After 25 years, the director of the series "Umm Kulthum" reveals a secret about it

After 25 years of its screening, the series "Umm Kulthum" continues to stir controversy, especially after the statements made by its director, Enaam Mohamed Ali.

Hala Sedky was not nominated for the role She denied all the statements made by the artist Hala Sedki , in which she said that she was nominated to play the role of Umm Kulthum, and after she made some calls with the director of the work, she was excluded from the series.

Enaam said that she did not nominate Hala Sedki to participate in the work and there was no contact between them regarding this work.

Sawsan Badr was the strongest candidate She stressed that the only artist who was strongly nominated for this work was the artist Sawsan Badr, but after the sessions, she found that she did not resemble Umm Kulthum in anything.

Then, they decided on Sabreen because she was imitating some singing stars and was presenting singing works, so they decided on her.

The series "Umm Kulthum" was shown in 1999 and starred Sabreen, Kamal Abu Raya, Ahmed Rateb, Hassan Hosni, Nasser Seif, Samira Abdel Aziz and a large number of stars. The work achieved great success despite the many objections to some details of Umm Kulthum's life.