Immigration Minister Nabila Makram announced that the Egyptian-Canadian actor Menna Massoud would be an ambassador for 'Speak Egyptian' initiative, launched by the Immigration Ministry to maintain the national identity.
Massoud is currently visiting Egypt to partake in El Gouna Film Festival.
Makram, during the meeting, expressed her pride for Massoud's latest successes and his adhesion to his mother language, Arabic, adding that art is one of Egypt's soft power elements, therefore Massoud's success abroad is a success for Egypt.
The minister wished for Massoud more success in his career.
The actor, on his part, expressed his happiness for choosing him as the initiative ambassador and being in Egypt, saying that he was determined to stick to his mother language.
Safwat Massoud, Mena's father, thanked the minister for her efforts in enhancing communication among the Egyptian expats and linking them with their homeland Egypt.
The Egyptian initiative offers to teach Arabic and the Egyptian accent for the Egyptian communities abroad through an easy program.
Massoud is an actor of Egyptian origins, born on September 17, 1991, in Cairo to Egyptian parents before traveling to Canada.
He co-starred recently as Aladdin in the live-action of Disney’s 1992 animated film “Aladdin”.
Massoud launched his career as a professional actor in 2011 when he appeared briefly in episodes of the television series “Nikita” and “Combat Hospital”.
He also starred as Jared Malik in the 2015 series “Open Heart”, and Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series “Jack Ryan”.
Contributed by Hassan El Khawaga
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