Starving for Success: The Unemployment Epidemic Sweeping Egypt’s Artist Community

Artists Ahmed Azmi and Karim Al-Husseini have both sparked controversy in the past few hours on social media over not receiving offers to participate in many artworks, and this is not the first crisis that an artist has been exposed to, but a large number of artists are suffering from this crisis.

The most recent of them are Ahmed Azmi and Karim Al-Husseini… The artist community suffers from unemployment

Ahmed Azmi

United Media Services Company was keen to respond to artist Ahmed Azmi’s call and sign a contract to participate in the Ramadan 2025 play.

During the signing of the contract, Ahmed Azmi published a picture with Amr El-Feki, CEO and Managing Director of United Media Services Company through his official Facebook account.

Azmi commented on the film: “Thank you to all my teachers, colleagues and great audience for your great support and help, and your words that will be a medal on my chest, thanks and praise to this great United Company media building in the Middle East, and the great role it plays. .”

He added: “Today I met with the executive director of United Company Mr. Amr El-Feki and thank God, a contract was signed for an artistic work for next Ramadan, God bless you with joy and love and oh God, more to come. well

Artist Ahmed Azmi has expressed his deep regret over the lack of job opportunities for him in the artist community and has appealed to his colleagues in the artist community to find employment opportunities for him in artistic work, indicating that he has no career other than acting. .

Ahmed Azmi in a post on his personal account on social networking site Facebook said: Good Morning In the first days of the new year of my life, I pray to Almighty Allah to bless me and you with livelihood and work. I hope the responsible gentlemen will give me an opportunity to participate in the work.

Ahmed Azmi continued: I graduated from the acting department of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 2006, and I have participated in many works and won awards, for example, the best actor in a supporting role for the film Closed Door in the national film. Festival, Best Actor in a Supporting Role from Media Festival for Al-Gamma Series, Best Actor at Alexandria Film Festival for Stolen Kisses, Special Jury Prize for The Promise.

He added: In the past three years, I have presented work in many Arab countries and with major stars, the play King Lear with star Yahya Al-Fakharani, which was shown at the entertainment festival of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the series. With Mr. Sadiq Al-Sabah, I presented an immortal work and a film to the Arab Radio and Television Network, yet I hope that no work has been done. Dear will help to join the drama scene in Egypt.

He concluded: My son is growing up in front of me and I do not know that I am deprived of self-satisfaction in my country by other occupations and I fear death from grief and sorrow.

Karim Al Hussaini

The name of the artist Karim Al-Husseini rose to the top of the trend due to his sudden decision to retire due to the lack of opportunities for him to participate in artistic work in the last work he participated in, which was the series “The One Who Has No Great”, which was shown in 2021.

The artist, Karim Al-Husseini, published a group of photos with his son Fajr from his theater show “Casino” at the State Theater, which he presented after withdrawing his decision to retire, in the last few hours.

Kareem wrote on the photo: “The best thing happened today.. My son, Fajr, my love and support, he insisted that he will come on stage with me so that I am not alone, and he said, ‘Dad, I support you after your post. Coming to do and be by your side.. I feel for you.. And he waits for me and listens to the show from backstage, but doesn’t see it.. And that’s all I have in this world and that’s my real livelihood.

Karim Al-Husseini wrote a post on his official page on the social networking site “Facebook” and commented: “Give up what hurts you and I have decided to give up the beautiful artistic endeavors of the community, because I am really an old, new artist who Belongs to the era of beautiful black and white art in the past.”

He added: I will sell my car and travel to California or the United States, and I will study film directing and production, and I will try to find any job opportunity for myself, even if I have to wash dishes, shine shoes. Yes and sell newspapers I will teach acting there, and I will work hard to achieve my hidden dream, a one man show, star Mohammed Sovi and star Noor El Sherif.

He continued: “I decided to give up trying in Ramadan plays because, thank God, I am retired from work from 2021, since the last series I participated in was Al-Maloush Kabir, and since then I have tried to try with everyone. doing My strength, effort, faith and conviction that it will come, but it will not come yet.”

He concluded: “I am tired and fed up with this noise, this hypocrisy, hypocrisy, nepotism and sectarianism.”

In the last few hours, artist Karim al-Husseini also launched an attack on artist Ahmed al-Awadi, accusing him of ignoring his messages and not helping him participate in an artistic work.

Karim Al-Husseini wrote a post on his official page on the social networking site “Facebook” and commented: “Thanks to star Ahmed Al-Awadi for not answering my calls since 2021, especially after I opened my own business (Arabia Coffee ).

Fadi Khafaza

Fadi Khafaza has come out in recent months “He is broke and complains that producers and directors are ignoring him and not showing new artistic works, Fadi Khafaza said on his official page on the “Tik Tok” application: “There is nothing wrong with that. Here is the best person alive if he sits down for a second… he will find all his own mistakes.. my closest friend is the one who attacks me.. the only person I was waiting for my mistakes to hit me back. .”

Khafaza continued: “Whatever they say, I will not speak, because the least right I have is that I work… But it is no use because I am sitting at home without working.”

Fadi Khafaza came out with abusive words for followers while live and after being asked to stop the live, he became angry with one of his brothers and said, “You are my brother, you have done me a favor. , and you don’t know how to make your car payments.”

Fadi Khafaza, 3 years ago, came out to complain about the lack of work, and he came out on his account on the social networking site Facebook and said: “O director and producer of Egypt, if Abdullah, after so much life, did not work in the series Two Two Three Three, who Career and policy guys will work, “I can challenge any director or any production house with my qualifications, education, age and experience.”

Fadi Khafaza continued: “By God Almighty, if they had told me that it was illegal, I would have canceled it, my problem is that I trust myself, thank God, and our Lord is judgment and justice, and we will roll. It’s down.” “

Randa El-Behairy

On a related note, artist Randa El-Behery’s complaint was sparked by a comment she made earlier She said: “Oh, we are being executed, and we are not supposed to complain, even if we do complain, we will be told that it is shameful!!!! Because I am not an actress, I entered the project to find another job, and people are my It’s natural to focus on, because I’ve spent my whole life as an actress, and I didn’t know that I was supposed to learn anything else or feel the other work so that the day comes that is very natural for us.

Maha Ahmed

Artist Maha Ahmed said this from a post on his official page on social networking site “Facebook” and commented, “I went back to a friend of mine who is my colleague and my husband’s colleague, and he was going to my husband. In her house and my husband’s family is not shy to talk to her and told her that I told Magdi that I was sorry. cried, and I started to enter the depression stage because I saw him talking to me two days ago and told me that, “Just talk to the director from him, and it’s not possible because they have to talk to me.” It wasn’t effective and there was nothing wrong with the series.”

He continued: “You could have asked your friends to work with Maha.. I definitely went and I wanted to talk to him. You would have told me that it was an extra role not to be upset with you.. I should not have explained well that you translated it as a beggar even though I translated it as a quest.. and based on what happened I I was depressed and cried a lot during that period, I was exhausted and still taking medication when I find something to talk about and write about on my page. And I don’t brag to anyone or want to, even I feel sorry for myself that I’m better than many at home that my work is being shown on the screen, and I still have many stories to tell with many colleagues.”