Mahmoud Mabsout
Mahmoud Mabsout (), also known by the character Fehmen () (1941 – 25 July 2011) was a Lebanese actor. Biography Mahmoud was born in 1941 in Tripoli, North Lebanon. He was not good at school, as he said in an interview. He failed first grade six times, and when he was 12 years old, the principal of his school told his father "your son is not good for school." Meanwhile, Mahmoud spent his time acting sketches that he invented with his friends. Mahmoud formed with his friends the "Drabzin Agha" troupe, and made some sketches that made it to festival of the «Ecole des Freres» (school). His father didn't want him to act, and was reported to beat Mahmoud in order to stop him from acting. The father locked his son to prohibit him from going out because acting was a «forbidden art» in his point of view. Mahmoud escaped using a rope tied to the balcony. At the age of sixteen, his father sent him to Africa to work with his brothers. He worked with them during the day, but spent nights playing the «Tarneeb» card game. During one of those games, he met a man named "Asmarani", who