A state of astonishment reached the point of anger in some reactions to the selection of the Tunisian artist Hend Sabry to participate in the procession of the transfer of royal mummies, which was postponed due to the Corona pandemic, provided that it will take place next April.
As soon as the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the names of the participants in the upcoming event months ago, including the Tunisian artist who had previously announced her participation a few days ago on Twitter, comments against her presence in the celebration poured out;
Because she is of Tunisian origin, despite her marriage to an Egyptian, and her obtaining the Egyptian nationality according to the constitution.
# The Golden Journey ... April 3, the date of the Royal Mummies Parade ... 22 mummies were transferred from the Egyptian Museum to the Museum of Civilization ... including 18 mummies for kings and 4 for queens ... and the movement begins with 21 rounds of tribute to the great pharaohs of Egypt.
I am proud to participate in this historic event!
pic.twitter.com/mJjkqTKhOY
- Hend Sabry (@HendSabry) March 23, 2021
The Secret of the Crisis
The beginning of the crisis was after the actor Mustafa Darwish published on his Facebook page, in which he wrote, "Of course, with my love, respect, and great appreciation for Hind Sabry and her art ... it is 100 million Egyptians. We do not have someone to represent us, so do we answer foreigners?"
Before returning and confirming once again that he respects Hind;
But it was the first to nominate an Egyptian artist.
Egyptian event
Those who refuse to let Hind Sabry lead the event criticized the participation of a Tunisian artist while ignoring many Egyptian women, such as Sawsan Badr, Ruby, Hanan Mutawa, Asma Abu al-Yazid, Anji al-Muqaddam, Mona Zaki, and many Egyptian figures whose faces bear Pharaonic features, according to the comments.
Actor Murad Makram chose many Egyptian faces best suited to the event, such as actress Dalia El-Beheiry, Miss Egypt 1990, Arwa Gouda, and others.
While Twitter pioneers accused Hend Sabry of being chosen to participate through mediation and courtesy.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you brought the
offer
Egypt has kings and queens evening mediator pic.twitter.com/DlEDbaVH4h
- ℡ֆ 𝐀_ ~ _𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭 𓅟 (@ CastAway_9) March 25, 2021
# The Golden Journey ... April 3, the date of the Royal Mummies Parade ... 22 mummies were transferred from the Egyptian Museum to the Museum of Civilization ... including 18 mummies for kings and 4 for queens ... and the movement begins with 21 rounds of tribute to the great pharaohs of Egypt.
I am proud to participate in this historic event!
pic.twitter.com/mJjkqTKhOY
- Hend Sabry (@HendSabry) March 23, 2021
Hind Sabri, the Tunisian, let her participate in the procession of transporting Egyptian mummies,
and Saba Mubarak, the Jordanian
woman
, represents the wife of King Ahmose of Egypt,
and it is not as if we have Egyptian representatives whose name
is similar to our ancestors. twitter.com/uwVHOWVFH5
- 𓋹𓀳Inas Al Deeb as (@ EnasEldeeb7) March 23, 2021
Solidarity with the Tunisian artist
On the contrary, others expressed solidarity with the presence of Hind Sabri in the event. Director Amir Ramses wrote on his Facebook page, "I have never seen the most ridiculous wave of attacks on Hind Sabry's participation in the parade of mummies ... Xenophobia in her most minimal pictures ... We talk about an artist who presented the most important works. Cinema in Egypt ... loved by all Egyptians ... director Sherif Arafa did not find a better ability than him to embody Hatshepsut in his film. "
Artist Sabri Fawaz said, "Hind Sabri is our daughter."
Journalist Mahmoud Kamel cited a group of artists with non-Egyptian roots;
However, he described them as more Egyptian than others and more of their origins are purely Egyptian.
Scriptwriter Noha Said defended Hind Sabry's choice by commenting about the recent marriage to an Egyptian, noting that her participation in a historical event such as the transfer of mummies is a natural matter, given that Egypt is an incubator for all Arab nationalities.
Hend Sabry is not the only one
The surprise is that Hend Sabry is not the only artist whose participation in the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced her participation in the event. Among the participating names are Mona Zaki, Yusra, Laila Elwi and Hussein Fahmy, and a number of them will deliver speeches about the Pharaonic civilization.
Actress Hind Sabry is currently considering the decisive response to her approval of the nomination.
But she is waiting for the appropriate timing, especially since she was surprised by this attack, despite the fact that many Egyptian actresses have already been announced.