Bassem Magdy-Cairo

The videos of the Egyptian contractor and artist Mohamed Ali continue to interest social media followers, and followers wonder how he managed to flee Egypt after his dispute with the Egyptian army, which we try to answer in the next report.

Action film in Spain
In January, the Egyptian national newspaper Al-Ahram published news that the artist Mohamed Ali was practicing harsh action scenes under the supervision of a group of experts, in preparation for filming his new film "Egyptian Pharaoh", which he described as starring with a large group of stars Art around the world will be filmed in Egypt and Spain.

The story included details about the script of the film written by: Heba Najm Abu Ghazaleh, Nael Shehadeh Al Salti, Wael Hussein Al Kholi and Ahmed Al Manesterly, which are unknown names in the artistic community.

The film was followed by pro-Sisi Egyptian newspapers and websites. Al Bawaba newspaper reported that most of the film will be filmed in Spain, while Mohamed Ali chose to shoot Egypt scenes between Luxor and Aswan.Graphics will be carried out by major companies specialized in this field in Europe.

Al-Shorouk newspaper quoted Ali as saying that a huge budget has been allocated for the film, and that he will present how to eliminate the phenomenon of terrorism once and for all, and that he is currently inspecting places of photography between the forests of Barcelona and the suburbs of Spain.

The Egyptian newspaper Al-Fajr revealed that Ali left for Barcelona after the collapse of his real estate company, and that he is seeking to complete his "purposeful projects" in the field of construction. "I hope the contracting market will improve, a market that will generate huge income to help the economy," he was quoted as saying.

It is not clear exactly who leaked the film to Egyptian newspapers, but it seems that Ali has used his acting role to formulate a story that he will star in a film that adopts the Sisi speech in his war on terror, and that he has chosen Spain as a filming venue after experimenting. Similar in the filming of his previous film "Second Mainland", which helped him in the plan to escape to Spain.

Amlak launches from Spain
The Egyptian press continued to publish what appeared to be press releases issued by the Egyptian contractor or his real estate group. Al-Masaa newspaper signed a protocol of cooperation with major real estate design companies in Barcelona to study the implementation of a giant construction project in the Spanish region of Catalonia.

The newspaper wrote quoting Ali that Spanish officials welcomed his investment ideas, and that "it is not strange for the grandson of the pharaohs who built the greatest civilization in history to come up with such theses, and called him the Egyptian pharaoh."

The paper pointed out that Ali does not have the cash even to own a small apartment in Europe, but he will be a partner with the idea.

Ironically, Al-Ahram newspaper published a news story entitled "A new start for Amlak Real Estate Group in Spain" last April, and quoted Ali published a propaganda picture of his group on Facebook, and commenting on it "back, God willing, stronger than the first and the speed of the missile .. Amlak .. Barcelona .. and a new ascent. "

Al-Ahram Ali described as "the Egyptian contractor who started his life from scratch to the global ambition in the field of contracting," adding that he was welcomed by the Spanish government and that he would sign several agreements to exchange cultures and raise awareness between the two countries.

Controversial artist
Ali is not a familiar face in the Egyptian artistic community, and he only drew attention in his role in the series `` Taya '' in Ramadan 2018 next to the artists Amr Youssef, Saba Mubarak and Amr Abdel Jalil, where he played the role of a police officer who is engaged in a conflict in Upper Egypt between the smuggling of antiquities and those who want In taking revenge.

Ali had aroused great controversy during the Cairo Film Festival in 2016, where the film "the second land" produced and starred in the competition of the festival, and topped the picture of the film in large sizes in the streets of Cairo and the Cairo Opera House.

He also used several bodyguards during the special screening of his film, which some journalists accused of mistreating them, and prompted some to attack the festival's management for choosing a low-level film to participate in the most important Egyptian festival competition, and the allocation of exaggerated propaganda for him, and the image of the hero does not know one of the publications The film is at the expense of the rest of the participating artists.

The artists: Afaf Shoaib, Amr Elkady and Abdel Aziz Mkhion participated in the championship "mainland II", which did not achieve commercial success with revenues exceeding 500 thousand pounds only, despite the cost of more than 27 million.