Egyptian singer Ruby is currently in the process of preparing for her television debut in the new musical drama series “Ba’et Al War” (the Flower Girl), in which she will present 15 different dance performances. The new drama is to be directed by Ruby’s business manager Sharif Sabri.
According to the UAE based daily, Al Bayan, in the drama Ruby plays the role of a girl who sells flowers in the streets and eventually a musical producer falls in love with her. The producer begins to form a liking to the flower girl and the different moves she makes while selling flowers, giving him new ideas for musical for the theater.
On a different note, musician Ahmad Al Jabali has renewed his lawsuit against Ruby, which was dismissed by a Cairo court. A court date has been set for the trial on March 6, 2005, where Al Jabali will demand that Ruby implement the terms of the contract she had signed with him in the past. The Egyptian Court of Immediate Matters will make a verdict in the case against Ruby, and will decide her fate of the singer.
The court had dismissed the trial, which was filed by Al Jabali, who demanded 5 million Egyptian pounds in compensation from the singer stressing that she had signed a contract with him in 1997 giving him full rights to all her entertainment activities, and making any other contract signed since that period invalid.
The contract has been automatically extended for five years, based on a condition in the contract that states an extension for five years will be made unless one of the two parties states otherwise. Neither Ruby nor Ahmad had requested otherwise and so the extension occurred giving Ahmad rights to Ruby’s activities until the year 2009.
