Sabrin Ahmed Abdullah Burshid (; June 11, 1985 – July 22, 2019) was a Bahraini actress and broadcaster.
Biography Burshid was born in Manama, Bahrain, to a Bahraini father and a Saudi mother. She studied media and public relations, but left school in 2008 to work at the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation. She made her television hosting debut in the summer of 2009. She presented a reality show for Ramadan 2010, winning the "Most Beautiful Arab Broadcaster" award, and was one of the hosts of the Kuwaiti show Ali Al-Seif on Al-Adalah TV.
Her first acting role was in the 2012 Eid al-Fitr play Misbah Zain; her friend Shaila Sabt helped her to obtain the role. In 2018, she moved to Kuwait for work-related reasons.
Illness and death In April 2019, Burshid's family revealed that she was sleeping excessively and did not remember her friends' names. Tests conducted at the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital revealed three lymphomas in the left hemisphere of her brain. This required immediate surgery and her father appealed to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for aid in obtaining quick treatment, a plea that gained support from activists and artists across the Gulf.
The Royal Court agreed to send her abroad for treatment, and the Ministry of Health arranged for her travel to Germany. Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa ultimately organized for her to travel to Turkey, where her condition did not improve, and she died in Istanbul on July 22, 2019. Her funeral service was held in Manama.
Works
Television series + Filmography Year Series Role 2014 Ahl Eldar Shamsa 2014 Kasr al-Khawater Duha 2015 Imra'a Mafquda Noor 2015 Al Nour Hind 2016 Al Wajh Al Mosta'ar Sheikha 2016 Tales: My Deepest Soul Aisha 2016 Darab Alearayis Fatimah 2016 Distances Agadir 2016 Tales: Rosy Dreams Nouf 2016 On Remand Nawal 2017 Hayat Thanya Faten 2017 Dumue Al'Afaei Khadija 2017 Amany Al-Umr Shahd 2017 Silk Threads Sabrin 2018 Al-Muwajaha Nouf 2018 Mahtet Entzar Nusaiba 2019 Oshaq Raghm Al-Talaq Aamal 2019 Ana Andi Nuss Sarah 2019 Agenda 2020 Umi Dalal We Aleial Shouq
Theatre + Acting career Year Play Role 2012 Misbah Zain Majami 2014 Guardian of the Forest Hut 2016 2017
Broadcasting + Filmography Year of debut TV show Broadcaster 2009 Bahrain Summer Festival Bahrain TV 2015 Kuwait Nights Kuwait TV 2019 Soraya Al-Adalah TV
References
External links El Cinema page