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Emad Hamdy

Egyptian actor (1909–1984)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ4164786 ↗
Source-derived summary

Emad Hamdy (Arabic: عماد حمدي, ‘Imād Ḥamdī; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) also known as Imad Hamdi, was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia El Guindy, and they had one son.

Filmography

Al Souk Al Sawdaa (The Black Market) 1945.

Garam Badaweyya 1946.

Dayman Fe Qalbi (Always in my Heart) 1946.

Azhar W Ashwak 1947.

Al Tadheya Al Kobra 1947.

Layt Al Shabab 1948.

Al Wageb (Duty) 1948.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Emad Hamdy” as egyptian actor (1909–1984). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1909, 1984, 1953, 1956—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1909-11-25. The account is most persuasive where Emad, Hamdy and Egyptian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as egyptian actor (1909–1984). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4164786. VIAF identifies the subject as 67900195. The Library of Congress control number is n85139697. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1909, 1984, 1953 and 1956.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Emad Hamdy”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Emad Hamdy primary sources, Emad Hamdy archive and Emad research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Emad Hamdy”?
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  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Emad Hamdy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.