The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Media Services Company, Hassan Abdullah, signed a cooperation protocol with the artist Mohamed Sobhi to produce a number of plays, with the aim of supporting the United Company for Egyptian Theater and discovering new talents in the field of acting, then training them to participate in those works and prepare them to compete in artistic competition later, which is It is not new to Mohamed Sobhi, who has always presented new faces throughout his artistic history.

Rehabilitation

As soon as the news was announced, the pioneers of social media platforms happily circulated it, considering the move as a consideration for the history of Muhammad Sobhi, especially as it came in the wake of the recent crisis between him and the head of the Saudi Entertainment Authority, Counselor Turki Al Sheikh, after the two exchanged statements.

No, the artist, Mohamed Sobhi, is a very big and necessary artist to enjoy his work. A big company like United will not take decades to follow messages or receive respect.. The great professor is great with his history and works, and the united one does its normal and natural job.

— ismail mohamed - Ismail Mohamed (@eskandarany) February 21, 2022

The crisis began with Muhammad Sobhi, who expressed his preference to present art in his homeland, calling on Saudi Arabia to give priority to Saudi artists, before announcing his refusal to $ 4 million in return for showing the play “Khaybtna” in the Riyadh season, objecting to raising the slogan “entertainment” on the works presented during the season, which is What followed was a counter-reaction from Turki Al-Sheikh, during which he called for the necessity of revealing the mental powers of those who offered millions to the first, describing Sobhi as "the diagnostics".

By God, I don’t know who offered millions to him. Prophet to reveal his mental powers… In general, her fondness declined. Do you think I was on the tracks, but I went wrong 🤷🏻 ♂️

— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alshikh) February 1, 2022

At that time, the matter sparked a controversy between fans of Sobhi’s works and those who revolted for him, although this did not prevent the different reactions to the event, while many of them came in favor of the Egyptian artist, who has a long artistic career, and works with a good reputation and influential in the history of Egyptian art - especially theatrical ones - there as well. Whoever saw describing art as entertainment is an issue that does not call for all that uprising and denunciation, as long as the dissemination of art in the world is in itself a message that is obligatory for any artist and does not underestimate its importance, status and history.

When Egyptian artists came to Saudi Arabia, presenting elegant and interesting art at the same time, they were also treated with the utmost appreciation and respect, and this is what they deserve and Egypt deserves.. It


is very unfortunate that an artist with artistic value and history considers them just a luxury.. This is an unjustified insult to them, as well as to those who received them with love in their country. The second ..

— Abdulrahman bin Musaed bin Abdulaziz 🇸🇦 (@abdulrahman) February 1, 2022

Ashraf Abdel Baqi Theater

It is noteworthy that Sobhi is not the first artist with whom the United Company cooperates to enrich the Egyptian theater, as the star Ashraf Abdel Baqi preceded him, who also had an exceptional experience with the company through the play “The Treasure of the World”, which came under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, and can be classified as the first and largest theatrical work It includes a group of young talents of people of determination, who have interests and achievements, whether at the sports or scientific level.

According to what the artist Abdel Baqi - who is starring and directing the play - said, this is his first time to work with children of determination, stressing how he was keen to show them naturally during work because they are in fact ordinary people within society who do not lack anything, and even have The truth and talent to pursue and reach their dreams, which is in line with the play's message of hope for tomorrow.

As for the idea of ​​the work itself, Abdel-Baqi announced that it “came after the celebration of “we are able to differ” inspired by the President of the Republic, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who met 11 children of determination and had a dialogue with them at that time.”

#Ashraf_Abdul_Baqi "After the celebration, we are able to differ, and with the guidance of the President of the Republic, Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, we performed the play Treasure of the World" #Her Excellency

— Fans Esaad ❤️ (@FansIs3ad) February 21, 2022

Sobhi's last play

For his part, the artist, Mohamed Sobhi, is presenting his latest play, “Nojoom Al-Zuhr”, which is a work that combines comedy, singing, music and review, written, directed and represented by a number of actors of different ages, including Samira Abdel Aziz, Jihan Qamry, and Abdel Rahim. Hassan, Nada Maher, Kamal Attia, Rehab Hussein, and Hamdi Al-Sayed.