Faten Hamama was born in 1931 to a Muslim lower middle class family in Mansoura, Egypt (according to her birth certificate), but she claimed to have been born in the Abdeen quarter of Cairo.
Faten Hamama lahir pada 1931 dari sebuah keluarga kelas menengah kebawah Muslim di Mansoura, Mesir (menurut sertifikat kelahirannya), namun ia mengklaim bahwa ia lahir di kuarter Abdeen di Kairo.