Egyptian actress Reham Abdel Ghafour plays a controversial role as Fayrouz in the series “Midlife Crisis” because of her forbidden relationship with her husband’s daughter-in-law and her pregnancy from him.
Although the idea of the role angered the audience, they unanimously agreed on the Egyptian artist’s performance, which they described as amazing.
in contrast; Followers confirmed that Fayrouz’s character is not the first through which Reham raised controversy. Rather, she had previously presented a number of roles, most notably Farida in the series “Zay El Shams”, who falls in love with her sister’s fiancé and bears his child.
The work was shown in the Ramadan season 2019, and its story revolves around the murder of Farida and her sister, the lawyer Nour, trying to discover the identity of the killer throughout the 30 episodes.
And within the work events that are shown on the “flashback” method, Nour discovers the existence of a relationship between her fiancé, Omar, “Ahmed Salah Al-Saadani,” and her older sister, Farida, who is known for her many relationships.
The shocking thing is that Farida is the one who tells her regarding this relationship in a scene that was the talk of the audience at the time, and Farida also admits that she is pregnant with Omar following the occurrence of a forbidden relationship between them.
The story of the relationship that Farida brought together with her sister’s fiancé and lover sparked controversy when it was shown in the series that came during the Ramadan season, and the audience considered that it crossed the red lines and did not respect the sanctity of the month.
And the pioneers of social networking sites commented, following recalling a unique personality, that Abd al-Ghaffour loved her sister’s fiancé in “the dress of the sun,” and entered into a forbidden relationship with the husband of her husband’s daughter, who did not know that she was not his mother-in-law, and therefore the relationship was “incest” in the “midlife crisis.” Wondering regarding what controversial figures will be presented in the future, and what kind of forbidden relationship they might present next.
It is noteworthy that the series “Midlife Crisis”, consisting of 15 episodes, was supposed to be shown in the last Ramadan season 2022, but due to the delay in filming and its failure to catch up with the season, it was decided to show it in the current period.
The series tells the story of Fayrouz and her suffering with her husband, Ezzat, Rushdi al-Shami, who is nearly 20 years older than her and treats her badly. She finds interest from Omar, her husband’s daughter-in-law, and enters into an illegal relationship with him.
Fayrouz discovers that she is pregnant with Omar, but decides to attribute the child to her husband following the doctor refuses to abort her. The audience awaits Fayrouz’s fate in the upcoming episodes.
