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Rising Egyptian Star Yasmina El-Abd on Gen Z Female Empowerment in the Arab World and Reprising Her Role as Zeina in Netflix’s ‘Finding Ola’
Rising Egyptian star Yasmina El-Abd, whose acting career has been on a roll since she was 12, stands as testimony to the fact that female empowerment is becoming a major theme in the Arab world’s film and TV output.
Born in Switzerland to an Egyptian family, El-Abd took acting classes in London and landed her first acting job in the well-received short “The Shadow of Cairo” playing a 12-year-old named Maya who seeks vengeance for her mothers’ death by becoming a superhero of sorts who chases down sexual harassers in Cairo.
A slew of roles have followed, including in powerful Arab patriarchy drama “Daughters of Abdul-Rahman”; as well as in HBO Max kids series “Theodosia,” where El-Abd is the only Egyptian cast member and plays one of the leads, Princess Safiya; the groundbreaking Arabic-language musical feature “Sukkar,” and, of course hit Netflix series “Finding Ola” – the second season of which just dropped – in which she plays Zeina, a surrogate daughter of the show’s happily divorced protagonist.
Yasmina El-Abd – who recently turned 18 and acts and sings in English, French and Arabic – spoke to Variety about her career progression and why, besides being an actor and singer, she’s now ready to take some further steps.
When did you start realising how important female empowerment is in the stories you play on screen?
Pretty soon. Right after “Shadow of Cairo,” which was significant in terms of spreading awareness about sexual harassment in the Middle East, I sent a self-tape to [director] Zaid Abu Hamdan that ended up working out. In “Daughters of Abdul-Rahman” I played Saba Mubarak’s daughter. My character arc in this film was all about e
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The company will manage and promote the star across the Middle East and North Africa, while CAA, which signed Sabryin 2023, continues to represent her internationally as her talent agent.
Sabry first became a household name across the Arab world with the 2010 Egyptian TV classic Ayza Atgawez, in the role of a young pharmacist desperate to get married before she turns 30. She has since rebooted the character for Netflix in the hit show Finding Ola.
The star joins a growing list of internationally recognized talents from the Arab world on the Mad Celebrity books, including megastar Yousra, the Emmy-nominated Menna Shalaby(Nawara), British Lebanese actress Razane Jammal(The Sandman) and the trail-blazing Saudi artist Fatima Al Banawi(Basma).
Sabry, who has...
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Ismail Yassine
Egyptian comedian actor (1912–1972)
Isma'il Yasin | |
|---|---|
Ismail Yassine | |
| Born | (1912-09-15)15 September 1912 Suez, Kingdom of Egypt |
| Died | 24 May 1972(1972-05-24) (aged 59) Cairo, Egypt |
| Other names | Ismail Yasseen, Ismail Yasin, Esma'il Yasin |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1939–1972 |
Isma'il Yasin (also credited as Ismail Yassin; Egyptian Arabic: إسماعيل ياسينIPA:[esmæˈʕiːljæˈsiːn]; 15 September 1912 – 24 May 1972) was an Egyptian comedy actor. He was known for his slapstick humor and has been compared to Charlie Chaplin. He began his acting career in 1939 with the film Khalaf El-Habayeb (1939; Arabic: خلاف الحبيب, romanized: The Son of the Dears).
A Google Doodle on 15 September 2011 commemorated Yassine's 99th anniversary of birth.
About his life
He was born in the governorate of Suez and later moved to Cairo in the early 1930s to pursue his artistic career as a singer. However, his appearance and light-heartedness prevented him from succeeding in singing. Ismail possessed the qualities that made him a star among entertainers as he was a singer, monologist, and actor. He remained one of the pioneers in this art form for a decade, from 1935 to 1945. Later, he ventured into cinema, and films were produced under his name after films were made under Leila Murad's name. Among these films are (Ismail Yassine in the Wax Museum - Ismail Yassine Meets Raya and Sakina - Ismail Yassine in the Army - Ismail Yassine, the Military Policeman (film) - Ismail Yassine in Aviation - Ismail Yassine in the Navy - Ismail Yassine in the Mental Hospital, and so on).
Ismail Yassine was married three times, but he had only one son, the late director Yassin Ismail Yassine, from his last wife, Mrs. Fawzia.
His professional life
Ismail Yassin was born on September 15, 1912. He was the only son of a prosperous jeweler on Abbas St .