Thursday 06/November/2025 – 04:04 AM
The Supreme Council of Culture is witnessing the honoring of the distinguished artist Soheir Al-Morshedy within the activities of the “Visual Novel and Drama” conference in its second session, which is organized by the Story Club, headed by the writer and screenwriter Mohamed El-Sayed Eid, and the Friends of the Library of Alexandria Association, headed by Issam Ezzat, on the ninth and tenth of this November, under the title: “Essentials of the Egyptian Personality between Novel and Visual Drama,” a session of the great screenwriter Osama Anwar Okasha.
Honoring the distinguished artist Suhair Al-Morshedy comes as a celebration of an ancient artistic name, and even a celebration of a history of light, with a journey that bore the features of the conscious, rebellious, and cultured Egyptian woman, in moments that restore respect to a female voice that combined the overwhelming theatrical presence and rare dramatic depth, and to confirm that when art is embodied in an honest person, it becomes a mirror for an entire nation.
Suheir Al-Morshedy belongs to a golden generation of creators who shaped the conscience of the Arab viewer. From her beginnings, she attracted attention with her artistic honesty and pure Egyptian features that made her close to the public’s conscience. She participated in immortal works such as “Layali Al-Helmeya”, where she excelled in embodying the Egyptian man with all his contradictions and violence, “The Journey of Mr. Abu Al-Ela Al-Bashri”, “The Halwani’s Gate”, “The Devil’s Gardens”, “Al-Masrawiya”, and other works that… It was firmly established in the memory of the Arab viewer.
As for the stage, Al-Morshedy was a living soul who breathed the first energy into the text. She presented distinguished works, including “Blood on the Curtain of the Kaaba,” “The Safety Rail,” and “Forbidden Love.” She was always good at balancing between strength and softness, between philosophical expression and realistic embodiment.
Suhair Al-Morshedy is a unique example of an artist who maintained her balance amidst the momentum of artistic life. She did not chase after the spotlight as much as she made the light search for her. She carried in her performance a deep intellectual and humanitarian awareness, and she became one of the signs of women’s drama in Egypt and the Arab world.
Her honor comes as part of a group of Egyptian and Arab drama icons, including the great screenwriter Mohamed Galal Abdel-Qawi, the artist Riyad El-Khouly, and the great director and writer Hala Khalil, in a major celebration that witnesses the distribution of screenplay competition awards, and the honoring of the jury headed by the writer Samir El-Gamal, and in the presence of Dr. Ashraf El-Azzazi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Culture, the great director Omar Abdel-Aziz, the president of the conference, and Dr. Zainab Farghaly, the secretary of the conference.
