2022/02/21
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The Syrian star, Eghraa, is the first Arab artist to fully strip naked in her films following the Egyptian artist Nahid Sherif, and her films often included scenes of nudity, sex and kisses,
Because of this, it received many criticisms from the conservatives, according to what was reported and re-circulated recently by Egyptian and Arab news websites. In a recent press interview, she called,
All the producers in the Middle East want to bring sex back to the cinema, noting that the kiss, the swimsuit, and the belly dance are the basis for the success of any movie at the box office, she said.
This artist is considered one of the most daring Arab artists and the owner of the most exciting scene in Arab cinema, and her films have always raised the slogan for adults only.
It is the Syrian artist “Eghraa”,
who had a bold opinion in the cinema, expressed it in shocking terms reported by a number of Arab websites and newspapers, and said that she does not regret what she presented.
Eghraa was born on February 19, 1942 in Damascus, and her real name is Nihad Aladdin, and she was the first seduction star in the cinema of the sixties and seventies.
In 1972, Ighraa participated in the movie “Al-Fahd”, which told the story of Abu Ali Shaheen, a Syrian fighter once morest French colonialism, and directed by Nabil Al-Maleh.
Strip scenes
The film included scenes of nudity, most notably the scene in which she was bathing completely naked in one of the waterfalls in the Rabwah area of Damascus, with her compatriot, artist Adeeb Kaddoura, who stretched over her body while she was naked, a scene described by critics as “the most exciting in the history of Syrian cinema.”
After the film was shown, “Eghraa” said that it had accepted to shoot this scene in order to save the film, at the director’s request.
And she released her famous sentence: Let my body be a bridge on which Syrian cinema can pass to progress.
In an interview with the “New York Times”, the Syrian artist responded to these criticisms by saying: “I took off my clothes in films, believing in my principles.” She added: “I took off my clothes for the principle, and if I wanted to do it for money, I would do it in the dark, and make more money.”
Artistic credit
The Syrian artist Eghraa is also one of the artists of the beautiful time, and her name is still engraved in the memory and conscience of Syrians and Arabs until today.
She contributed to the spread of Syrian cinema, and her credit includes regarding 70 films, and participated in producing and directing five of them, in addition to 25 films starring her and bearing her signature script, dialogue and composition.
Regarding the reason for her disappearance from the art scene, Eghraa says: “I did not disappear, and I presented my last work 7 years before the events in Syria,
That prevented us and without production. Except that the producers fled in the late eighties due to the failure of the Ministry of Culture to meet their demands, and I remained alone in the field and continued to produce.
My latest film, “The Secrets of Women” was produced, written and directed by me, and it continued to be shown in theaters until its closing, and it is still closed today. Where can I show my films when cinemas are closed?”
On the other hand, she confirms that the circumstance is not conducive to the production of joint films that play a role in spreading her name in the Arab world, adding: “The joint films in which she participated are limited, some with Lebanese actors, and two films with the late Egyptian star Omar Khorshid.”
Not good movies
Eghraa believes that the arts are not separate, and this is what made her turn to directing: “I used to sit with Al-Monitor to follow up on the details of the work, and I gained experience. who loves to write and act,
He loves everything related to art.” She added: “I loved directing a lot, and I consider it a talent that cannot be acquired through education, and there are many directors in all countries of the world, their films are not good, because directing is a feeling, experience and life experiences.”
Eghraa refuses to say that her name reflects the daring roles that were characterized by her: “I was not distinguished by the roles of seduction. My artistic beginning was in Egypt, and I was at the age of 12 and the roles of seduction were not appropriate for my age, and the director Zuhair Bakir was the one who called me “Eghraa” because he expected me to become an actress of seduction.
But I did not continue in Egypt with my decision, following I participated in two films of my starring, “The Return of Life” with Ahmed Ramzy and Maha Sabry, and “The Last Love” with Hind Rostom and Ahmed Mazhar.
She added, “It was always said ‘little little’, and this phrase formed a knot for me, so I left Egypt to return to it when I grow up, but I never came back because I built my career in Syria.” I am the only movie star in Syria.
There are no movie stars before me, and no stars following me. The audience has attached themselves to me, since I presented my first films in 1975. I have published Syrian cinema in Arab countries and made a cinematic history in them.”