Editing Soad Hosny (section)

==Early life==
Soad Muhammad Kamal Hosny was born in [[Bulaq]] district in [[Cairo]], Egypt, to, [[Mohammad Hosni]], a renowned Egyptian calligrapher. Her father is originally of a [[Kurds in Syria|Syrian Kurdish]] descent;<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hammond |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hfHEAAAQBAJ&dq=soad+hosni+syrian+kurd&pg=PA99 |title=Pop Culture in North Africa and the Middle East: Entertainment and Society around the World |date=2017-05-22 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-4408-3384-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/1279?lang=en-us Soad Hosny-SIS]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jalal |first=Maan |title=Soad Hosny: Remembering the Cinderella of Arab cinema |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2024/06/21/soad-hosny-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=سعاد |url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=50669&issueno=8284#.VaqjPO_bKUl |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=archive.aawsat.com |language=ar}}</ref> and his second wife, Gawhara Mohamed Hassan Saffour, an Egyptian woman. Soad Hosny's sister has claimed that their mother was of Syrian and later Saudi origin. The accuracy of her sister's assertions has been subject to speculation. <ref>{{Cite web |title=اخت سعاد حسني تؤكد انتمائها للأشراف بالوثائق |url=https://www.filfan.com/videos/12619}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-11 |title=August 11 marks birth anniversary of Egypt's sweetheart Nagat al-Sgahira |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/106818/August-11-marks-birth-anniversary-of-Egypt-s-sweetheart-Nagat |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=EgyptToday}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-23 |title=Soad Hosny: From Egypt's 'Cinderella' to Tragedy {{!}} Egyptian Streets |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/06/23/soad-hosny-from-egypts-cinderella-to-tragedy/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=حسنى |first=جنجاه |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frYSEQAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84+%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A&pg=PT9 |title=سعاد حسنى: أسرار الجريمة الخفية |date=2024-07-05 |publisher=Sama Publishing House |isbn=978-5-9704-5402-2 |language=ar}}</ref> 
[[File:Suad_Hosny_young.jpg|alt=Suad_Hosny_young|left|thumb|214x214px|Soad Hosny at the age of ten years]]
Her parents divorced and her mother married Abdul Monem Hafeez with whom she had six more children, thus giving Soad and her two sisters no fewer than 14 half-siblings.<ref name="Soad2">Mayad Beloun. [http://www.archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?article=50669&issueno=8284 Profile], ''Alsharq Al Awsat'' (newspaper), (3 August 2001), No. 8284.</ref>

Her father's household was known as "the artists' home" because leading artists from across the Arab world regularly visited Hosni's home in Cairo for tuition and social interaction with the master calligrapher. Her father, whose artistic output included the production of frames for the silent movies and book covers, was well known across the artistic community. A number of his children became performance artists. Soad's half-sister, [[Nagat El-Sagheera|Nagat]], was an actress and singer.<ref name="Najat Al Saghira profile">[https://najatalsaghira.wordpress.com Najat Al Saghira profile], najatalsaghira.wordpress.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.</ref> Her half-brother, [[Ezz Eddin Hosni]] (1927–2013), was a composer and taught Soad and Najat music and singing. Another sibling, Sami Hosni, became a cello player, jewellery designer, and [[calligrapher]].<ref>[http://www.alittihad.ae/details.php?id=97860&y=2013], ''Al-Etihad'' [newspaper], UAE, "Obituary of Ezz- Eldin Hosni"</ref> Yet another brother, Farooq, was a painter and his daughter Samira was also an actress.<ref>Mohammad Qenawi, [http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=9896&article=395041#.Vaqshu_bKUl "Najat Al Saghira wins 'Al Owais' Prize"], 4 December 2006, Issue No. 10233. Retrieved 26 January 2016.</ref>