Nour Al Hoda

Nour Al Hoda
Nour Al Hoda in 1950
Born	Alexandra Nicolas Badran (1924-12-24)24 December 1924 Mersin, Turkey
Died	9 July 1998(1998-07-09) (aged 73) Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Known for	Egyptian cinema
Notable work	Berlanti (1944)

Alexandra Nicolas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (Arabic: نور الهدى; 24 December 1924 – 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles in Egyptian cinema.[1][2] She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films.[3]

Biography

She was born on 24 December 1924 in Mersin, Turkey to an Antiochian Orthodox family.[1] She was a maternal first cousin to Lebanese singer Jeanette Feghali, known as Sabah, and her sister Lebanese actress Lamia Feghali.

Nour Al Hoda with Youssef Wahbi in a publicity still for Berlanti (1944)

In 1943, she moved to Egypt to work in the Egyptian cinema. She worked in her first film Gawhara, with director-actor Youssef Wahbi.[4] Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film Berlanti. Followed by Amirat al ahlam (1945) and Al-anissa Busa (1945), she also acted in Lastu Malakan (1946) with Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Laila Fawzi. Hoda worked in Egypt until the early 1950s.[5]

Selected filmography

• Gawhara (1943)
• Al-sharaf ghali (1943)
• Berlanti (1944)
• Amirat al ahlam (1945)
• Al-anissa Busa (1945)
• Majd wa demoue (1946)
• Lastu malakan (1947)
• Matoulsh Lhad (1952)

References

1. "Remembering Nour Al-Hoda: Lebanon's Umm Kalthoum - Music - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
2. "Nour El Hoda - Actor Filmography، photos، Video". elCinema.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
3. Zuhur, Sherifa (2021-12-22). Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt (in Arabic). McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-4311-3.
4. "Nour El Houda, onze succès". L'Orient-Le Jour. 1998-02-03. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
5. Hammad, Hanan (2022-05-10). Unknown Past: Layla Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-2978-3.