Hani Salama

Living in Kuwait during his childhood, Hani Salama never imagined that he was going to be a professional actor later on in his life. Once he had finished school, Salama returned to Egypt to enroll in the Modern Academy, Computer Science Section. It was not long though before he saw an ad for new talents and decided to try his luck at acting. It was this ad, placed by director Youssef Chahine's company that landed him a role in Arak Al-Balah.

Having proven that he was star material, Hani was lucky enough to get a chance to team up with Youssef Chahine in Al-Massir in 1997. It was another two years though before Hani got another shot at working with the famous director. Chahine gave Hani a role in Al-Akhar in 1999.

Next up was a role in the famous film Al-Assefa in 2001. This time however the young actor worked with director Tarek Al-Eryan. By then, Hani had proven he was a good actor and had managed to build a good fan base - especially among females.

In his next film, Hani Salama took on the leading male role. He teamed up with Hala Shiha in Al-Selem Wal-Te'ban in 2001. The film was a hit in the box office and its popularity spread quickly amongst teenagers and young people in particular as it was a romantic film. But releasing two films in the same year didn't mean the year was over for Hani, on the contrary; he was just getting started. Hani released his next film As-hab Wala Business that same year. The film's cast included a number of stars like singer/actor Mostafa Amar, Monaliza and Nour.

Two years later, Salama hit the box office with Ezzay Tekhali Al-Banat Tehebak. This time, Hani acted alongside three popular actresses; Somaya Khashab, Hend Sabry and once again the Lebanese actress Nour.

Last year, Salama released another successful film in the cinemas. The film Halet Hob featured Hani alongside singer/actor Tamer Housny, Zeina and Hend Sabry. The film revolved around Seif (Salama) who left for France with his father after the 1992 earthquake which he thinks killed his younger brother (Tamer Housny) and his mother. Then he returns as an adult to his homeland on a quest to find his long lost family.

Hani's latest film was Enta Omri which was also released last year. The film starred Menah Shalaby as Hani's wife and Nelly Karim as his newly found love that appeared at the wrong time in his life - when he's a husband and a father. The film was a big success at the time of its release.

Mostafa Amar

On September 22nd, 1966, Mostafa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Amar, AKA Mostafa Amar was born. He lived a normal childhood and then it was time for the young Mostafa to go to school. The first stop in his education was Al-Shaheed Abbas School in Al-Ibrahimia district. His talent and love for music and singing first saw the light when his music teacher chose him as the lead singer in the school concert.

When he was ten, his father got him the only birthday present he had ever wanted; a guitar! Every summer he would attend classes, organized by the Conservatoire, to learn how to master the guitar. Even when he enrolled in the Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria later on, Mostafa didn't give up his love for music and remained a student in the summer music classes.

Then, came the difficult stage of moving from his beloved Alexandria to Cairo to find a production company that would back his talent. When he finally signed up with a major company, making his first album was far from easy so he released his first song Wala Yabou Khad Gameel in a collective album with other talented singers. It was not until 1990 though, that the album Wassaf hit the markets. But the album was definitely worth it; it made Mostafa into a star and proved that he had what it takes to reach stardom. It was then that Mostafa decided to shoot his song Dabadebou as a video clip and once it was aired, it was popular in no time!

At the end of 1992 and beginning of 1993, the young singer released his second album Layaleki. The album achieved huge sales and pushed the singer further ahead. Mostafa always tried to present different things and thus after a while, he teamed up with famous actress Nelly and sang and shot the duet Papa Noel.

More problems arouse but once they were all solved, Amar's third album Seket Al-Ashe'en saw the light and dazzled his fans. His fourth album Eftekerney was no different than the previous three when it came to success and popularity. It was then that Mostafa decided to gather five of his very first songs that were dear to his heart, in an album called Ela Man Yehomo Al-Amr. Amar's next albums; Tal Al-Leil, Nar El-Hob and Enaek Wahshaney, were released after that. The next step for Amar was the duet Ghazali with famous composer/singer Hamid El-Shaeri. The clip and song were unique and popular among the fans.

Aisheen was the singer's next album and included a duet with the Gipsy Kings Group. Haity and Monaya were Amar's next masterpieces and as usual they were both successful and popular. The clips of the two leading songs of both albums were also very unique when it came to the idea, directing and acting skills.

As for the silver screen, Mostafa invaded it and presented several films. Amar starred in films like Al-Batal alongside Ahmed Zaki and Mohamed Henedi, Al-Hob Al-Awal with Mona Zaki and Hanan Turk, Ashab Wala Business with Hani Salama, Alb Garee opposite Yasmine Abdul Aziz and Bahebak Wana Kaman with Somaya Khashab. Mostafa's last movie was Hobak Nar alongside Nelly Karim.

Amar's latest album Ensa hit the markets recently and has proven to be quite a success so far.

When it comes to his personal life, Mostafa has been married since September 18th, 1993 and has two young sons.