a film director and father of her only daughter, Passant,[clarification needed] then to Dr. Mohammad Fayaad, a gynecologist. "I have no regrets," she stated in an interview about her decision to retire. "I did it for the love of my life, my prince, Dr. Fayaad," she added, referring to her second husband Mohammed Fayyad, whom she was married to for more than 50 years.
Hind Rostom in 1960
Rostom was overprotective of her daughter Passant due to worry about the stigma associated with artists’ children lacking parental supervision. "She was extremely stern, even with my friends," Passant recalled. She was not allowed to join her friends on trips and outings.[17][18]
Death
On August 8, 2011, Rostom died in a hospital in Al-Mohandeseen, Giza due to a heart attack, at the age of 81.[19][20]
^هند رستم [Hend Rostom]. Hayyes.com (in Arabic). 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. الفنانة هند رستم اسمها بالكامل هو هند حسين محمد باشا رستم، وهي ممثلة مصرية ولدت في الثاني عشر من نوفمبر عام 1931م، بحي محرم بك بمحافظة الاسكندرية، عاشت في عائلة شركسية مصرية. (Hend Rostom, full name Hend Hussein Mohammad Pasha Rustam, is an Egyptian actress who was born on 12 November 1931, in Moharram Bey neighborhood of Alexandria, to a Circassian Egyptian family.)
^De., Lafayette, Maximillien (2011). Hind rostom : the world's greatest actress (a synopsis). [Place of publication not identified]: Lulu Com. ISBN978-1257054190. OCLC941695283.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Rym Tina Ghazal. "The Other Marilyn Monroe". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Of aristocratic Turkish & Arab roots, Rostom was born on November 11, 1931 in Alexandria as Nariman Hussein Murad...
^The Daily News Egypt (2011-08-09). "Egyptian screen legend, seductress Hind Rostom dies at 82". The Daily News Egypt. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-08-28. Born Nariman Hussein Murad on Nov. 11, 1931 in Alexandria to a middle class egyptian father and an aristocratic mother, her parents separated shortly after she was born. She moved to Cairo with her father when she was nine and then later with her single mother a few years later.
^Music and media in the Arab world. Frishkopf, Michael Aaron (First ed.). Cairo. September 2010. ISBN9781617976032. OCLC891590944.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^Haroutunian, Mourad R. (2000). Media, politics, and religion in Egypt: an analysis of the impact of the relationship between government and religion on Egyptian media content, 1950-1995. M. Haroutunian. p. 91.
