Abdul Hakim Al-Taher
{{short description|Sudanese theater director and actor (1949-2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Abdul Hakim Al-Taher
| birth_date = 1949
| nationality = Sudanese
| occupation = Actor, director
| years_active = 1967–2021
| education = Sudan University of Science and Technology
Cairo University
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|1|1949|||df=yes}}
}}
Abdul Hakim Al-Taher ({{langx|ar|عبد الحكيم الطاهر}}; 1949 – 1 January 2021) was a Sudanese theater director and actor.
Biography
Al-Taher was born in Affad, Northern State, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Egypt. He lost fingers of his left hand while working in a textile factory in 1962. He studied music and theater in the Sudan University of Science and Technology and graduated in 1982, then he had a master's degree from the Cairo University in 2000, and a PhD from the Sudan University in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.eremnews.com/entertainment/arts-celebrities/2300282 |title=وفاة الممثل السوداني عبد الحكيم الطاهر |website=eremnews.com |language=Arabic |date=1 January 2021 }}
Known as Captain Kabo, he is considered the pioneer of theater of deaf people in Sudan and won the Award for Superior Performance of the Spanish Festival of the Deaf in 2003.
Al-Taher died from COVID-19 on 1 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan.[https://www.mobtada.com/details/1004218 بسبب كورونا .. وفاة الفنان السودانى عبد الحكيم الطاهر] {{in lang|ar}}
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Category:Cairo University alumni
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
Category:People from Northern State (Sudan)
Category:Sudan University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Sudanese people with disabilities
Category:Sudanese theatre directors
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