Mohamed Ezzat Ahmed Shafiq Abou Aouf (; 21 August 1948 â 1 July 2019) was an Egyptian actor and composer. Abou Aouf obtained his bachelor's degree in medicine. He was a member of the rock band Les Petits Chats. He later joined Black Coats, and in the late seventies founded The Four M. He debuted in 1992 in Ice Cream in Gleam (Ays Krim fi Glym) with Egyptian singer Amr Diab, starring in more than 100 films over the course of his career. Abou Aouf has also acted as director of the Cairo International Film Festival for seven years.
Ezzat was keyboardist for Les Petits Chats, a rock band established in 1967. Ezzat formed the band 4M in the early 1980s with his four sisters Mona, Maha, Manal and Mervat. 4M came to an end when the sisters went their separate ways
Morocco World News reported that he had been suffering from heart and liver problems in his final years. Abou OufâÂÂs health had further deteriorated following the death of his wife Fatima in 2015, as the artist was suffering from pneumonia. The last few weeks of his life were spent in ICU receiving treatment. His funeral took place at the Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo