Nour Al Hoda

Alexandra Nicholas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (Arabic: نور الهدى; 24 December 1924 - 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress.[1]

She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films.[2]

Biography

She was born on 24 December 1924 in Turkey.[1]

In 1943, she worked in her first film Gawhara, along with director-actor Youssef Wahbi.[3] Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film Berlanti.[4]

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

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