Actress Dalia Ibrahim reveals a surprise: She married Khaled Youssef for a year

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The retired Egyptian artist Dalia Ibrahim revealed a surprise about her marriage to the famous director Khaled Youssef in 2009, before filming the movie “Talk to Me Thank You,” in which she co-starred, alongside the artists Amr Abdel Galil and Ghada Abdel Razek, noting that the marriage lasted about a year before it ended in separation.

Dalia Ibrahim said, in press statements, that her marriage to Khaled Youssef lasted for about a year, then they separated, explaining that this incident dates back approximately 15 years.

Dalia settled the controversy surrounding the true influence of Egyptian artist Hanan Turk on her decision to wear the hijab and stay away from acting, stressing that her decision stems from personal conviction, without interference or influence from anyone else, stressing that she is never thinking about returning to art.

During a television interview on “Sada El Balad 2” channel, she denied what was said about Hanan Turk’s role in pushing her to make the decision to wear the hijab and stay away from art, explaining that there is no friendship between them, and that she has not met her for many years.

She said: “Hanan had no hand in the matter. I have not met her for 20 years at all, and many people stayed in their homes, and they were very nice, and they were very good actors. They sat and hid themselves and no one knew about them.”

Dalia Ibrahim touched on the scenes of the decision to wear the hijab, explaining that she thought about this step more than once before implementing it. The idea first occurred to her in 2002, then she returned to thinking about it in 2008, before she gradually began to change her clothing style until she started wearing the hijab.

While she confirmed that the decision came from personal conviction, and that wearing the hijab gave her a greater sense of comfort in her daily life, noting that there are many male and female artists who moved away from the artistic community after wearing the hijab, but each person has his own circumstances and choices.

Dalia Ibrahim is an Egyptian actress famous for her roles in television drama, theater and cinema, especially during the 1990s and early 2000s.

The audience knew her through the series “The Wanis Family” alongside the artist Mohamed Sobhi, then she presented works with a number of Egyptian drama stars, most notably “The Night and the End” alongside the artist Yahya Al-Fakharani, and the movie “Talk to Me Thank You” with Amr Abdel Galil, directed by Khaled Youssef.

Dalia Ibrahim announced her retirement from acting in June 2020, after a career that she said included about 40 series, 7 plays, 5 short films, and 3 feature films, in addition to work in dubbing.

In a television interview in 2022, she explained that her departure was not initially a final retirement, and she spoke about the lack of job opportunities and the role of art makers in her absence from the screen.