In 1947, Hamama married actor/film director Ezzel Dine Zulficar while filming the "Abu Zayd al-Hilali" (أبو زيد الهلالي) film. They started a production company which produced the film "Maw`ed Ma` al-Hayat" (موعد مع الحياة, "Date with Life") in which she starred. This film earned her the title of the "lady of the Arabic screen". She divorced Zulficar in 1954. One year later, she married Egyptian film star Omar Sharif. Meanwhile, Hamama continued to act in films directed by her first husband.