Italy-based Al-Mutawassit publishing released the “Biography of Arabic Theater Choirs in 19th Century---Memoirs of Actors Omar Wasfi, Mariam al-Sammat,” a new book by novelist and researcher Taysir Khalaf.
Egyptian actor Omar Wasfi, his real name is Omar Mohammad Mikati, was born in 1874 to a conservative family from Cairo. His father was a Quran reader and the “muadin” at Al Hussein Mosque.
