Leyla Murad

People forget that Egypt - then as is today - happens to be one of the Arab's world's main centers of cultural and cinematographic expression. Leyla Murad - An Egyptian Jew of both Polish and Moroccan roots was once one of Egypt's finest movie actresses, singers and performers throughout the 1940 40's. She is revered almost as much as Um Kalthum was and converted to Islam in 1949. Her family it is said moved to Israel never seeing her again.