Hussein al-Imam

• Name — Hussein el-Imam • Birth Name — Hussein Hassan El-Imam • Born — 8 February 1951 • Birthplace — Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt • Died — 17 May 2014 • Place of death — Giza, Egypt • Occupation — Musician • actor • film producer • Children — 2 • Father — Hassan el-Imam • Family — El-Emam family • Years Active — 1973–2014

El-Imam began his career playing music with his brother Moody El-Emam. This developed into an artistic partnership between the two brothers and they created Thebes band which released five albums together. El-Imam wrote the soundtracks of many Egyptian films including Kaboria (1990) which he also produced, starring Ahmed Zaki and Ice Cream in Gleem (1992) starring Egyptian pan-Arab pop star Amr Diab, which El-Imam produced as well. He also wrote the musical score for a number of theatrical works on stage like Albanda, Lamma baba yenam and Lil kibar faqat as well as a number of Egyptian television series. He composed a number of songs particularly for Mohamed Mounir. He also established his own musical studio. El-Imam, who acted in over 70 films he was featured in several films in notable roles, such as; El-Salakhana (1982), El Toot W El Nabboot (1986) and Hekayat El Ghareeb (1992). On television, he also appeared in several television series, although he wasn’t the main role, but he had a great influence on them, such as: Hawanem Garden City in 1998, Lel Adala Wogooh Katheera in 2001, and Ahzan Mariam in 2006. El-Imam was the host of several popular candid camera and talk / entertainment shows like Hassan ala al hawaa, Hussein ala al hawaa, Fasel w nwasel, Eh en nizam and Kalaam Hussein.

He was the son of the late Hassan el-Imam, one of Egypt's most acclaimed filmmakers from the El-Imam family. His brother Moody El-Imam is also a well known writer, composer of film soundtracks. Hussein El-Imam was married to Egyptian actress Sahar Rami. He died in 2014 reportedly of a cardiac arrest. He was 63.

• TV series • Lil adalah wougouh kathira • Saeed baa'es ta'ees as Saeed Farhat • Ahzan Maryam as Aboul Alaa • Al shaytan la ya'ref el hob • Yak Hanna al jiran (Moroccan series) • Adam wa gamila • TV shows • Hassan ala al hawaa • Hussein ala al hawaa • Fasel w nwasel • Eh en nizam • Kalaam Hussein