Mohamed Henedy to Star in Play "El Maganin"

EVeteran Egyptian actor Mohamed Henedy has signed on to star in the play "El Maganin" (The Crazy Ones), staged from January 31 to February 4 at Mohammed Al-Ali, Boulevard City.

The cast also stars Mai Selim, Ahmed Soultan, ‎Mahmoud Hafez, and more.

"El Maganin" is set to debut within the activities of the 5th edition of the Riyadh Season in Saudi Arabia.

The play's official synopsis reads: "Psychiatrist Sharif Abu Aql is appointed to the psychiatric hospital (Al-Shifa). Everyone welcomes him and is happy with him, but this joy quickly dissipates when the owner of the hospital threatens to demolish it to build a shopping mall. Dr. Sharif finds himself in an unexpected confrontation, as he allies with a team of 'crazy' patients to save the hospital. Will Sharif and his team of 'crazy' patients succeed in saving the hospital?."

In July 2024, Henedy made his last theatrical appearance reprising his iconic role of Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda from the 2008 hit comedy film of the same name in the satirical social comedy play "School Musical". 

Henedy, born in February 1965 in the district of Giza, earned his bachelor’s degree from the Cinema Institute in 1991. 

He began his career acting in the play “Doctor Za’attar” and in the television series “A’la Asl Dawar,” “Al A’rdahalgy”, and “Al Bakheel wa Ana”.

Henedy is one of the most prominent stars in Egypt and the Middle East in the last 20 years, during which he starred in many popular films including, “Ismailia Rayeh Gay”, “Sa’eedi in the American University”, “Hamam fi Amsterdam”, “Gana El Bian El Taly”, “Askar fi el-muaskar”, “Fool el Seen el Azeem”, “Wesh Egram”, and “Ramadan Mabrouk Abul-Alamein Hamouda”.