Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi has announced that she has decided to put her debut into the acting world on hold, especially after the stat of sadness she is feeling for not being able to act alongside the late prominent Egyptian actor Ahmad Zaki. Haifa was previously nominated to star in a new film “Rasael Bahar” (Letters from Sea) with Ahmad, but his passing away cancelled the project.
Haifa revealed that she believes that the time is not right for her to enter the acting world, especially since she is witnessing significant success in her singing career. Before the death of Ahmad, Egyptian director Dawood Abdul Said had requested Haifa to seek a private tutor to give her lessons in acting. Dawood had stressed to Haifa that a private teacher is needed in order to help prepare for her first cinematic role in the film (Letters from Sea).
The first scenes of the film were to be shot once Ahmad completed filming his film “Halim. Haifa had agreed to play the leading role in the film despite turning down several film offers, stressing that acting alongside Zaki is an opportunity not to be missed.
On a different note, despite the recent commotion caused in Egypt over Haifa, and that led to her banning, the singer has resumed her activities in Egypt and has been going to Cairo on a regular basis to prepare for her upcoming album. The ban that was placed on the singer has been lifted after officials viewed the episode of “For Those Who Dare Only”, which was aired on the Lebanese Broadcasting Company (LBC), in which the singer was accused of insulting Egyptians.
Officials at the Egyptian Musician Association realized that the singer had not made any direct insults to Egypt or its people and felt that there is no reason to ban her from entering the country. Haifa has begun holding extensive work sessions with Egyptian composers and poets to chose the right songs for the new album.
Wahbi has announced that she is innocent of all recent allegations made by some Egyptian newspapers that she had publicly insulted Egyptians on the and stressed that the rumors are complete lies. She pleaded to the head of the Egyptian Musician Association, who after watching the episode agreed that the singer did not insult Egyptians in any way.
