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One second, one second, Iím cheating for next weekís article.
Iím sorry it seems anyone can be a journalist now.
Just any talentless person can host a show and write newspaper articles,
itís disgusting actually!
Stolen articles and stolen shows, what an embarrassment,
and at the end they start crying and just look pathetic,
We will discuss this in the third segment, but thatís if we ever get to the third segment
because we our show is in danger now,
our show has been the target of intentional scrambling for two weeks now,
and as a result no one gets to see it,
so my suggestion is instead of going through all the effort and you waste your time as well,
and have actors changing into and out of costumes,
let me just tell you now everything we wrote for the episode
so you can tell us what you think right now and everyone gets home early.
Sir please sit to the side if thatís okay, just for a second.
Look sir, this is the script,
I have an introduction then I make fun of myself and my terrible article,
and then a couple of words about how the show will be scrambled,
and that no one will watch, then I join the audience,
then I ask you
ìwhere have I seen you before?î
and then you tell me
ìI am Mohamed Abdel Metaal, the president of MBC Masr,
and then I get shocked!
Then I just get up and leave
because I donít need any more heartache about this article.
Iím sorry sir we will continue the episode as usual!
And like our show got scrambled, other people got scrambled as well,
or to be more precise, got pressures into taking back their word.
Guys this isnít acceptable! This is wrong! Move!
I have made my decision to retract my nomination for the presidency of Egypt.
See the happiness and the innocent smile? His face is glowing with happiness,
you would think itís his nephewís circumcision party,
you could mistake him for the groomís mom!
And you get the feeling that amidst all the ruckus,
Mostafa had something bottled up inside and all of a sudden he exploded with it!
Itís Annan, Annan will not be running, and Mostafa is very happy.
Hold on a second, why are we focused on Mostafa Bakry?
Letís not forget the star of the press conference,
Lieutenant Annan, why marginalize him?
I wonder what he was thinking at that momentÖ
Good bye lieutenantÖ
But you made the right decision,
people were going to say that
the sons of the military institution are going head to head in elections,
and there would have been fierce competition!
Fierce, between you and Lieutenant Ahmed ShafikÖ
Fierce competition!
Fierce competition for the number two spot in the presidential electionsÖ
Ahmed Shafik, the courageous, the man we need at this stage,
until the other one comes along, and he will come along!
You liked this one? I stole that joke.
Is anyone as charismatic, experienced, or strong as Shafik?
This is all in one pile, and Shafikís leak is something completely differentÖ
The leak from Lt. Ahmed Shafik, that I was shocked when I heard.
Lt. Shafikís leaks.
What happened to you?
Whatís wrong?
What happened to you?
Tell meÖ
I donít knowÖ
Where Lt. Shafik that the elections will be prepared for Marshal Seesi.
Itís possible that Lt. Shafik doesnít like Seesi.
Itís possible!
No itís not possible,
No itís notÖ
itísÖitís just not possible.
How can he not like him?
Scientifically it canít be possibleÖ
If anyone doesnít like him itís either one of two scenarios,
either that person takes itÖ upon themselves to be miserable,
or that person takes itÖ
for granted that he/she is the greatest.
And whatís the big deal if he said they will prepare the elections for him?
Youíve been begging the man for a year now to run,
and when he does run you want him to find the elections in shambles and dusty and dirty,
with Annan on top and Hamdeen lost in a corner somewhere,
come on get serious! We have to prepare the elections for him,
he was only saying these things with the best intention in mind,
Iím sure he likes Seesi,
Iím sure he has told someone that, and Iím sure that like Shafik told someone,
that someone came out on TV and told everyoneÖ
And I want to tell you, I have met with Shafik maybe five or six times outside Egypt,
and he would tell me ìI am with the Marshal Seesi.
I will support him, and will not run as long as he runs for president.î
There, he loves him.
But Mostafa it seems like you have something that makes all the people comfortable
to tell you their secrets,
people just bottle things in until they see you and spill everything,
Shafik spilled his secrets to you, and so did Annan,
and even the invention itself did too!
ì21 Days Since the Announcementî
Everyone spills their secrets to you!
Youíre such a great friend Mostafa,
just like a wall that they lean on and just confess their secrets and worries.
Anyways, this Shafik leak is important and thereís no way anyone messed with it,
or maybe it was edited to make Shafik look bad, is it possible that he was framed?
This video has been edited, someone in the beginning asks him,
and anyone with basic editing experience will notice that thereís a gap
between the question and the answer, and that the speech is cut and pasted.
Thereís a gap between the question and the answer?
Then the recording must be edited!
Anyone who knows Lt. Shafik, or has seen any of his interviews,
knows that he always answers the question before itís done being asked,
the answer is on the tail of the question!
And here is the proof!
Are you in touch with Marshal Abdel Fattah El Seesi?
To be honestÖ
To be honestÖ
UuuuuhhhhhÖ
UuuuuuuhhhhhhÖ
AaaaaahhhhhhhÖ
UuuuummmmmmmÖ
Did you like this video? Itís stolenÖ
No then the leaked recording must have been edited, but the person of edited it was doing you a favor,
because if he hadnít you would have still been on the second question todayÖ
He did a good job, and itís our job to find out
who took Shafik deep into the forest in the dark, and left him inside and ran off to safety?
Dr. Ragaa El Shinnawy says that a source close to Shafik revealed to Sada El Balad TV channel
that a famous anchorís show is behind the harmful leaked recordings being uncovered to public.
A famous anchor is behind all this?
Now we really have to know who did such a thing,
relax Mr. Lieutenant and please try to remember,
I want to capture whoever did such a thing.
Leave us now kidsÖ
Focus and tell me, who were the last people to host you on their shows?
The long-awaited interview with Lt. Ahmed Shafik.
ìSuspect One: Ossama Kamalî
My guest is Lieutenant Ahmed Shafik.
ìSuspect Two: Wael El Ebrashiî
Good evening, Mr. Lieutenant.
Good evening sir.
ìSuspect Three: Mostafa Bakryî
The Egyptian warrior, Ahmed Shafik.
ìSuspect Four: Abdel Rehim Alyî
Letís try to answer the question,
Who led Lt. Shafik deep into the dark forest and left him for lost and ran off to safety?
Can we remove two choices please? Iím stuck in a pickle now,
theyíre both very capable of doing something like thatÖ Mostafa Bakry,
we already know what he thinks of Lt. Shafik, and leaked recordings arenít his style,
his style is many, many other things but not this,
letís focus with Mr. Abdel Rehim Aly.
What do you think of Lt. Shafik?
Lt. Shafik is my friend and I love him very much.
Sometimes when I would take him into my embrace as I was greeting him,
I would really feel his hot tearsÖ
Whoa whoaÖwhoa! What are youÖ You felt his hot tears?
Are you sure they were tears? Or did he spill someÖ
tea on you or something?
Or were you not wearing your glasses and these drops were coming from an above a/c unit?
Many possibilities and questions that need to be addressed and asked,
we are judging too soon, it wasnít him who leaked Shafikís speech,
it was Shafik who leaked on him, but itís all good.
Did you like that one? This one is actually ours!
Sorry Abdo, pardon us, to be honest youíre kind of asking for it,
and you have a reputation for being a leaking kind of guy,
and like you leaked on us, we also have to leak on you.
Abdel Rehim Aly, The King of Leaked Recordings!
The Pothole of Information! The Flush of Traitors!
Slippery Like Soap, and Slides Like Suds!
The One That Removes the Filter, and Drips on Our Families!
The journalist author, Abdel Rehim Aly.
The Black Box.
We will completely unreveal it to you!
We have reports from National Security and General Intelligence.
With peculiar and funny, wonderful and amazing videosÖ
We will present new ways.
We fly to bring it to you from all around the world.
New recorded calls.
We listen to the call and come back to comment about it.
Donít listen to anyone who says that Abdel Rehimís show is subpar journalism,
no, Abdo has taken upon himself the mission of cleansing our homeland,
and get rid of the traitors and agents,
and reveal their identity and intentions and wash them then leave them out to dry.
ìThe Black Box: A Cleaner Nation, More Important than the Butt-washer.î
AbdoÖAbdoÖ Canít you see it?
Why are you looking at me, look to the screen above youÖ
Riight! There you go!
Youíve been looking at me the whole time
and wondering why Iím looking to my side like an idiot!
Abdo is an anchor with the rank of sergeant.
I mean heís like a pioneer, and heís very different from all the others,
he mixed talk shows and candid camera together to create a new kind of media,
and I am interested in knowing how other anchors feel about this kind of show,
is it a ethical or not?
Some people say itís ethical, others say itís not.
Itís forbidden, and it used to be allowed.
Is it acceptable or not?
Itís wrongÖ
Isnít it possible that..
Wrong!
Okay.
Wrong, wrong!
Did the country make him?
I donít knowÖ
The country didnít!
I donít knowÖ
Dr. Abdel Rehim is my friend, and thereís still more.
What a mess!
And anyone who doesnít like it can *** his head against the nearest wall.
Are we also being watched?
No one wants to speak to me on the phone.
Iím serious.
People donít talk on the phone but itís not because theyíre afraid
of being recorded and misquoted in public!
Gaber what are you saying?
What are you saying,
of course no one is recording anything we say on our private phones,
we have nothing to do with all this business,
we mind our own business so thereís no reason for anyone to record anything,
weíre in the clear GaberÖ
I canít give up my pigeon now can IÖ
take everything except for my homing pigeon!
I need a means of communication, and itís speaking of,
itís not the only thing that matters, the location is also an important factor.
Whatís next? Iím now afraid of even going to the bathroom!
]Everybody in Egypt is recording everyone elseís calls!
Egypt is just a huge recording studio!
OkayÖ
Weíre just a cassette tape.
The country is full of leaked recordings!
Itís like a pipe of recorded calls burst in the streets.
Itís leaking upstairs and downstairs and over thereÖ
Itís has become a parody on a general level.
SeriouslyÖ I think itísÖ
Itís amazing.
Right?
Some leakages cause explosions!
A small leak but it expodes goes BOM!
No, excuse me, those arenít the same kind of leakages.
Some leaks come from a stolen recording, but another is a result of boiled eggs.
One ends in scandal and the other with a stink.
Since Shadi left the scripts have been getting better I have to say!
Anyways the end result is the same,
the nation feels bloated because of all the leaks filling up the media,
it has all become so confusing,
leaks,
leaks,
leaks.
People have bloated and are wandering around confused and aimlessÖ
ìLeakages, leakages,
I love to collect and listen to leaks.
Leakages! Leakages,
I love to collect and listen to recordings.î
ìSee what leaks beget us?î
Itís nice to see Shahroura looking so good!
But what I donít is how after Abdo did all this for the country,
no one is taking his side!
My colleague AbdelRehim Aly,
and AbdelRehim may be broadcasting on a competitor TV channel,
but there are no hard feelings, absolutely whatsoever!
I support my colleagues!
Thatís how you do it Ahmed! Stand by your brother Abdo,
support him in public, youíre not only colleagues,
you share much more than that,
each of you is a pioneer in his field, but to be honestÖ
to be honest Abdel Rehim is competing with you on your turf on this oneÖ
No no no, I donít like it,
Ahmed Moussaís version is much better,
you just feel like he really feels the emotion when he lets out the sigh,
you have to understand that not everyone can have this emotion,
I mean Ahmed's voice tone and the darkness inside him,
and thatís what gives his sigh that unique flavor.
Focus on the leaks Abdel Rehim, donít fight your brother on his turf,
god gave him one thing, you have other things that are strictly yours,
given to you by other people!
Whether itís recorded from others, and you made a TV show using them,
didnít people give you these recordings, or how did you get them?
Huh? Tell us, tell us!
Why you?
Why is it Abdel Rehim Aly the one that always gets this material?
People shouldnít ask that, and who gave me these recordings?
Journalists canít be asked about their sources.
Journalists should never be asked about their sources. Ever!
Letís assume that I have sources inside Egyptís intelligence agencies,
letís just assume.
ìAssume! Assume!î
This is to my credit as a journalist.
A journalist canít be asked about his source!
Thatís right!
A journalist should never be asked about his source!
No ìWho gives it to you?î or ìWhere do you take it?î
or ìWhere do you get them?î
I get them wherever he wants!
Whether in a newspaper or on TV or on a wall,
itís up to him!
Youíve given us a headache with all the freedom of press talk,
a journalist should never be asked about his sources!
And donít ask your contractor where he gets his materials!
`And never ask the undercover policeÖ?
Oh, the bakeryÖ the bakery,
where they get their flour!
None of these are any of your business,
all you should care about is that the bakery will give you something to chew on.
Donít tell them Abdo, donít tell them where you get these leaked recordings.
Can I ask you where you got these letters from Mr. Abdel Rehim?
From the little birdie!
Why doesnít this birdie ever come to us then?
Why does it only come to you?
Because she loves me,
because I carved out a window for it, and left it some wheat,
so it comes to eat the wheat!
OkayÖ
And this is my advice, carve out a window, and the birdie will come to you!
Seriously? HmmmÖ
Abdo I actually did take your advice!
And the birdie showed up, and laid two eggs, and the explodedÖ
ìWhatís your problem Abdo?î
Perhaps the next time it delivers a leaked document 0:17:46.115,1193:02:47.295 But Abdo, you should also keep an eye out on your birdie okay?
it can leak something else on you, like youíre leaking things all over usÖ
And speaking of birdies, people are calling Abdo himself a birdie,
and I can not allow this.
Abdo is a journalist, and thereís no way he can sell out for fame,
glory, or any leaked recordings.
ìLeakages, leakages, I would give half my life for these leaked recordings.
Leakages, leakages, I would give half my life for these leakages.î
What a butterfly!
What were we saying?
Ah, Abdo, Abdo is a professional
and thereís absolutely no way that such a respectable and well-mannered man would do this,
heís known for being well-spoken and eloquent.
Theyíre telling me in the earpiece to remain calm and not be ill-mannered.
Red! (Monkey-butt)
And for the families watching me at home right now!
I want to spit on your family, not only on you!
These people have no balls at all!
I donít want to use profanity!
Have you ever seen such dirtiness in your lives?!
To be honest, no I havenít. What the hell is going on?
Shouldnít we clean up some of this dirtiness?
How can we allow this to be shown on TV? Dirtiness on the screen?
Thatís just not right!
Look Abdo, you have to stay focused,
even if some ethically low person wants to use peopleís secrets to become famous,
and that person then recorded peopleís calls, and then leaked them to you,
and through that created a TV show using your efforts, what are you going to do then?
You should thank god that we donít have this dirty low kind of anchors!
Focus and work for your future, have you thought about your future?
Do you have enough leaked documents and recordings to last you for long?
You walked in with a big satchel of documents and pass around!
Five thousand documents!
Ten thousand papers!
Ten or fifteen thousand documents.
One hundred thousand documents!
Whatís 60 times 8? 408.
6 times 8 is 64?
No, 640.
We have accumulated until now twelve million files!
What are you going to do with all of these Mr. Abdel Rehim?!
Whatís wrong Gaber! Itís obvious that Gaber is very wary of Abdel Rehim!
What kind of question is that?
Heís going to screw us with them of course!
And heís also securing his future,
people usually leave behind a piece of land,
or an apartment still under old lease laws,
but Abdel Rehim will leave behind leaked documents!
He will screw a generation and his kids will screw many more to come!
Do you know whatís happened because of these leaks?
Everyone has becomes addicted, and the market has gone way up!
To clarify, we are joined now by Ahmed El Garhy,
good evening Ahmed.
Good evening Bassem, we have with us one of the dealers,
I mean one of the leaking experts in this neighborhood,
how long have you been working this corner?
Iíve been working in this field since the video tape
and the scandals of the celebrity circles in TV and music.
What, in your opinion, has changed from then to now?
Nowadays customers are more interested in political leaks more than anything else.
Political?
Yes more than the others.
How do you deliver these leaks?
If you are, for example a media person hungry for more attention,
you get your hard disk and come to me,
and I give it to you in your hard!
I give it you in the hard, and you leak it however you like later.
Some people like to just take it into the flash disk right away,
itís all about what the client wants, where do you like to take it?
To be honest I take it Bluetooth.
Oh youíre one of them!
Thatís right I am!
Okay however you want it, the customer is king after all!
Some people like downers, so they score some Ahmed Shafik recordings,
puts you right into a come!
Some people like the uppers,
the direction of Twitter and little birds chirping so they like to score The Bob (Baradie).
But that one makes you lose it completelyÖ
Does anyone like to score ìlight of my eyes?î
The big sir!
Itís very potent, no one can take it!
When you take it you feel like your head is aaaas big as the world!
Hold on a second I think I have some of it here.
Let me ask you, donít you have anything for me then?
Look, look at this, I have for you here a collection of audio files on this flash disk!
ìLeakages, leakages, he has a collection of audio on flash disks.
Leakages, leakagesÖî
We thank you very much for helping us out! Give me that one too.
No what the f*ck!
ìForbidden documents! Illegal documents!
Sir I will go with you into custody with giving you no headache!
Forbidden documents! Forbidden documenst!î
The illegal things donít last.
Khaled Mansour, Ayman El Wattar and Ahmed El Garhy.
Back to Abdo, Abdel Rehim who used to be a researcher in the Islamic parties,
and the editor of The Gate news
which was almost exactly at the level of quality of leaked recordings,
has become the most famous anchor all of a sudden!
Did he ever imagine this could happen to him?
All my life I have never been excited about the idea of becoming a journalist.
I donít feel like it was my thing.
Neither do we! And youíre not just an anchor, youíre a brain,
a great one and everyone knows what a huge star you are,
and this is the side we want to know more about.
First of all I donít see Abdel Rehim Aly as this huge star that everyone sees,
Iím more concerned with Abdel Rehim the researcher.
Really, and this young manÖ
Abdel Rehim the young man? Okay, heís a young man,
and like many other young men these days,
who stays up all night with a box of tissues and an internet connection,
and watches all the videos he has downloaded and cries and cries
about the status of the country.
Just cries all night!
Please continue sir, what about him?
Tell us, what about Abdel Rehim the young man?
This young man, managed in a pivotal moment in history
that marked the appearance of the internet, amongst us who use the paper and pen.
Manual
Yes, manual.
Of course heís not manual, Abdel Rehim is automatic!
Abdel Rehim doesnít deal with pens and books,
he deals with flash disks and laptops.
I have a son called Abdo, look at how smart he is,
he realized the epitome of the internet in a pivotal moment,
just stuck to it from the early days,
since the rate was 6 pounds an hour at Cyber Crazy Net,
all the boys were wasting their money on Medal (of Honor),
but Abdel Rehim was sucking the internet speed on downloads,
he was the first person to create a fake profile on Facebook,
heís a wonderful model of success, donít let anyone get you down Abdo,
or tell you that youíre doing anything wrong,
youíre doing something that no one else does,
youíre in a place on your own, on your own island!
This weekís episode of Seesi LeaksÖ
A new recorded leak in the voice of Egyptian Defense Minister El Seesi.
A new leaked recording in the voice of Marshal Abdel Fattah El Seesi.
A new recording.
A video of an interview that has been leaked.
A new recording in the voice of Lt. Ahmed Shafik.
The best part is when he sighed, when he said ìHaaaaahhhhhî
Itís a sickness then! A virus!
See, Jazeera really does present both sides of the ***!
Are these your kids? And youíre so happy and laughing!
See how professional Jazeera is?
As for Zobaa, youíre really too much of a beginner for the TV sigh Zobaa,
you donít have the sense of Ahmed and Abdo,
you should see where they did their courses and go advance yourself!
But what is Jazeera doing?
Theyíre supposed to be all about being professional and ethical media,
turns out youíre not on your own on the island Abdo,
Jazeera (island) is also with you on the island.
Just stay there together and leak on each other all you like.
Seriously though,
isnít there anyone that can speak to Jazeera and talk some sense into them
and tell them that what they are doing is wrong and unethical?
I also wanted to ask, in your opinion, who would benefit from this leak?
I had ethical concerns with regards to the method
by which this recording came about in the first place,
and if it was due to a recorded phone call,
then that would be contradictory with the principles and beliefs
that I think we should professionally, ethically, and politically abide by.
Finally! Finally someone with principles and values
and who has decided to take a stand and not comment about the leaked recordings.
Thank you, thank you Dr. Ayman Nour for proving that principles canít be broken down.
No it wasnít a phone call.
In case that it isnít a recording of a phone call,
then thatí a different matter and I will allow myself to comment on it.
Principles may be broken down to pieces, itís okay!
If it was a phone call then no but if youíre speaking off the record
then itís okay!
This, this is wrong, this is not journalism, and it will never be journalism.
These leaks are the language equivalent of hitting below the belt.
ìGhada there isnít a proper country where the citizensí calls are recorded
by the governmentî
No there really is!
What about human rights?
Human rights can wait a little bitÖ
For the good of the country,
just sit on the substitute deck for a while.
These leaks form a new way of journalism, one that we needed.
We need it! We need it!
Mr. Mofeed, he really needs it! He needs it!
Look Mr. Mofeed, I will get right into the subject,
this is journalism, but itís dirty journalism,
one that bears no difference to tabloid or scandal journalism,
actually this one is worse!
And as for ìno decent country records its citizensî
and ìyes there is,î yes, there unfortunately are,
but they belong in the courts and investigations,
and not on TV where they can present their findings to the people!
And at the end, we prepared a full segment about leaks
but we did not present a single second of this material,
not in the voice of the activists, or Seesi, or Baradie, or even Shafik,
and this is something that serious shows that arenít comedies havenít managed to do
Öthanks.
This, this isnít journalism, this is dirtiness,
and the funny thing is that the person talking about this
is the last person that has the right to speak about journalism.
See you after the break!
Iím still not finished with the articleÖ
Welcome back to the show, The Show,
this issue of scrambled service the last two weeks has opened my eyes,
because youíre not really hurt until your show is targeted
with intentional scrambling.
ìThe Prince of Sadnessî
We have had a theories including one that said we were behind the scrambling,
and I say that thatís a disgrace,
no one at this age scrambles in their own pants,
Iím too old for this now.
This issue has opened my eyes though, because many people have been accusing me of not taking the conspiracy theories seriously,
so after these events I now realize my mistake, I have been fooled.
I apologize to all the people in media, I admit my mistake,
I now believe in the conspiracy theories.
And I want to ask you, if you please, to stay away from conspiracy theories.
All my life as a journalist, I have been against the conspiracy theories.
Now youíre just being stubborn,
but if thatís the case then we will go back to telling people that there isnít a conspiracy,
especially since I have the Super Mario brothers of media on my team
Amr playing forward and Emad playing in defense,
the three of us will carry this message together, there are no conspiracy theories,
and even more so, thereís no conspiracy.
A big conspiracy being set up for Egypt.
Youíre in the middle of a huge conspiracy.
Egypt is the target of a conspiracy.
Before we speak about the external conspiracy, we have to discuss the internal one.
But a conspiracy does exist.
I still havenít even started talking about the conspiracies.
Believe me, there is a conspiracy.
There are those who are in control of the brain of the nation and they are messing with it!
No this isnít just a conspiracy, this is ***!
What the hell is this one-two they have going?
Why are you passing me between you like this?
And one is playing lead while the other one is on bass?
ìThere is a conspiracy!î
ìthere is a conspiracyÖî
ìThereís a conspiracy!î
ìconspiracyÖî
ìConspiracy!!î
ìzzzzzzzzzÖî
Okay guys, I am sorry,
I apologize, these people have more experience than I do and they know more,
I am sorry, there actually is a conspiracy, fine.
Okay fine there isnít a conspiracy, thereís a plan in action.
The term conspiracy isnít big enough for whatís happening,
we are now facing a plan of action.
Itís no longer a conspiracy, itís a plan of action.
Letís go further than the limits of the word conspiracy,
we are now up against a plan of action.
We. Are being. Toyed with.
We. Are being. Toyed with.
So, the conspiracy is over? Itís done?
No last piece?
You know Khairy can tell you thereís no conspiracy when heís just hiding it inside!
Okay, give me the plan of action (stripes), Iíll take it instead of the conspiracy,
even though I donít like stripes because it makes me look fat,
but if itís in fashion we can all wear it together.
But we are being toyed with?
So we took off the conspiracy and weíre wearing the plan now?
And you all found out about this at the exact same time?
You know if I didnít know you all so well,
I would have said that youíre all reading from the same scriptÖ
Or is it just a coincidence, or did you all just have the same idea at the same time,
or was it a magical idea that passed through all of you one after the other?
But why does everyone believe in this conspiracy and feels like weíre facing a plan of action
and I donít? Why am I like this?
That you donít feel like youíre at war!
Whoever feels like theyíre at war, can expect an attack from anywhere.
Okay Iím ready! I am ready for attacks from anywhere!
From the right, from the left, from in front, from the back!
Please not from the backÖ
I want to know where the attack will come from,
and what form it will take.
The strategy being applied now in Egypt is called ìThe Thousand Fingersî
Thousand fingers? I hope this attack does not come from behindÖ
And why a thousand fingers? Why do you need that many,
the idea can be carried across using one finger only,
why be so persistent?
Besides, not even a thousand fingers can work with us, we can wrap them up in two weeks.
we can wrap them up in two weeks.
Sir why are you looking off in to the distance like that?
Do you see the fingers from where youíre sitting there?
At least theyíre coming straight at you and not surprising you from the back or somethingÖ
Okay at the end of the day theyíre fingers,
weíre used to fingers,
is there anything else you want to warn us about?
And you may have heard of an expression recently, The Lone Wolves.
This expression is a foreign on to the Egyptian public,what does it even mean?
What the hell is all this?
Thousand fingers, followed by lone wolves,
followed by huge waves,
who is coming up with the names for these conspiracies,
Hamdy El Wazeer? (B-rated actor)
These things arenít new to us at all actually then,
weíve been seeing them since the 80s.
Anyways, I donít want these cheap words, I want logical wordsÖ
enough Hamdy El Wazeer donít you think, Iím getting scared now.
I want logical words, I want to know who is conspiring against us,
whether itís two or three intelligence agencies for example, the usual ones weíre accustomed to.
There are almost forty intelligence agencies from all around the world playing in Egypt.
Forty intelligence agencies?
No wonder the streets are so crowded, itís all the damn spies!
They have all left their respective countries and have come to play in Egypt?
Forty countries playing in Egypt,
the World Cup itself allows only thirty-two countries to play!
ìIntelligence World Cupî
All those are playing here?
Do we have that many toys in the first place? Anyways, why are they playing here?
Everyone is playing in Egypt, some of them with hostile intentions,
others to understand, and others to see what they can get later!
What do you mean to see what they can get later?
Does it look like a shopping festival to you? So theyíre here just to get an idea?
ìGet the idea today, come back and spy tomorrowî
So one agency is spying and the other has called next?
So all these intelligence agencies and a thousand fingers
and lone wolves and Hamdy El Wazeer,
and thereís someone that thinks thereís anything left to be had?
Now what I want to know is who are these forty countries?
Who is playing here in Egypt?
Whatís happening? Letís read the map together, where should I start?
To be honest Mr.Khairy, I would like to start with the a/c unit that youíre sitting in,
I have always said that you are very cool,
now I understand itís because youíre sitting inside the a/c!
No no seriously, youíre sitting inside the a/c.
ìKharrierî
But this way youíre sitting behind the compressor and youíre getting all the hot air.
Okay Mr. Khairy, please tell us, who is conspiring against us?
Where is Israel? Is Israel playing a role in this?
A conspiracy between Hamas and Tel Aviv against Egypt under the auspices of Qatar.
America is playing, America will screeewww Egypt!
America will screeeww Egypt? And you will just leeeeeet this happen?
Didnít we say these terms shouldnít be used Abdo?
Well at least we know our enemies,
we should just cut ties with all of them and thatís all,
we can cut ties with the US, with Israel, with Hamas, Turkey,
we shouldnít play with them anymore, and thatís it.
And thatís not all!
You have other countries playing as well.
There is a number of countries that I have told you before
are playing a hidden role in Egypt,
countries like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,
you have Sweden playing with you, you have Denmark playing with you, Switzerland is also playing, but how do they play?
Switzerland is also playing, but how do they play?
No this is looking like the group of death now!
Letís take a look, we need 4 points to qualify,
so if Sweden loses to Denmark, and Germany ties with Switzerland,
and divine intervention occurs in Palermo Stadium,
and we get a penalty against Holland, and here we go,
here we go.
And this way,
we will have put a mark on the entirety of Europe.
Whatís Franceís position in all this?
We didnít take France into account!
What is this group?
France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark.
All these are conspiring against us, and weíre 7th?
This isnít a conspiracy, this is a station wagon!
Okay then, we donít want anything from any of these people,
we can just cut our ties to the world,
just like all the successful countries.
ìNorth Koreaî
We donít want anything from any of you,
we will just lock ourselves in and lose touch with all other countries.
What can possibly happen?
We have already started seeing some signs.
And precisely, in Hurgada and Sharm El Sheikh.
The threats of withdrawing the foreign tourists.
German, Italian and Swiss women, while they are sitting at the beach,
are being approached by their government officials and being told to get up.
And what happened to tourism, what Germany has done.
Some women were made to leave in their swimsuits!
Some women were made to leave in their swimsuits!
Letís get a move on all your ladies wearing ***
letís go! Letís go!
Go wash up in your own country letís go!
Get a move on!
To hell with tourism, and for your knowledge,
tourism itself is part of the conspiracy!
You ask me why,let me ask you, how come all the tourists are foreigners?
We have never heard of an Egypt tourist!
See the conspiracy?
Theyíre withdrawing their tourists and we have done nothing to them!
So what if our media is turning the people against these countries?
Why are they being so sensitive?
Just because I call you a conspirator, you withdraw your tourists?
Youíre such kids, the tourists are alright weíre only calling them spies and traitors,
nothing to get so worked up about!
We should just lock out the outside world, and just sit in our cozy country with each other,
in true familial fashion, peel a tangerine maybe and just enjoy our own company,
letís see whatís playing on TV.
The US is using its cinema industry as a weapon in the conspiracy to break down the Egyptian
and Arab countries.
So the US is using cinema as a weapon?
No, if the US is using cinema as a weapon then we have Abdel Fattah!
I mean El Osari (old comedy actor), and many others like him.
Egyptian cinema isnít a small one either, why do you buy it with seeds?
If weíre going to talk about the culture of the West,
then we must listen to the experts, to those who speak their language,
and who can tell us whatís happening there.
Letís start for example with the movie Inception,
which was released in Egypt under the name ìBeginningî,
starring Di Caprio.
This movie was release in preparation for the January 25th revolution.
The Beginning by Leonardo Di Cabri??
Yes! That kid Di Cabri, thatís the one!
I have never been comfortable with that boy!
He got on the Titanic and it sank, he got on the revolution
and it also sank!
Is this guy from the MB or what?
Leonardo Da Cabri!
This is Cabri,
this is Sabri,
and this is a kobri (bridge).
And weíll make bad jokes like this one all night.
That was a terrible joke, it was absolute sh*t! Madame Amani please help me out,
Iíve been trying to avoid speaking about you for three episodes now!
But to be fair itís her guest thatís saying nonsense not her.
Now youíre expecting me to show you a video of Amani herself saying nonsense as well, but Iím not going to do that.
Or should I do that?
No, no no please calm down, if you want me to do that,
say ìHeeeiiih!î
I will play ballet!!!
Someone today has had something bad to drinkÖ
play the video Khalifa.
I noticed something strange about the poster for the Vendetta movie,
especially one phrase on the poster that I think we have not ever discussed in detail,
and that phrase is
ìFreedom Foreverî
Oh my god!
Freedom forever?
Weíre a Middle Eastern conservative culture, we only have freedom on Saturday and Wednesday! What is this forever?! And as the saying goes,
ìbuild walls to block the direction that freedom blows your way from.î
The conspiracy is greater than we originally thought,
tourists are conspiring against us, filmmakers are conspiring against us, the FIFA is conspiring against us, this is too much!
the FIFA is conspiring against us, this is too much!
We have to cut ties with this entire planet, does anyone else want anything from us?
Egypt is fighting a war, and this war is universal!
UniversalÖ UniverrrsallllÖ.
See how unfair these aliens are?
Weíre giving them a home, and even hosting their mothership,
and we let them appear on our TV channels,
and after all this they battle against us in a universal war?
Universal?
Where do you get this material from?
This is a universal war,
this is a term I have taken from a very dear friend of mine.
A call to all our alien brothers,
two of you have gone astray and are causing a scene,
please send someone to pick them up because the mothership will be probably be here indefinitely.
It looks like the days ahead will be dark ones, we mustÖ
This picture scares me please remove it!
We must know how our enemies are affecting us, how they infect our minds
and how they control our thinking.
We empty your mind from its political, social, cultural, and religious content,
and with repeating the phrase hundreds of times,
and your own media adopts the phrase and repeats it hundreds of times,
with time you as a viewer will take these phrases for granted or as truth.
So this means we should be wary of media that keeps repeating certain phrases over
and over and over,
the same talk again and again together until we all believe it,
seriously people we should all be careful.
I wonder what this kind of media looks like.
With repeating the phrase hundreds of timesÖ
A real war.
A psychological war you mean?
The war of rumors.
War.
Weíre at war.
War.
War.
An official war.
Wars rely on media.
We empty out your mind of all content.
Conspiracy.
Conspiracy.
These are all conspiracies!
Okay then there isnít a conspiracy, thereís a plan of action.
Plan.
Plan, plan, plan.
This sponge will suck out all their superficial ideas
where they empty out things from their true meaning.
We are being toyed with.
With repeating the phrase.
Pardon my language, but I got played.
Getting played like getting served, with a bowl on your head.
I got served, to put it in slang. Itís called a thousand fingers.
Itís because weíre a people that love getting played.
This is all crap, and it stinks like farts.
And your media adopts the phrase and repeats it hundreds of times,
and you as a viewer will take these phrases for granted or as truth.
There are people in control of the mind of the country,
and are toying with it and ruining it.
Iím not trying to scare you.
But there really is a conspiracy.
Believe me there is a conspiracy.
Actually there is a conspiracy, there always is a conspiracy.
The entire world conspires against each other constantly,
and everyone is spying on everyone else,
itís all about personal gain and spying and conspiracy,
the entire world is like that. The world isnít a paradise, yes there is a war
and innocent people die on a daily basis, but this media charging isnít helping,
this planting of terror and fear into the people will only end badly for all of us.
We canít just blame all our problems on conspiracies,
this is the easy way out that we use to fool the people.
Disease is due to conspiracy, lack of education is due to conspiracy,
any art or opinion that doesnít comply with the mainstream is a conspiracy,
and if local conspiracies arenít enough,
then the entire world is conspiring against us as well!
Egypt has become the universal capital of conspiracies!
Just so you know, there are many other countries
that are bigger and more powerful than we are,
and who have many more enemies than we do and are targets of conspiracies
much worse than those targeting us,
but they donít blame everything on conspiracies.
Conspiracies succeed not because they are powerful,
but because we weaken ourselves to them.
See you after the break.
Welcome back once again the the show, The Show.
Before we welcome our very special guest tonight,
and which by the way will be a wonderful segment, there are a few things I want to say.
First of all, The Show will be on holiday for two weeks during Sinai Liberation Day
and Easter and Labor Day celebrations,
the last Friday of April and the first Friday of May.
We want to have a vacation!
Itís only two weeks!
So anyways, we want to let you know that itís a scheduled break
well in advance to give no chance for rumor and speculation and all that,
this is a vacation thatís agreed upon from the beginning,
and there will be another one in Ramadan, during August!
The next thing is something we mention frequently,
but it seems people tend to forget to please bear with me,
what is this show about? This is a satirical, comedy show where we try to entertain viewers,
where we try to entertain viewers, and this is the role of the show.
The show is one hour a week, and it ends, and thatís the size of the show.
The show isnít a news show, itís not a talk show,
it doesnít aim to create political value, and itís non-objective and non-neutral,
and thatís the description of the show.
We have never tried to pretend that we are anything else,
we have never tried to frame ourselves as victims,
or political figures or revolutionary leaders, but the problem is amidst all what is happening in the country,
what is happening in the country,
people stopped waiting for the show and instead started adopting offensive attitude towards it,
speaking about who we will be talking about and why did you mention this person
and not this one, why arenít you attacking this person as much as that one?
We are not a tool that people can use to take revenge on others,
the demise of this show will not be censorship or scrambling the service during the airtime,
it will be the unrealistic expectations and waiting for things that the show canít possibly deliver.
Every week we get complaints from people who arenít happy about us
not mentioning the people who die, who get killed, who got tortured,
who got wasted, and who fell victims to terrorism, but how can we, and in what context?
How are we supposed to speak about any of that when we should be a satirical show,
whatís there to make fun of?
And even if we speak about people who die in this incident,
people will ask why not mention the other incidents,
and those who were unjustly treated here and there and there,
and the show turns into an obituaries page and not a satirical show.
Tonight, I wanted to discuss how there are things that everyone agrees is a crime
like killing a soldier or innocent people because these things are clearly wrong,
and because these things have become a daily occurrence that we are not accustomed to,
and because they bear no relevance most of the time to political issues,
so that these things are normal now like for example *** harassment.
After that, you find yourself repeating things which are very basic
and which no one should even have to say out loud, such as
ìthere are no acceptable reasons for *** harassment.î
If you even begin to defend it then youíre giving excuses,
a girlís body is no excuse, how she looks is no excuse,
what sheís wearing isnít an excuse, how sheís acting isnít an excuse,
this is a crime the same way that *** and terrorism are crimes,
except that in this case people now sometimes blame the victim.
This way of thinking that has been revealed in the last few months,
has revealed the opinions of some people that truly reflects that which we said earlier
we want to rid Egyptian thinking from, because they use the same excuses,
but not instead of sporting a beard, they sport other trendy facial hair.
Thereís no such thing as appropriate and inappropriate dress,
thereís no such thing as ìthe girl should have done so and so,î
if you speak about the girl in any other context other than her being a victim
then youíre making trying to validate harassment.
Why am I mentioning this?
Because in the coming days people will be asking why I didnít bring this up,
and why didnít you attack a certain someone enough what they said
regarding the harassment case?
This brings us back to the point I was originally talking about,
please donít load the show with a burden that it canít carry,
we are running this show amidst very difficult circumstances that the country is going through,
and with terrible morale levels inside all of us.
To those who hate us, please donít take things so personally,
and to those who love us,
please donít let your expectations get unrealistically high
about one thing or person.
If we have learned anything in the last three years,
it is that nobody is perfect, nothing is worth it,
and at the end I would like to thank every person that criticized me,
and insulted me and attacked me, because at the end of the day,
public life is very ruthless and this is the price you pay
when you make a mistake.
Some people will not accept any apology from you,
but this is where the courage of the apology is,
itís when you come forth with the apology regardless
whether it will be accepted or not.
Any public figure must accept this
and deal according to this reality, weíre all only human
and not one of us is above criticism.
Thank you very much for all the criticism and attacks,
and putting me in my place and showing me my true size,
because my mistakes too have no excuse.
See you after the break.
-"How are you sir?
Thank you very much for this opportunity, sincerely."
-" Itís you again?"
-"Yes itís me!"
-"What have you got today?"
-"To be honest I love Mr. Ahmed Zaki."
-"You think you can pull off Ahmed Zaki?"
-"Yes! Yes Iím sure! Should I start?"
-" Show meÖ"
-"What do you think?"
-"Youíre not important or anything!"
-"How can this be? Itís Ahmed Zaki from the movie
ìAn Important Manís Wifeî!
He used to always do this with the comb I swear!
Please, just give me another chance,
Mr. Ahmed Zaki I really love him,
okay? Okay.
What do you think?
-"Whatís that supposed to be?"
-"This is from the ìDays of Sadatî sir. "
-"Iíll grind you up!"
-"Okay okay, last time around, Mr. Adel Imam! Okay?
-"This is your last shot!"
"Yes itís the last time, okay letís start."
-"What is this?!"
-"This is from ìThe Professionalî!"
-"This looks nothing like The Professional!
-"Come on I have seen this movie 60 times!"
-"Seen it? I directed it!"
-"Mr. Mohamed Khan!
Just for my information, how did he do it?
-"Who?"
-"Adel Imam, how did he do it in The Professional?
The movie ìFactory Girlî!
-"Looks like Hany Adel had a really good time, why didnít you choose me instead of him?
True, he is pretty tall but still, but I can still offer a lot for this movie.
-"Very much you can offer."
-"Yes, indeed.
Did you see me at the audition I was great!
Before we start, I donít want this to be your average interview,
so I will start with this question:
Whatís the question that you have answered so many times
that you never want to be asked again?
-"Are we really going to talk about the nationality issue again?"
-"Okay Iím sorry, so howís the nationality issue going?
-"I got it! "
-"Oohhh you got it! When did you get it?
When?
-"They just told me."
-"Congratulations sir, so this means that The ShowÖ"
-"Itís my lucky charm!"
-"Thatís great! Congratulations sir, you got the Egyptian nationality
and you have others, youíre so luckyÖ
Not to worry, youíre all going to leave in your swimsuits!
Letís get to the point, your new movie Factory Girl,
you place a dedication at the beginning
of the movie to Soad Hosny, why is that?"
-"Because Soad is in every girlís soul, whether sheís Egyptian or Arab,
Soad is there.
And Soad was present during the revolution as well!
She was there, and sheís very dear to me,
and I like to think that we were friends."
-"In the making of ìA Date For Dinnerî you were still a relatively new director,
but she was not a new actress, but you went ahead and directed the movie
even though she was an accomplished actress at that point.
Was it easy to direct the movie, or were there clashes between the two of you?
-"That was actually the fourth movie for me to direct,
and Soad was a huge star then, so I was afraid and worried,
I had been told that she interferes with everything,
so I researched which director of videography she likes and hired him,
so she wouldnít have to request him.
Soad used to study all aspects of the script, including instructions and directorís notes,
everything.
I requested a small change to one of the scenes she shares with Ahmed Zaki,
just a small change to the dÈcor,
so I went to her room and told her
ìMadame Soad, I think that we should change the scene in this way.î
She said it was a good idea, but then suggested
that we shoot it as per the script, and then the way I wanted to do it.
I left the room feeling very upset, I was thinking about starting a fight,
but I knew that if I did that, I might get more upset,
and if that happened things might escalate and the movie might stop,
so I gave my instructions to shoot the scene the way I want to first.
After that, I went to my room and stayed there
while they changed the scene to shoot the way itís written in the script.
They stayed waiting until 20 minutes had passed, then someone came and knocked on the door.
Madame Soad walked in, and I exploded,
ìMadame Iím not a little kid, how can you embarrass me like that in front of everybody,
I make movies in only one way.
She apologized to me, took me by the hand and we walked onto the set,
and we didnít shoot it the original way.
-"So she pretty much embarrassed youÖ
But since then you have been friends!
-"This is the reason we became friends!"
-"This is the reason you became friends, letís talk about something people say
about the movie, and not just this movie but really all 23 movies you have made,
there has been a recurring theme where the movie revolves around a female protagonist,
and to ask the question in another way, please tell us more about
the many relationships Mohamed Khan has had with the ladies!
-"Right now?"
-"Is your wife around or anything?"
-"Yes sheís sitting right there!"
-"I really didnít mean anything maíam, Iím really just joking!
Heís a great man, and he didnít tell me anything!
I mean the relationships as inÖ
-"The cinematic relationships."
-"Exactly! Tell us more about why your movies revolve about the woman,
and the womanís issues and especially the woman from a certain class of society.
-"Because sheís a victim of injustice. See? These are the women clapping! "
-"And all the men are sitting looking like this.
Youíre making the men hate me at the end of the episode!
At the end of all your movies, the woman is always victorious,
in one way or another, whether in ìThe Apartment in Heliopolisî
or ìAn Important Manís Wifeî or ìA Date For Dinnerî,
or your new movie ìFactory Girlî,
this seems to be very important to you, and especially in ìFactory Girlî
where the movieís cast is almost entirely made up of women.
Do you have a story behind this story,
and why this social class especially and the role of the girl
that works in the factory?
-"Because this is the hardworking girl, the girl that finds a job
to be part of the income of the family,
and this is a very common story in our society,
itís also the girl who is ambitious, that girl who wants to fall in love,
to get married, she loves someone from a slightly higher social class,
sheís oppressed, thatís the main theme.
-"Sheís always the guilty one, the suspect, which is pretty much the life
of most females in our society."
-"Weíre a society run by males, actually this is the case all over the world.
In this country, the man creates the laws, and the man enforces the law,
and the woman accepts whatever little she gets.
-"Madame Wesam, your wife, wrote the script for the movie."
-"Yes."
-"And she prepared the scenario for this movie in a new way. "
-"She wasnít familiar with the world of factory labor,
so I got to know the owner of a clothes factory,
she worked briefly there without anyone but him knowing who she is,
so she can get accustomed to the language being used,
properly understand their problems,
and be able to write a realistic script that will be inspired by real people and events.
Maíam the scenario is fantastic, absolutely brilliant.
Letís speak a little about the star,
who is the girl of the factory and who is the actress behind the girl of the factory?
-"Yasmine! She didnít cross my mind at first, but then she came to audition,
and she made quite a strong impression on me, and she had tried out for a smaller role
in the first place.
-"One second, so she has already starred before in other projects,
and yet she auditioned just like all the smaller actresses?"
-"Sheís the one who decided to audition.
She came to audition without a certain role in mind,
she just wanted to work with me,
and I am happy that I chose her for the role.
-"How many auditions did you hold? Around how many actresses auditioned for the movie?"
-"Maybe 200 girls. "
-"200!"
-"Well there are many roles."
-"Were there any girls in the movie who actually work at the factor who arenít actresses?
-"All the girls in the background actually work at the factory,
but all speaking roles are actresses, and not even well-known actresses.
-"We want to tell everyone that Yasmine Raees won the Best Actress award at the Dubai festival,
and I think we have the video of her receiving the award."
-"Yasmine Raees everyone.
Are you the same girl that was in the video?
-"Just about! "
-"But back then you were about toÖ"
-"Thank god, I have delivered and I am fine, itís been two months now."
-"Two months! I want to ask, what was the most difficult moment you had
when you were going to the Dubai Festival?"
-"The most difficult was of course how I was going to get on a plane
and flay to Dubai, I was 9 monthsí pregnant at the time,
and I pretended I was talking on the phone at the counter
so no one would notice me or ask questions,
I have a plan all made up and everything!
How would anyone not notice you?
Everyone at the festival could tell that youíre pregnant!
-"I donít know why I was under the impression that people may not notice that Iím pregnant.
And actually, no one noticed, and they didnít find out until we had already taken off."
-"Iím sure they thought it was muscle.
So, what was the most difficult moment during the making of the film?
Was there a scene maybe at the end or something that was difficult to make?
- "Yes actually because during the last scene I was pregnantÖ
-"Iím noticing that all your stories revolve around your pregnancy."
-"Well itís been only two months so I think itís warranted that
all my stories be about this event! "
-"Your son Selim is two months old now."
-"Two months old now, yes."
-" And now that youíre the mother of both a small boy and a newborn,
do you have time to look at scripts and look for new roles?
Should we be looking for you in other movies soon?"
-"I have already received one script to look at,
but I havenít been able to read it because Selim drooled all over it,
so Iím waiting for a new copy, and when I read itÖ
-"My daughter actually just turned two yesterday, so thatís nice."
-" Happy birthday to her"
-" We can sort her out with Selim, I donít mind that she marry a boy younger than her."
-"Heís very good looking Iím sure you will like him!"
-"Yasmine Raees (president), itís a bit of a strange name,
is it elected or temporary?"
-"Especially when it comes to the name, I donít want anyone to make fun,
and no saying president, or my president, or any of those things, at all!"
-"Okay, understood donít be upset, weíre already afraid because of this metal gear youíre wearing,
speaking of which what are you wearing?
-"What do you think?"
-"Interesting!"
-"This bowtie was specifically designed for me."
-"I feel like it might turn into a knife at any moment.
-"Great, that way I canít be exposed to danger!"
-"You always choose outfits that are sort of, boyish, isnít that so?"
-"Maybe a little bit."
-"Why maybe a little bit?"
-"Because I donít want anyone to tease me or harass me."
-"Now weíre talking! We have another video other than the one we just saw,
this one is your casting video, which we were able to get,
I donít know if you saw mine,
but I want to see Yasmine when she first attempted to join the cast of the movie.
How did I know that I wanted to be an actress?
Yes?
Well, it all started a long time ago, back when I was young,
I would always memorize the TV shows and movies that I watched,
and act them out with my friends, often against their will,
sometimes I would sit them down and pretend to be an anchor,
and read the news out to them.
I remember doing these things but I didnít know that I wanted to be an actress yet,
but I was sure that I wanted to be an actress after I turned 14 years old."
-"How many faces do you have?!
You change drastically in every video Yasmine! Itís unbelievable!
-"But thatís something good!"
-"Itís something wonderful!
If I was making a movie I would definitely give you a part in it!
This is a classic success story,
you showed up to audition not knowing what role you would be trying out for,
or whether Mr. Mohamed Khan would give you a role or not,
but you wound up being the star of the movie,
to winning Best Actress award at a movie festival,
to having a movie thatís about to hit theaters on,
actually it hit the theaters tonight as we speak.
So, this is really an inspiring story.
-"This is like a dream, I didnít know anything about the movie except
that Mr. Mohamed Khan was directing it, and thatís all, I had no other information.
I showed up at the audition full of hope, and thank god it turned out the way it did.
I also told her one thing, I told her I would get her an award.
-"Thatís true he did tell me that! "
-" Okay sir please discover my talent!"
-"I will get you an award!"
-"Yes please do that! I can be ìFactory Boy!î
People are talking about an important aspect of the movie,
aside from directing and acting, itís the production of the movie,
tonight we have with us the producer of the movie Mr. Mohamed Samir,
please welcome Mohamed.
-"Thank you sir, itís my birthday soon everyone, on March 21st.
-" I donít recommend that you eat it."
-"You didnít have to spend so much and buy such a huge cakeÖ
How are you Mohamed?
This movie was financed in an alternative way to the typical ways that we have come to know in this part of the world.
Weíre used to having a rich producer, who then uses his money to get the movie made,
and thatís all,
but this movie wasnít made in this manner.
-"No, and to be clear there is a difference between the producer
and the person who finances the movie."
-"Letís stay away from talking about financing please."
-"Itís okay as long as you donít say it."
-"The producer makes the movie happen,
regardless of whether he has come up with the money from private investors
or a bank or government agencies in support of the movie making industry,
but his main role is to make the movie happen, and thatís because he believes that
the movie is important must be made.
We worked on our movie for a year first and I traveled to more than one festival
in order to build a base of recognition outside the country,
and this main support in this base was when we got some financing from the Ministry of Culture.
-"So the main financing came from the Egyptian government."
-"It came from the government, and I canít explain how much easier it becomes
for people outside the country to take your project seriously after that happens,
because you live in a country that has a reputable cinema industry,
and many theaters etc,
then you tell people you donít have money to make a movie,
so the reply is always that there must be an issue with the movie itself.
-"So they say your movie isnít worth getting financed then."
-"Exactly, so as soon as you get financial support from your government,
it acts as sort of a vote of confidence and sets a path to further financing as well,
and many movies have seen this kind of support lately,
like ìPardon Meî, ìVilla 69î, ìFun And Gamesî and of course our movie.
This is proof that when the state wants to support its cinema industry,
it can simply do so."
-"But what I know is that this financial support isnít readily available,
I hear it happens only once every few years, and itís never that much money,
I have heard some figures but please correct me if Iím wrongÖ"
-"We of course hope that this support becomes consistent and annual,
the amount at the time we made the movie was EGP 20 million,
for the cinema industry in general.
For movie-making in general! "
-"I donít want to misquote numbers,
but I think this 20 million went towards supporting 12 feature films,
and maybe 20 short movies, but I really donít remember exact figures.
The point is the allocation is very small, it acts as an important basic stone of course,
but itís not enough to make the entire movie.
-"So for the rest of the money you had people finance you from France."
-"No not France, letís not say France here."
-"Okay where did you get financing from then?"
-"I got financing from GermanyÖ"
-"Theyíre bad, go on."
-"From the US there were two funds!"
-"Youíre really asking for trouble now!"
-"Also from Abu DhabiÖ"
-"We love them, continue please."
-"Also Dubai."
-"We also love them!"
-"And of course Egypt, and during the process two other smaller companies also got involved,
called Weeka and Middlewest
and they believed in making movies the same way we want to make them,
and through this support we were able to actually create the movie
without having to give in to a rich well-known producer who would control the movie in any way. "
-"I would also like to add one thing."
-"I also want to ask about what itís like working with this kind of producer,
but please your thing first."
-"I just want to add that everyone that played a role in the making of this film
were not greedy at all."
-"Yes I would especially like to stress on this point right there!"
-"Everyone cooperated fully in their roles and that was definitely a huge factor
that led to the success of this project."
-"Through working with a small producer, sorry if Iím calling you small."
-"Thatís okay I am a small producer."
-"Very small I have known you since you were just a little producer this tall,
so dealing with this producer thatís not the classic picture
of the man in the suit with all the money,
it must have been different dealing with this other kind of producer,
please tell us more about that. "
-"He came to us a small producer, but after this movie he is now a big producer! "
-"But as far as I understand there is some kind of monopoly over the production
of movies in this country."
-"Sometimes itís a monopoly if your producer is also the distributer and owns a few theaters,
then of course thatís a monopoly."
So this negatively affects the cinema industry in Egypt?"
-"Thatís actually the cause of decay in any industry all over the world.
The US got rid of monopolization in the cinema industry since the 30s,
but here until today we have a producer who owns the theaters,
and owns the distribution rights so the product isnít really yours to control at all!
And also, we donít have laws that can stand against such a thing."
-" Because very easily he can say ìI own this theater, soÖî
-"Exactly, he has a movie coming out and he wants to release it,
so he will very easily just remove your film from the theater,
it all boils down to will in the end, the will to make this kind of movie happen,
because the films where the director has full control of the movie must work,
because this is the kind of movie that makes people become closer with the cinema industry,
especially in a country like Egypt where we have a rich cinematic history,
this will must be present."
-"I also want to add another thing, another disadvantage of monopoly is that they make
one kind of film and thatís it.
Back in the day we had many different kinds of films, but now itís one kind,
all of them have a dance and a song and so on, the audience needs variety."
-"And here we have proof of this, with your movie Factory Girl,
this is proof that people will want to see the different kinds of films.
And of course this will happen with our help, everyone the film is being released in theaters
so please go and watch it.
If anyone here doesnít go see the movie in the theater you know what I will do with youÖ
We have your photos and phone numbers!
Any thing you want to add with regards to direction or acting or anything else?"
-"I want to say that I am optimistic, first and foremost,
and also that the young generation of today must cooperate and work together,
as we can see with the young producers,
they are cooperating as he was mentioning others who worked with him on this movie,
and itís very important for directors to also cooperate and work together,
itís very important."
-"Yasmine, your acting in this film is unreal , seriously, you did a brilliant job
and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and you deserve tens of awards not just one,
and I expect this summer will belong to you, and I wish you all the success in the future."
-"How do you mean this summer will be all mine?"
"I mean you will probably be offered many roles in TV series and new movies,
I have an eye for these things! "
-" What about Selim? What am I going to do with him?"
-" Oh yeah thatís right what about Selim? Weíll find a way,
we can get you roles of a mom and her son together, weíll figure it out."
-"Yes please do."
-"Iím honored to meet all of you, Mohamed Samir, Yasmine Raees,
and Mr. Mohamed Khan."
-"Factory Girl debuting this week in 20 theaters? 21 theaters? "
-"21 theaters."
-"21 theaters!
See you all next week, good night!"