The Egyptian young actress Noorhan reflected her extraordinary acting capabilities in the play Hasan and Bahiyyah which marked her debut on the stage. The play, which was directed by Rola al Fattal from Syria, is based on a script written by poet Naguib Suroor.
Noorhan who is still a student at the faculty of Arts preferred to debut at the state owned theater although its audience is different from the audience of the private theaters, which represent the broad base of the society.
“I need the audience of intellectuals very much but this does not mean that I do not want the other classes of the society. But in my first steps I need such audience in order to know through it the blatant criticism regarding my appearance as an actress,” Noorhan told the Arabic daily al Hayat.
In her appearance in the series Hadrat al Mohtaram based on a novel by the Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz, Noorhan highlighted her artistic competency and talent rather than her beautiful appearance. She presents herself as a continuation of romance production stars amid the cheap consumption wave, which depends on seduction and comedy.
However, the actress is not yet known by the cinema industry, as the number of films in which she played is limited despite her success in TV. “I am still waiting for the work that suits me best. All what I have been offered did not encourage me …I want to succeed and offer a good art,” she said.
She pointed out that bad art is the “one that depicts excitation and cheap consumption which quickly disappear…Excitation kills art…Since the dawn of history art provides values and principles and is based on fantasy, delicacy and taste and attempts to achieve perfection. I do not deny that any production may include love, feelings and desires but the style of dealing with these issues and featuring them is the factor that decides whether this work is top or a cheap one.” -- Albawaba.com
