Director Ahmed Farag: The leader advised me to stay away from directing.

In a TV interview full of candor and memories, media personality Ahmed Abdoun hosted the talented director Ahmed Samir Farag on his program "By Origins", to reveal the backstage story of his artistic beginnings and his relationships with a number of first-class stars in the Egyptian drama scene.

"The Leader" tried to dissuade "Al-Madah" During the interview, Farag revealed an unexpected piece of advice he received from "The Leader" Adel Emam at the beginning of his career, which reached the point of a funny "curse" due to his insistence on entering the world of directing. He also spoke about his vision of the talent of the artist Yasmine Sabry and the artistic chemistry that brings him together with the artist Hamada Helal in the series "Al-Madah", which achieved widespread popular success.

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"Get out of here." The "Leader"'s shocking advice to Faraj's ambition. With his usual frankness and sense of humor, Ahmed Samir Farag recounted how the great artist Adel Emam received his ambition to enter the world of directing. Instead of the usual encouragement, “The Leader” seriously advised him to stay away from this arduous profession, suggesting that he consider other fields where he might find himself better, such as photography or sound engineering. The matter did not stop there, as Adel Emam’s rejection of Farag’s attempts reached the point of expressing it in a funny but decisive way, as Farag described it as an “insult” that carried within it the spiritual father’s concern for the interests of a young man taking his first steps in the world of art.

Yasmine Sabry... a talent waiting for the "magic key" Speaking about the stars he has worked with, Ahmed Samir Farag mentioned actress Yasmine Sabry, expressing his belief in her great acting abilities that have yet to be optimally utilized. Farag emphasized that Yasmine Sabry possesses artistic talents that deserve to be more impressively displayed before the audience, emphasizing that she needs a director who possesses the vision and tools necessary to extract these latent energies, work on them, and direct them correctly to showcase her true talent on screen.

"Al-Madah" and Hilal: an artistic chemistry that achieves success The conversation turned to the fruitful collaboration between Ahmed Samir Farag and artist Hamada Helal in the series “Al-Madah”, which achieved great success throughout its successive parts, the latest of which was the fifth part, which was shown during the past month of Ramadan in 2025. Farag described the relationship that brings him together with Helal as being based on deep understanding and mutual comfort, pointing out the presence of clear artistic “chemistry” between them that contributed greatly to the success enjoyed by the works they presented together, most notably the “Al-Madah” series, which was able to attract a wide segment of the audience and critics alike.