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Yasmin Raeis Finishes Shooting Film “Lis Bagdad”


Wed 04 Dec 2019 | 08:58 AM
Yara Sameh

Actress, Yasmin Raeis has completed filming her role in film “Lis Bagdad” (The Thief of Baghdad), which is scheduled to be released in January 2020.

She shared on Instagram a picture of herself with her co-stars and captioned, "Lis Bagdad” filming has been completed. The film will be released in January 2020, God willing, I will miss the location".

Lis Bagdad also stars Mohamed Emam, Salah Abdallah, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Amina Khalil, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed Rizk, and others.

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

Film “Lis Bagdad” is a comedy adventure genre that revolves around a group of people searching for a lost treasure.

The film is Raeis's first action-comedy role, which she appears in it with a different way then the audience is used to.

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On the other hand, Emam is set to play Egyptian army legend Ibrahim Al-Rifai in a new film.

“A project came out of nowhere .. About a surprise hero, waiting for me, God willing, in a film about Egyptian army legend Ibrahim Al-Rifai” Emam tweeted on Twitter.

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.

This film will not be the only artistic work revolving around the heroics of the Egyptian army, as actor, Amir Karara is set to play the biography of martyr Colonel Ahmed el-Mansy.

Karara will play el-Mansy in TV series “El Ekhtebar- Ahmed el-Mansy” (The Choice- Ahmed el-Mansy) which will be produced by Synergy Production Company.

The TV series will be written by Baher Dowidar, and directed by Peter Mimi.

It is scheduled for the series to be premiered in Ramadan 2020.

Raeis,  born in Cairo in 1985, is an Egyptian actress and former model. She is best known for her roles in films "Wahid Saheeh", "Al-Maslaha", "Soni'a Fi Misr", "Fatat Al Masna", "Hepta: El Mohadra El Akhyra", and "Al-Bahth An Um Kalthoum".

She made her acting debut in 2010 TV series "Ard Khas" (Special Screening) and later participated in several films such as "X Large", "A Whole One", and "The Benefit".

Raeis collaborated with director Mohamed Khan in film "Fatat Al Masna"(Factory Girl) in a leading role, which drew a lot of attention and won her several awards including the "Best Actress Award" from Dubai International Film Festival.