The smell of success: Laila Elwi joins Egypt's Cinema Production Commission

Published September 16th, 2013 - 09:12 GMT
Laila Elwi is the latest member of the Board of Directors of Egypt's Cinema Production Commission. (Image: Facebook)
Laila Elwi is the latest member of the Board of Directors of Egypt's Cinema Production Commission. (Image: Facebook)

Renowned Egyptian actress Laila Elwi has been appointed a new position. Egyptian Minister of Trade Muneer Fakhri Abdel Nour announced Laila as the newest member of the Board of Directors of Egypt's Cinema Production Commission.

According to Sayidaty.net, in addition to Elwi, scenarist Mohammad Hifthi, producer Muhsin Alam Al Din, Mohammad Hassan Khafaja, former director of Egypt's Distribution and Cinema Houses Company, and engineer Osama Al Shaikh, former director of the Radio and Television Union, are fellow members of the board.

Recently, Laila was surrounded with rumors of marital problems, divorce and even immigration. But the actress fired back at those believing the rumors, saying that they shouldn’t believe everything they read in the news.

Laila confirmed that she’s very happily married and that there aren’t any out-of-the-ordinary arguments between her hubby and her. In fact, she said that she’s living the happiest moments of her life. 

As for the immigration rumor, the patriot said that she would never leave Egypt despite its current unstable political conditions. She sees her homeland as the Mother of All Civilizations and will stay regardless of how bad things could get.

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