Despite "Aladdin" exceeded one billion dollars .. Mina Massoud complains of unemployment

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Hollywood's Meena Massoud has not yet opened the Hollywood paradise, despite starring in the Disney movie `` Aladdin '' which made huge profits in 2019, so far exceeded one billion dollars around the world, ranking sixth in the list of the highest-grossing films of the year In the world.

Massoud recently said in a lengthy interview that he now complains of unemployment, and that although he starred in one of the most successful films of the year, he has not received any offer to act in any other film or television work so far.

Not furnished with flowers
In an interview with the Daily Beast, which then ignited the headlines of the US news sites, as reported by Hollywood Reporter, Freity and others, Masood notes with a sad tone that he wants the public to know that life in Hollywood is not furnished with flowers.

"Some people think I got millions, some think I am getting a lot of offers to do other films," Masoud said. "I want to emphasize that I haven't achieved any of this. Aladdin and yet. "

What Mina Masoud points out here raises many questions about the real reasons behind his exposure to this crisis and this total depression in his artistic career, despite his remarkable success in the role of "Aladdin" in a film that made hundreds of millions of its producers.

Masoud's statements then take us to another square: the racial profiling of Arabs and the Middle East in Hollywood society.

The stereotype of the Arabs
Mina Masoud was born in Cairo and immigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of three, and then moved to Canada, thinking that it would provide a more tolerant atmosphere for Arab immigrants.

Masoud lived there, studied, and grew up, but he has always been closely linked to his Egyptian roots, which he holds to date, to the extent that he insists on recording a special advertisement in Arabic for Egyptians during the marketing of the film "Aladdin".

Prior to this film, Masood suffered during his short film career to get an atypical role. In the past ten years, he began as many actors of Arab descent to put him in the category of terrorism, in the series "Nikita", where he appeared as a companions belonging to al-Qaeda.

After that, the Egyptian youth tried in all possible ways to get roles that do not continue to stereotype Arabs and restrict them to terrorists, and after a great effort finally got the role of "Aladdin" after competing with more than 2000 other representatives.

However, Masood's sad remarks continued, stressing that he, like all other actors of Arab descent, suffers from a lack of opportunities, no matter how successful he is. "It is outrageous to many people. I sit for example and think. Of course, I wouldn't expect someone to call me saying, 'Here's Batman's role for you, but can I just be in the choice room? Can I just get a chance?'

Mina Massoud's question remains open, and the answer remains at the forefront of what will happen in the world of Hollywood, which seems to have not changed much in depth, despite all the apparent freedom and acceptance of the other.