The Egyptian artist Rajaa El-Gedawy has a very long art history, which she started from fashion shows, then she entered art by pure chance, to become one of the most important actresses who participated in huge art works in cinema, theater and television. The big star is currently experiencing a serious health risk, due to her infection with the emerging coronavirus, where she is receiving treatment at the Isolation Hospital in Abu Khalifa, Egypt's Ismailia Governorate. The «Emirates Today» had a dialogue with the big star before her health crisis, in which she talked about her artistic start, the most important of her milestones, her relationship with the younger generation, and the reason for her acceptance to work as a broadcaster with Amr Adeeb, as well as on the radio, and also revealed her relationship with the great star Adel Imam, as She revealed her attachment to acting, and that she will never leave work, stressing, "I want to act until the last day of my life."
the beginning
Al-Jeddawi spoke at the beginning about the beginning of her difficult journey in art, where she belonged to a very wealthy family, was subject to the confiscation of her money, and Raja went through terrible crises, which forced her to work in very simple occupations so that she could live, until her life changed by chance, when she participated in a contest entitled Miss Cotton in Al-Andalus Park. Al-Jeddawi says, “I passed the test, I was elected Miss that year, and fate played with me when I was surprised by the presence of director Henri Barakat that day, who nominated me to participate in the movie (Doaa Al-Karawan) with Ahmed Mazhar and Faten Hamama, and here began my artistic career, and entered the first and most important stations, where I learned commitment and acting from the great Faten Hamama, and it affected my personality a lot. ” Raja added, "After (Doaa Al-Karawan), I ran for a huge job," Love Rumors, with Omar Sharif, Souad Hosni, Youssef Wahbi and Hind Rustom. I was exposed to a major crisis because of this movie. I was horrified, and I couldn't speak a word, but everyone helped me. "
Stage stage
Rajaa Al-Jeddawi is a first-class theater star, regardless of her cinematic abilities, and her theatrical start was in Tahiyyah Karioka and Fayez Halawa, where she presented a lot on the stage, learned the right language and direct performance, then she developed to reach the stage of work with Adel Imam in several plays, the first of which "Al-Sayed Sayed Al-Shaghal", which lasted for many years, and Rajaa Al-Jeddawi continued her theatrical journey with the leader for nearly 20 years. This is the period that she said, “I learned a lot from the prestige of the theater, because it has its sanctity, and it has a wonderful condition directly with the audience, and at the same moment, you see your success from your failure. And I gained great experiences from Adel Imam and theater director Samir Khafaga.
Her relationship with the leader
And about her relationship with Adel Imam, Al-Jeddawi said, “He is a great artist, brother, friend, teacher and school, and a case that has not been repeated in the history of Arab art. He is the one who made the difficult equation in terms of stardom, talent, and resounding success on stage, and in cinema and television, and he is the first star in the Arab world, and why He has been competing with him for decades. ” "Some people accused me that Adel Imam technically acquired me on the stage, and it hindered me from participating with others in cinema and television, but this is not true. The leader added to me and gave me more than I imagined, and my work in the theater did not hinder me from the cinema and drama, and on the contrary I participated in Acts in cinema and television at the time of the theatrical performances, and I used to benefit from his opinion on everything. ”
Media work
Rajaa Al-Jeddawi was not satisfied with acting as a theater, film and television actress, but she also fought the media presentation experience for a number of TV and radio programs, and the most successful was her experience with the Egyptian broadcaster Amr Adeeb. On the reasons for going through the experience, she said, "I always feel that I have a surplus of energy, I love adventure and go into different fields, and the presentation of programs was something delicious, beautiful, different and desirable to my heart, because it is close to people, and depends on discussing their problems and interacting with them." The programs, which started on the radio in 1990, presented a program that looked into people's problems, and then continued the way in working to present the programs until it was offered to Amr Adib to participate in one of the programs. "I hope to continue until the end of my life with acting and television presenting, because they make me feel loved by the audience, and I can also interact with them and hear them and solve their problems," she says.
Young generation
Despite the great journey of Rajaa Al-Jeddawi, she is closely connected with the new generations of young stars, and her latest work was “The Game of Forgetting” with Dina El-Sherbiny, and she also participated in many comedy series of young stars. Regarding her relationship with these generations, she said, “I have a wonderful relationship with the new generation. She added, “Creative people, despite the difficult circumstances in which they live, and I love them, and I love their love for me, and I see that the new generation is wonderful, and they have great talents, so I love without arrangement. And Menna Shalaby, and Ahmed Fahmy, and the young comedian Akram Hosni laughs at me very much, and I consider him one of the most important comedies of Egypt.
"Some have accused me of Adel Imam having technically acquired me on stage, but this is not true."