Great controversy, sparked by an influential video published by an Egyptian newspaper, by the retired artist Youssef Fawzy, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, as it caused a large response on social media, and the matter reached the comrades of the acting profession.
While some expressed admiration for the courage of the 74-year-old artist, because the disease is not a defect, others emphasized that they could not complete the video, because they preferred to retain the old "Prince" image.
The retired artist pointed out that he entered this profession since 1960, pointing to the art that steals the life of its owner, as he recoils the characters of others “but praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.” Fawzi added to "The Seventh Day" about his acceptance of a personal performance under his current circumstances: "No .. I can." He pointed out that he had nightmares after the case that afflicted him since 2015, and he had to move away from the artistic scene, and did not accept to play a small role.
And Youssef Fawzi continued: "The Egyptian people are a good people ... I speak on behalf of the artists who spent their life in acting when they see them on the screen. Confirm the light for their soul .. And he invites me, O God, we do not ask you to return the judiciary, but we ask you kindness in it."
The controversy reached the stage of the artistic classmates, as the actor Salah Abdullah participated in the republishing of the video, but then he sensed the embarrassment. He tweeted on his account on Twitter: “God seems to know that I made a mistake when I retweet the video asking for prayers for him .. What happened is that I was surprised by him and was influenced by strong, strong, sweet, simple, deep, very useful words and also, frankly, I thought about what I got from 10 years ago and my thoughts are from me. . Please advise me, may Allah reward you".
Followers of Salah Abdullah were also divided between demands to delete the video, and a proposal to keep it, because it is an opportunity to remind the audience of a great artist and pray for him.