Egyptian actor Mohamed Ramadan provoked a large segment of the public by posting a picture on his official Instagram account, where he appeared inside a private plane and next to thousands of dollars, after a concert tour he recently made in the United States of America, which exposed him to many criticisms, prompting him to delete it a few hours after publication.

The first to arouse their dissatisfaction with the image were the pioneers of social media platforms, who said that the picture is not successful in light of the high prices that spread after a number of successive economic measures that affected the financial and social level of Egyptians in recent months, such as floating the Egyptian pound.

While others considered it published in order to deliberately provoke the public and stir controversy and then remain in the first place according to the culture of "trend", especially since his film "Harley" did not achieve the expected success, while the third section saw it as "normal", but the secret of not accepting that it is from Ramadan, and if it was from any other star would not have caused all that fuss.

It is not the first time that Ramadan has angered the public because of the display of his money and the manifestations of his wealth, as he had previously published in April 2021 a video in which he appeared to throw a huge amount of dollars into his private pool in conjunction with his famous case with the late pilot.

Mohamed Ramadan's colleagues mock him

In addition to the angry public, the image also provoked a group of media professionals and even colleagues of the profession of artists, where the public was surprised by the artist Khaled Sarhan, and he mocked the image of the Ramadan by posting a similar picture through his official accounts in "Instagram" and "Facebook", during which he appeared in a "microbus" and next to him 24 Egyptian pounds.

The image of Sarhan, who had previously mocked Ramadan on other occasions, quickly went viral and was recirculated both by the public and by some other artists who wanted to indirectly declare their critical stance on Ramadan's image.

Provocation of the state is a red line

For his part, journalist Hisham al-Mayani questioned the secret of the Ramadan's repeated actions, and whether he meant to intrigue the public or to intrigue the state itself, which suffers from a public and difficult dollar crisis.

The media also commented Lamis Al-Hadidi on the image – through her program "The Last Word" provided on the screen "ON", saying: "You mean Btshhat (do you beg) us and do not say (or say) to the country and the government that you are the one who answers (you who come with) the dollar?! You calibrate the country, for example?" before adding: "Erase it after provoking people, this (this) the behavior of the Novo Rich (Modernizer of Grace)."

While she went on to describe the image as "disturbing and not appropriate to be issued by a great and successful artist and fully aware of the ongoing dollar crisis in his country," and then concluded by asking a question to Cairo airport and customs: "Did Ramadan disclose upon entering from Terminal 4 via private aviation what he entered from the dollars?! income in dollars how (how?!)".

During the intervention of critic Tariq El-Shenawy program itself, announced his wonder at the image, stressing that he ruled out its validity at first and thought that it is not real because it is issued only by those who want to harm himself, but with proof of validity, he said that the only explanation he has is that Ramadan "unable to deal with the overwhelming success achieved and will soon bloody his career thorns of failure," as he put it.

Suspicion of tax evasion

The matter did not stop at the torrent of criticism, but reached some political movement, as one of the deputies in the House of Representatives submitted within hours, a question about the extent of the commitment of the artist Mohamed Ramadan to submit a tax return identical to the data of his real wages and pay his full annual taxes.

Ramadan had previously faced charges of tax evasion in June 2022 because his tax return included data that was not commensurate with his real income and earnings from his artwork.

Ramadan Charitable Foundation

Coinciding with the publication of a photo of Ramadan and dollars, Dr. Jamal Shaaban, a professor of cardiology, wrote a post on his Facebook account, asking Mohammed Ramadan to buy medical equipment for intensive care to treat patients who are unable to afford it.

This request was responded to by Ramadan, according to the doctor's publication, where it was published that the Egyptian artist asked him to communicate with him and send the data of the hospitals that need this equipment.

According to statements by Dr. Jamal Shaaban to the journalist Mohamed El-Baz in the program "Akher Al-Nahar" broadcast by the satellite "An-Nahar", the Ramadan promised to start the establishment of the "Ramadan Charitable Foundation."