for her role in Bitter Days, Nice Days. Hamama was also a recipient of the Lebanese Order of Merit in 1984 for her role in The Night of Fatma's Arrest. She was later presented lifetime achievement awards, including one at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in 1993, and another at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2009. In 2001, the Egyptian Writers and Critics Organization chose her as "Star of the Century" at the Alexandria International Film Festival, honouring her lengthy career in Egyptian cinema. Hamama was also honoured on several other occasions. Some of those include: Decoration of Creativity of First Degree, from Lebanese Prime Minister Prince Khaled Chehab (1953) Order of the Republic of First Degree for Art, from Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1965) Decoration of the State of the First Order, from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1976) Decoration of the Cedar, from Lebanese President Émile Lahoud (2001) Decoration of Intellectual Competence, from King Mohammed VI of Morocco (2001) On 14 June 2013, the American University of Beirut awarded Faten Hamama with an honorary doctorate. The University President Peter Dorman introduced the Egyptian actress as an “icon, legend, and luminary.” However, “I feel a great happiness, today, greater than any gift that I have ever received. Currently, there is a massive attack on art, culture and anything related to literature. So this honorary doctorate will not only make me happy, but will bring happiness to all the artists and cultured people in Egypt and the Arab world.” said Hamama. A Google Doodle on 27 May 2016 commemorated Hamama's 85th birth anniversary. Selected filmography Film Television See also Bahiga Hafez Fatima Rushdi Nadia Lutfi Lists of Egyptians Top 100 Egyptian films Egyptian films of the 1950s Egyptian films of the 1960s References Sources Published sources Online sources External links 1931 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Egyptian actresses Egyptian film actresses Egyptian film producers Egyptian Muslims Egyptian television actresses People from Mansoura, Egypt