As an actress, you gotta do what you gotta do to portray a new character.
Although veteran Egyptian actress Sabreen has been in showbiz for as long as we can remember, thanks to her undebatably great acting skills, she was recently criticised by her more conservative fans for wearing a wig in a new role she's playing this Ramadan.
What's the story? Sabreen wears the Islamic hijab off-screen, but her role in the 2015 TV drama "Gynecologist." requires her to "show her hair," so naturally, she opted for a wig!
A Muslim woman is only required to cover her hair when outdoors or in the company of strange men. Although Sabreen plays the role of a hijabi woman in the series, she put on a wig over her real-life hijab in the scenes where her character was at home with her family.
"People have come to know me as Sabreen the actress, not Sabreen the apostate or hijabi. I could be right or mistaken here, but there's a message I need to get across in the show and God has given me a talent for acting, so I'm using it," Sabreen said in response to her critics, reported Al Jaras Magazine.
