 After El Deif Ahmed's death in 1970, Ghanem and Sidhom continued under the same name (Tholathy Adwa'a El Masrah) until the 1980s.Samir Ghanem used to host a show on OTV called "An Hour With Samir Ghanem".He is the father of actresses Donia Samir Ghanem and Amal (Emy Samir Ghanem).