Egyptian actress Shireen Seif Al Nasr has signed a contract for the leading role in her first appearance after an absence that lasted over two years in the new film “Ana wa Sahibi wal Jamila” (Me My Friend and the Pretty Lady). The film will be Shireen’s comeback to the cinema after her last film “Amir Al Thalam” (Prince of Darkness) alongside Egyptian comedian Adel Imam.
According to the London based daily, Al Sharq Al Awsat, Egyptian actors Khaled Abu Al Naja, Hana Shiha, Mamdouh Wafi, and Amro Kadouni will costar alongside Shireen in the new film, which is to be directed by Omar Bayoumi. The film revolves around the life of a flight attendant who falls in love with two men, who are very good friends. She cannot decide who to choose for she finds the perfect man in both men combined.
The friendship between the two men ends and they become enemies, each trying to win the flight attendant’s heart. At the point where she is forced to choose between the two men, she (Shireen) leaves both men and disappears from their lives for her happiness was based on having them both at the same time.
Shirren is known to be a very optimistic person, who accepts what life hands her and tries to make the best of it. Last year, a number of rumors circulated around Shireen, which she tried her best to overcome and not give them any importance.
The first rumors that circulated were about an upcoming music video clip with the famous Iraqi singer Kathem El Saher. Shireen stressed that the news was untrue and that she never received any offer from Kathem in the first place, adding that she would have been ecstatic to get such a an opportunity.
Among other rumors were that she refused to lend her x-husband prominent singer Midhat Saleh half a million EGP to pay back his debits to the prominent belly dancer and actress Fifi Abdo, and for that she ended up getting a divorce. Another rumor was that Shireen was pregnant before the divorce, a matter that she denied saying that these rumors are made up by tabloids who cannot find something else to write. Shireen stressed that the media should make sure the information it published is true before they release it to the public.
Shireen had recently traveled to Paris-France where she met a famous French fashion designer for the creation of two new wedding gowns. It was also revealed that Shireen wore two different wedding dresses, as is her own special tradition. Like in her previous marriage, the actress wore the first wedding dress for the first half of the wedding party and then change into the second one in the final half.
Shireen had announced her engagement to a successful businessman a couple of months ago and had at the time refused to give any details. The couple had celebrated their engagement amongst family members and had at the time decided not to make a big bash. It was revealed that the husband to be, is a close family friend, who Shireen knew from a long while back. –Albawaba.com
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