Prominent Egyptian actor Nour El Sharif is currently in the process of preparing for an upcoming film, which is a joint cooperation between Egypt and China. Nour had agreed on taking part in the film during his last visit to China to attend the Egyptian cultural week.
According to the UAE based daily, Al Bayan, during the Cultural week a number of Egyptian films were screened as a part of the cultural cooperation between the two countries. Nour will begin implementation of the film in the near future, marking the emergence of Egyptian movies into the Far East market.
El Sherif has admitted that he constantly undergoes psychotherapy sessions when he feels he is encountering psychological problems that can not be resolved easily. The actor stressed that he is not ashamed to admit going to such a doctor for psychotherapy is very helpful when someone is experiencing mental and emotional problems.
Nour had rejected to sign a contract for a new TV drama to represent famous Islamic leader Khaled Bin Alwaleed unless an official approval by Al Azhar is given. Nour had previously showed his enthusiasm to perform the role after watching a movie done by late actor Hussein Sidqi, so he immediately asked writer Sami Guneim to transform the story intto a TV drama.
El Sherif retracted and asked the author to have Al Azhar's approval first before signing any formal contract, in order not to face any complications. If this project receives the approval of AL Azhar, it will eventually open the gateway to the production of more dramas representing famous figures in Islamic history like Abu Baker, Othman bin Affan , and Ali Bin Abi Taleb.
In a meeting with students from Ain Shams University, Nour asserted that every paper of the script of his TV drama "Rajol Al Aqdar" (Man of Power has gotten Al Azhar permission to be screened, adding that he made sure to go through all the historical books to prevent any error. The same thing had happened before with Nour when he played the role of Haroun Al Rashid, which he faced lots of criticism for not paying attention to historical facts.
The students at Ain Al Shams surprised Nour when they gave him proof from Islamic reference books stating that many substantial errors were made, specially the character of Salma which students say that she never existed. The students and teachers of Ain Shams also said that it was not convincing that Amr had his own ambitions above the obedience of orders. The teacher of history in the university added that there was some overstepping of limits especially when they were talking about Amr’s wife. –Albawaba.com
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