Egyptian actress Nadia Lutfi passes away at age 83

Popular Egyptian actress Nadia Lutfi died yesterday aged 83 following complications from an undisclosed illness, the Egyptian Actors Syndicate . Lutfi’s career began in 1958, and in her first 11 years of working she made almost 50 films, many of which were adaptations of Naguib Mahfouz novels. She was one of the country’s best-known actresses during Egypt’s golden age of cinema.