Karim Kassem

Karim Ahmed Kassem (Arabic: كريم أحمد قاسم‎, Kareem Ahmad Qassem, Egyptian Arabic: [kæɾˈiːm ʔæːsem], also spelled Karim Assem; born 8 October 1986) is an Egyptian actor.

Karim Kassem
Kassem in 2013
Born
Karim Ahmed Kassem

(1986-10-08) 8 October 1986
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Biography

Karim was born in the 8th of October 1986 in Cairo, Egypt. He is a Muslim himself though had a multi-faith religious upbringing celebrating all Jewish, Christian and Muslim holidays as a child. His late mother was Jewish and his father is a Muslim and is from both Islamic and Christian faith heritage. His paternal grandfather was Muslim and his paternal grandmother was a Christian. His maternal grandfather was a Jewish anti-Zionist who refused to immigrate to Israel, believing Zionism to be a "racist" movement.[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather was a prominent Egyptian nationalist.

He is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, where he studied theatre and acted in many of the university's plays.[4] He is trilingual in Egyptian Arabic (also Standard Arabic), French and English.[4]

Discovered in 2006 while taking an acting workshop,[5] he had his cinematic breakthrough in the teen drug film Awqat Faragh meaning "Spare time".[6] Kassem has co-starred with colleague Amr Abed in three of his films.[4]

Filmography
Year Film Translation Role Note
2006 أوقات فراغ
Awqat Faragh		 Leisure Time Amr
2007 الماجيك
el-Magic		 The Magic Mustafa
To Each His Own Cinema Young Youssef Chahine In 47 ans après (47 Years Later)
2009 بالألوان الطبيعية
Bel-Alwan el-Tabe'eya		 True Colors Youssef
2011 إي.يو.سي
E.U.C		 E.U.C Omar
2012 مصور قتيل
Mosawar Qatil		 Snapshot Guest appearance
2014 The First Line (Promakhos) Amit
2014 بتوقيت القاهرة
Bi-Tawqit al-Qahira		 Cairo Time Wael
2015 أولاد رزق
Awlad Rizq		 Sons of Rizk Ramadan
2016 كدبة كل يوم
Kedbet Koll Youm		 A Lie for Everyday Seif
2017 سمكة وصنارة
Samaka we Senara		 Mostafa
2018 ليل/خارجي
Leil/Karegy		 Night/Ext Mohamed Abdel El-hady (Mo)
2019 أولاد رزق ٢: عودة أسود الأرض
Awlad Rizq 2: Awdet Eswood El-Ard		 Sons of Rizk 2: The Return of the Lions of Earth Ramadan
Sawah

Television
Year Show Translation Role Note
2009 خاص جدا
Khas Geddan		 Top Secret Moataz
2010 الجماعة
Al-Gama'a		 The Brotherhood Teymur
2012 الهروب
el-Horoub		 The Escape Ahmed Abd El-Naser
2014 كلام علي ورق
Kalam Ala Waraq		 Words on Paper Marawan Starring Haifa Wehbe
2015 الكابوس
el-Kabous		 The Nightmare Faris
البيوت اسرار
el-Beyout Asrar		 Houses of secrets Seif
2017 شاش في قطن
Shash X Qotn		 Gauze In Cotton Dr. Jean
The State Abu Akram Broadcast in Britain by Channel 4

Theatre
Year Show Translation Role Note
2013 قالولي هنا
Qalouli Hena		 They Told Me Here Mime play

References
  1. Egyptian Actor Karim Kassem Reveals His Mother Is Jewish Haaretz. 29 November 2016
  2. Egyptian TV star reveals he’s Jewish The Times of Israel. 26 November 2019
  3. "Egyptian actor shocks fans after revealing Jewish heritage". The New Arab. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. Abedelrahman, Sarah. "AUCian is Egypt's 'best upcoming star'". Caravan. AUC press. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  5. "Arabic Cinema Database". elcinema.com. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. "IMDb". Retrieved 14 April 2013.


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