Biographies: Wahid Abdel Samad - Actor

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A Kuwaiti actor, director, and writer, who graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Department of Acting and Directing, in 1987. He was a member of the Kuwaiti Theater Troupe in 1983 before taking over as head of the troupe. He was also the head of the School Theater Department at the Ministry of Education, a founding member of the Kuwait Federation of National Theaters and a member of the Standing Committee for National Troupes in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. He directed the plays Abu Sanad in Paris (1980), The King of the Night, and the children’s play Tweety. He also wrote the play That's Our Boy, and the children’s play The Dinosaur. He passed away on May 16, 2014.

• 23 September 2021
• Dalia Saad