Sherihan Ahmed Abdel Fattah el Shalakani (Egyptian Arabic: شريهان أحمد عبد الفتاح الشلقاني, IPA: [ʃeɾiˈhæːn ʕæbdelfætˈtæːħ eʃʃælæˈʔæːni]; born 6 December 1964)^[1] is an Egyptian actress, singer and classically trained dancer.

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Sherihan started acting at the age of four.^[2] She is mostly known for Fawazir Ramadan. She retired in 2002 and came out of retirement in 2016.^[3] In 2021, she made her stage return after a 20-year hiatus from acting by starring in Coco Chanel play.^[4]

Sherihan is a half-sister of Omar Khorshid.^[2] She married Jordanian businessman Alaa Khawaja, with whom she has two daughters.

In 1990, she had a terrible accident, in which she broke her back including the spine.^[2] In 2002, she suffered from salivary gland tumours which forced her to retire from acting.^[2]

Sherihan is also a popular Egyptian nationalist and was a main participant in the 2011 revolution demanding the removal of president Hosni Mubarak.^[5]

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