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Ahmed Ezz to Star in Film "Baghdad 2003"


Mon 06 Jun 2022 | 08:36 PM
Yara Sameh

Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz has signed on to star in the film "Baghdad 2003".

The film is directed by Sherif Arafa and features Ezz as a General Intelligence Service officer who is tasked with traveling to Baghdad before the USA invasion of Iraq in 2003, which is called the third Gulf War.

Kira & El Gin

Ezz will be seen next in the highly-anticipated film “Kira & El Gin”.

“Kira & El Gin” also stars Karim Abdel Aziz, Hend Sabry, Sayed Ragab, Asma Abul Yazeid, Ahmed Malek, Huda El Mufti, Aly Kassem, and others.

Abdel Aziz portrays a doctor called Ahmed Abdel Hay, who goes by the nickname Ahmed Kira, a real person who was present during the occupation.

During the events, he meets with Abdel Qader Shehata Al-Gin (Ezz) and they become close friends and decide to team up against the British occupation.

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The film is written by Ahmed Mourad, directed by Marwan Hamed, and produced by the Synergy Production company.

It is based on 2014’s Egyptian historical fiction novel “1919” by Mourad.

The film is a thought-provoking, fast-paced, information-packed historical fiction set to the actual events of a significant era in Egypt’s history.

It recounts the life of Egyptians during the British occupation of Egypt from 1919 to 1924 and follows their resistance against the occupation.

It depicted the role of the Egyptian uprising through the lives of perse characters that include famous and obscure historical figures as well as fictional characters.

“Kira & El Gin” will hit the theaters on June 30.