BVActor Noureddine Farihi has died of cancer at the age of 65. This wasconfirmed by VRT. Farihi was best known as Mo from ‘Home’.
It was actor Saïd Boumazoughe who announced the news of the death. The actor,who appeared with Farihi in ‘Patser’, posted a photo on his Instagram page.“I’m going to miss you my hero, pioneer,” Boumazoughe wrote. “May God put youin the most beautiful place paradise donate.” The news was also confirmed bythe actor’s management. “His family announced that Noureddine died in hissleep this night from the effects of cancer after an unfair and short battle.”Meanwhile, Adil El Arbi, the director of ‘Patser’, has also responded to thenews. El Arbi shared a photo of Farihi on Instagram. “As a Moroccan-Belgianactor in Belgium, he was a pioneer for people like us,” it sounds, among otherthings. “He paved the way and made us believe that we as Muslims could be partof the film world in this country. It was a great honor to work with him on’Patser’. His charisma was unparalleled. We’ll miss him.”
Loubna Khalkhali, the wife of Adil El Arbi and VRT NWS journalist also shareda message on her Instagram Stories. “One of the first Moroccan-Belgian actorswho was not portrayed in that cliché way.”
He leaves behind a partner and two children. There will be a moment of prayerat the Mosque of the Kiel (Mosque El Fath En Nassr) on October 19, 2022 at4:00 PM.
Noureddine Farihi © Instagram @said.boumazoughe
The actor could be seen in ‘Home’ as Mo from 1999. But that role came to anend in 2011, when it was decided that Mo would move to Morocco with his wifeBianca and their son Robin. Since then, it has remained silent around theactor for a long time. “Very frustrating. Because the past six years… A guestrole here and there, but for the rest I was starving. After ‘Home’ I barelyearned a cent”, says Farihi in Dag Alles. “I haven’t gotten anywhere yet. Ireally fell into a deep pit. Suddenly I had to start stamping. Terrible for aproud man like me. One day a beloved actor and then suddenly that dopper. No,I was not happy about that. I so enjoyed my job at Home and that time I spenton set with my colleagues, and then suddenly that freezing cold shower.Without consultation. That was emotionally tough.”
Mo and Veronique – Home © RV
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In 2017, Farihi did get a major role in ‘Patser’, from directors Adil El Arbiand Bilall Fallah. “My wife and my daughter have dragged me through the mostdifficult moments. I don’t know what I would have done without them. I’m sohappy to be able to show myself again,” he said. In recent years he has playedin several international series. In 2023, another American film starringFarihi, ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’, is set to be released.
Two years ago, Farihi was once again in the news when he was imprisoned inMorocco for months. At the beginning of March, he then went to visit family inCasablanca, but he was unable to return to Belgium due to the corona crisis.“Fortunately there was my daughter Hakima. She couldn’t stand it anymore andcontacted someone from the Moroccan embassy in Brussels. For example, Hakimaaccomplished in one day what the Belgian government failed to do in threemonths: getting me home.”