Arab Artists News: Surprising Successes and Controversial Postponements

In the world of Arab art, full of distinction and creativity, Arab artists continue their activities and launch new creations and various activities that inspire the Arab and international art scene as well. In this article, we shed light on the latest news of Arab artists to keep up with their releases, exhibitions, artistic achievements and various social activities.

Sameh Hussein reveals dangerous secrets after the success of the movie "Sandwich Kids" The movie Sandwich Kids is one of the distinctive comedy movies by the artist Sameh Hussein, which was released in this year 2024 and achieved great success, especially after a long hiatus by the artist Sameh Hussein. The movie discusses a group of important social issues in a distinctive social comedy format, the most important of which is the issue of children being harmed by the divorce of their parents, so the movie received great interest and admiration from the audience.

Sameh Hussein revealed in an interview after the film's success that this success was not expected, especially since it was released at the end of the summer season of 2024, but it seems that the audience has become eager to see an artistic work that discusses a real issue.

In his speech, Sameh Hussein said that the story of this film was very strange, as its idea had been around for five years when the screenwriter presented him with the idea of the film and he welcomed it, but there were problems in the production that made them back out of it, and now he is back again with this great success.

Mamdouh Abdel-Alim's daughter's first appearance, dreaming of entering the acting field The first appearance of the daughter of the great artist Mamdouh Abdel-Alim, "Hana Mamdouh", sparked a great interaction from the audience after she appeared in the Casting program to discover new artistic talents, where she presented a short segment for several minutes with her colleagues. The great director Amr Salama praised her distinguished acting performance and her colleagues who participated with her in presenting the show. At the end of their segment, she revealed that she dreams of entering the world of acting and that her father always encouraged her to enter this field. The upcoming episodes of the Casting program will reveal the fate of Hana Mamdouh Abdel-Alim and her arrival to the final stage in the program.

Dramas expected to be shown before the end of 2024, among Arab artists’ news The 2024 drama season has achieved great success with distinctive drama works, and artists continue to present distinctive artistic works. Despite the near end of this year, the audience is waiting for a group of series to be shown that have been announced to be launched before the end of the year. These series are:

The series "House Arrest" stars Hana El Zahed, Sabreen, Mohamed El Sharnouby, and Mahmoud El Bezawy. The events take place in a social and psychological framework, where Hana El Zahed plays the role of a pharmacist girl who suffers from psychological disorders, while Sabreen plays the role of a psychiatrist who treats Hana El Zahed. Actress Reham Abdel Ghafour announced on her social media pages that she is waiting for her new series “Catalog” to be shown after filming is finished, and she promised her fans a new, distinctive work that is completely different from any of her previous works. A few days ago, artist Mohamed Anwar published a poster for his new series, Dibo, which is expected to be shown before the end of 2024. It is a social comedy series directed by Ahmed Abdel Wahab. Rogina reveals Hamza Namira's conditions before singing the theme song for the series "Divine Secret" The Secret of God series is one of the most distinctive series that appeared in Ramadan 2024. It is a distinctive series that takes place in a popular social framework that tells the life story of Nasra, whose character is embodied by the artist Rogina. Rogina revealed a few days ago, while she was a guest on the Radio Bidhak program, that the artist Hamza Namira, before agreeing to sing the series’ theme song, asked to read the work first, and he had many comments and notes on the series, and he stipulated that the song not be shown until a few days before Ramadan so that it would remain at the top of the trend.

Elham Shaheen attacks the postponement of the movie "The Atheist" The Atheist movie is one of the movies that was announced in early 2024, and the name of the movie caused a lot of anger and provocation among Egyptians, so it was postponed and has not been shown yet. Elham Shaheen appeared on the Guest Me program, surprised by the postponement of the movie until now, and attacked the people who were the reason for its postponement, and explained the reason for her attack that there is no problem with the name of the movie and that the movie may address the problem of atheism and does not encourage it as some thought and got angry because of that.

Mai Omar takes an urgent decision regarding her new series The series "Esh Esh" starring Mai Omar and Maged El Masry, which will be shown in 2025, is still being filmed, but a few days ago Mai Omar asked those responsible for the film to temporarily stop filming because she and her husband were involved in a car accident in the 6th of October area.

Mai refused to provide any statements or information about the accident or about her health condition and that of her husband, director Mohamed Sami, but some of those close to them confirmed that they had suffered some minor injuries and bruises in some joints as a result of the collision, but the doctor asked them to rest for two days, so she asked to stop filming temporarily.

Haifa Wehbe confronts Rotana after deleting songs from the album "Baba Fein" A few days ago, artist Haifa Wehbe and her fans were surprised when Rotana deleted all the songs from the album "Baba Fein" from the TikTok platform. She explained via Twitter that she did not know the reason behind the urgent and quick decision to delete the songs.

The artist added that these songs that were deleted are her private property and no production company has the right to delete them from any platform, and therefore she will take legal action against Rotana Company for taking this decision to delete her songs.

The Arab art scene is full of many pioneering talents who have left a distinctive mark in all fields of art, whether cinema, television or singing. The year of Arab artists’ news is full of activities, achievements and ongoing events. We have reviewed with you a group of the latest news about Egyptian artists.