Malak Mansour

Biography: Malak Mohamed is an Egyptian singer. She rose to fame in the 1920 and 1930s, and was the first female singer in Egypt to also compose music and play the lute. She participated in musical plays through Amin Sedqy's theater group. She also performed several operettes, including “Safinat Alghagar” (Gypsie's Ship), “Bint Al Hattab” (The Lumberjack's Daughter) and “Bolbol”. She established her own theater in 1941, which was named “Opera Malak”. She retired from singing in the 1950s, after her theater was destroyed during the Cairo Fire of January 1952.