Cairo - None working in the Egyptian cinema industry can believe that two years have passed since Nour El-Sherif died on 11 August 2015 following a silent battle with cancer. This distinguished man's contributions in the fields of acting, producing, cinematic direction and even theatre direction prove that Nour El-Sherif wasn't just a name in the history of the Arabian acting. He was a unique artist and left an indelible mark on cinema in the Arab world during the last half-century. El-Sherif was born in 1946 in El-Sayeda Zeinab, the popular Cairo quarter, and changed his career path from playing football for Zamalek Club to studying at the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts to satisfy his love of acting. His fellow actor Adel Imam introduced him to the late director Hassan Al-Imam, and in 1967 he debuted in the film "The Palace of Desire", and since acted in about 175 films and more than 30 TV series and tens of plays and radio dramas. But what's vitally important is that he appeared in a very critical stage in the history of Egypt and even the whole world. At the close of 1967, as El-Sherif made his debut in "Palace of Desire", the world was on the eve of a great transformation, with students' and workers' demonstrations in Europe and the United States making not simply headlines but history. In 1968, Egypt was still living in the atmosphere of the 1967 Defeat and popular demands for change. Cinematic life wasn't far away from this anger and this desire to reinvent itself.