Adel El Siwi

My Stars

Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art and Espace Karim Francis, Cairo, Egypt, 2006

Large portraits of the singers, actors, writers and public figures of El Siwi's childhood, among them Om Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Soad Hosny and Salah Jahin. El Siwi described the project as recovering memory and reclaiming “my adolescence and formation.”

Works in the exhibition

Abdel Fattah El Kosary Abdel Fattah El Kosary Abdel Halim Hafez Abdel Halim Hafez Abdel Halim Hafez Abdel Halim Hafez Abdel Moneim Ibrahim Abdel Moneim Ibrahim Abdel Salam El Nabulsi Abdel Salam El Nabulsi Ahmed Fouad Negm Ahmed Fouad Negm Anwar Sadat Anwar Sadat Asmahan Asmahan Asmahan Asmahan Farid El Atrache Farid El Atrache Farid El Atrache and Asmahan Farid El Atrache and Asmahan Faten Hamama Faten Hamama Faten Hamama Faten Hamama Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hind Rostom Hind Rostom Laila Mourad Laila Mourad Laila Mourad Laila Mourad Laila Mourad Laila Mourad Laila Mourad and Anwar Wagdi Laila Mourad and Anwar Wagdi Mahmoud Said Mahmoud Said Mahmoud Shukuku Mahmoud Shukuku Mary Mounib Mary Mounib Nagat Nagat Naguib El Rihani Naguib El Rihani Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz Naima Akef Naima Akef Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Om Kalthoum Omar Sharif Omar Sharif Roshdy Abaza Roshdy Abaza Sabah Sabah Salah Jahin Salah Jahin Samia Gamal Samia Gamal Shadia Shadia Sheikh Imam Sheikh Imam Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Soad Hosny Stephan Rosti Stephan Rosti Stephan Rosti Stephan Rosti Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca Youssef Wahbi Youssef Wahbi Zaki Rostom Zaki Rostom Zeinat Sedki Zeinat Sedki Zeinat Sedki Zeinat Sedki