Editing Soad Hosny (section)

==Legacy and Image==
[[File:Soad Hosny (1980).jpg|alt=Suad_Husni_1979|thumb|170px|left|upright|{{center|Soad Hosny}}]]
Soad Hosny has been considered as one of the most influential actresses in the Middle East and Arab World.<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=2025-02-19 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> Highly regarded for her range, versatility, and ability to play a wide range of characters—from comedic and lighthearted roles to dramatic and tragic ones, captivating the audiences with her charm, which would earn her the nickname "Cinderella of the Screen".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rafik |first=Farah |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=2025-02-19 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Soad Hosny and Her Effect On Egyptian Cinema! |url=https://cairogossip.com/the-gossip/soad-hosny-and-her-effect-on-egyptian-cinema/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Cairo Gossip |language=en-US}}</ref> Her fashion sense and style made her a fashion icon for many young girls during her time, and has been considered a [[sex symbol]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberating History: The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni (2011): Block Museum - Northwestern University |url=https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/cinema/2020/liberating-history-the-three-disappearances-of-soad-hosni-2011.html |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-26 |title=On Her Birthday, Rare Photos That Document The Everlasting Charm of Souad Hosny |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/137976/On-Her-Birthday-Rare-Photos-That-Document-The-Everlasting-Charm# |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=EgyptToday}}</ref>

In 2013, Lebanese filmmaker [[Rania Stephan]] used snippets from Hosny's films to re-tell Hosny's story and the history of Egyptian cinema in ''The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni''.<ref>Harbord, J., ''Ex-centric Cinema: Giorgio Agamben and Film Archaeology'', Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2016, p. 101</ref> It was featured in Berlin's Art Week.<ref>Rowan El Shimi, [http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/82459.aspx "Cinderella story of Egyptian cinema told through film on Soad Hosny"], ahram.org.eg, 25 September 2013.</ref> The ''Three Disappearances'' is an important archive, which while following the chronology of Soad Hosny's career, simultaneously documents the costumes, sets and styles used from the 1950s to the 1990s, a period that marked the peak and decline of [[Cinema of Egypt|Egyptian cinema]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Russell, C., ''Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices'', Duke University Press, 2018 [E-book edition], n.p.</ref>

One of Hosny's songs, "I'm going down to the Square" became a popular "anthem" during the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]].<ref name="ReferenceA" />