In a rare instance of its kind, Egyptian actress Hanan Turk has announced that she barely survived death after an accidental drug overdose, which could have destroyed her life. Hanan was on vacation with her husband in Holland and suddenly felt hungry and so walked into a cafeteria to buy a slice of cake, which was her ticket to misery.
According to the London based daily, Al Sharq Al Awsat, the actress began to feel severe pains in her stomach and was immediately taken to hospital only to find out that the slice of cake, which she bought and ate, turned out to be filled with drugs. Hanan underwent an immediate cleansing to her entire digestive track to rid her body of all the drugs that she had taken. Doctors notified the actress that the amount of drugs she had taken could have lead to her death, especially since her body is not accustomed to taking any form of drugs.
It was revealed that in Holland drug smugglers used these means to sell drugs. The incident which the actress went through made her avoid ever going into that café ever again and thank God that she survived it without any damages.
Recently, Turk denied having the desire to compete with internationally well-known Lebanese-Colombian singer Shakira by calling her latest movie “Shakira in Munira”. Hanan insisted that the movie has nothing to do with the world pop star and there is only a similarity in names.
The Egyptian censorship did not approve of the title stressing that the pop star may sue Hanan and ask for millions as compensation for using her name to promote the movie. Hanan revealed that Shakira could only sue her if the movie revolves around the star's life story. The story of the movie talks about a normal Egyptian girl, who encountered many pressures in her life and is a romantic story narrated in a comical way.
Turk says that she had a problem in getting rid of the character she played after the filming was over. "I normally have great difficulty in getting rid of the character which creates problems with my family and husband, so I go to Dr. Farouq Latif my psychiatrist to help me in this matter," Hanan elucidated.
The film had created a commotion with the Egyptian censorship committee, for the fact that the film holds the name of the famous singer and there was a fear of facing lawsuits over the issue. Even though the film does not directly interfere with the singer's persona, officials felt that it is in the best interest to take precautions against any expected legal suit by the singer. –Albawaba.com
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