Egyptian young actress Azza Bahaa is starting rehearsals for the play Qisset Hobb (a Love Story), whose script is based on the German writer Johann Goethe's play Faust.
Bahaa told the London-based daily al Sharq al Awsat that she has sent regrets to a number of directors to dedicate herself to the play which is directed by Hani Mtawea who she trusts his choices and abilities.
Mtawea has prepared a new text, adapting the original play to suit the modern world.
Costarring in the play along with Bahaa, Riyad al Khouli, Fardos Abdel Hamid and Khaled Zaki.
Qisset Hobb is scheduled to open the next summer season of the National Theater.
Meanwhile, Bahaa is shooting her role in the new TV series Qasem Amin directed by Enaam Mohammed Ali, which is scheduled to be screened next Ramadan.
The young actress play the role of a Turkish slave who is given by al Khidewi to Qasem Amin’s father as a present, and later she believes in his thoughts and learns the Arabic language. Costarring in the series Kamal Abu Raya, Manal Salama and Ahmed Khalil.
Writer Mohammed al Sayyed Eid told the London-based daily al Hayat that the series tackled "the circumstances under which Egypt and Qasem Amin lived during the period between 1879, when Khidewi Ismail left Egypt and was succeeded by Khidewi Tawfiq, and Qasem Amin’s death in April 1908. This period was full of events that cannot be overlooked, including the demonstrations by officers (Urabi and his comrades) in 1881, followed by the British occupation of Egypt and the tenure of Khedaiwi Abbas, who later rebelled against the British. This is in addition to the emergence of the Mustafa Kamel, the Dunshway incident, and the start of plans for establishing the Egyptian University.”
“The series will also tackle the life history of Qasem Amin, from the time he was a student and his departure for France to study at Montpelier University and obtain his BA in Law. This is in addition to building on his thoughts and reform aspirations. The series also sheds light on Amin’s other books including al Misriyyoun… Asbab Wa Nataeg, Akhlaq Wa Mawaeth (Egyptians…Reasons and Results, Morals and Advice) and his memoirs, entitled Kalemat (Words),” said Eid.
The writer reiterated that “he had depicted all the figures which lived during that period including Mohammed Abdo, Saad Zaghloul, Mustafa Kamel and Ahmed Lutfi al Sayyed. This is in addition to reflecting the time which witnessed Egyptian heroes such as Talat Harb, Hafez Ibrahim, Ahmed Shawqi and princess Nazley Fadhel, the initiator of the first cultural house in Egypt and the entire Arab World. I tried to depict an entire generation rather than one man,” he added – Albawaba.com
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