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Mohamed Emam Hints on Upcoming Project


Mon 27 Apr 2020 | 09:19 AM
Yara Sameh

Actor, Mohamed Emam shared a new photo of himself on Instagram, teasing fans with a glimpse into his upcoming new production.

Emam captioned the photo with the thinking face emoji, which featured him in an Egyptian Army uniform.

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In 2019, the actor announced on October 10 that he was set to play Egyptian army legend Ibrahim Al-Rifai in a new film.

Brigadier General Ibrahim al-Rifai was the Commander of the 39th Special Operations Force in the October 1973 war.

He carried out 72 suicide operations behind enemy lines between 1967 and 1973 before martyring in the October war.

Emam's lastest artistic work is film “Lis Bagdad” (The Thief of Baghdad).

Lis Bagdad co-starring Mohamed Emam, Yasmin Raeis, Salah Abdallah, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Amina Khalil, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed Rizk, and others.

The film is written by Tamer Ibrahim, and directed by Ahmed Khaled Mousa.

It is worth mentioning that Emam, born on December 16, 1984, comes from an artistic family as his father is ‘El Zaeem’ actor Adel Emam, and the younger brother of director Rami Emam.

He went to Jesuit school before he entered the American University in Cairo. He studied theater and acted in many roles in the university including “Atawa in El Maghmati” play directed by Mahmoud El Lozy.

Emam first began his career in the arts as a child when he co-starred in his father Adel Emam film “Hanafi El Abha” (The Magnificent Hanafi) in 1990.

He played his first role out of the university when he took part in the Egyptian series “Kanaria and Shorkah”.

In 2006, Egyptian director Marwan Hammed choose him to play the role of Taha in film “The Yacoubian Building”, based on the novel of the same name.

Film “Hassan and Marcus” was his next major work, co-starred Adel Emam, Omar Sharif, Lebleba, and Hanna El Shorbagy, and others.

It revolved around the tension between Muslims and Christians.

Emam's first film as the main protagonist was “Al Beeh Romansy” (The Romantic Bey) in 2009.

He is known for his televised roles in “Hogan”, “Lam’yy El Ott”,”Saheb El Saa’da”,”Firqat Naji Atallah”,”Khatout Hamra'”, “Bilshama’a El Ahmar”, “Firqet Naggy A’t Allah”, and “Khatut Hamra”.

Emam is also known for his roles in films "Lis Bagdad", “Lelyt Hana w Sorour”, "Gahim Fe El Hend", “Captain Masr”,”Al-Bayh Romancy”, “Hasan wa Marqas”, and “Emaret Yacoubian”.