Ignoring the ruling issued once morest him in the case of insulting and defaming the captain of the acting professions, his wife, and a number of artists, Mahmoud Al-Mahdi, the ex-husband of the artist, Menna Arafa, revealed a financial crisis that he is going through because of his differences with the artist, Ashraf Zaki.
Mahmoud Al-Mahdi explained that he produced two films in addition to his participation in a film produced by a Libyan company, and these films are prohibited from showing because of his participation in them.
His films are banned from showing
Al-Mahdi also confirmed that he had tried during the last period to reconcile with Dr. Ashraf Zaki, mediated by Massad Fouda, the captain of the cinematic professions, and went out in a video to apologize to him, but that did not end the differences on the part of Ashraf Zaki, who mentioned to those close to him that the ban on showing films is due to the presence of Mahmoud. Al-Mahdi with it, and that preventing him from acting is irreversible following his abuse of the actors.
The divorced Menna Arafa, who achieved fame following their association, demanded the intervention of officials to help him show suspended films in order to reduce his financial losses.
As well as preventing damage to the Libyan production company, stressing that he will retire from art following that.
Mahmoud Al-Mahdi and Menna Arafa – old photo
A prison sentence and bail
It is noteworthy that Mahmoud Al-Mahdi was ignoring the talk regarding the ruling issued once morest him a few days ago by imprisonment for a period of two months, a financial guarantee of 1,000 pounds, and a fine of 20,000 pounds, in the case of insulting and slandering the artist Ashraf Zaki and his wife, the artist Rogina, and obliging him to pay temporary civil compensation of 40 thousand pounds.
Nor did he indicate in his speech his position on obtaining the necessary permits for film production and representation, which are the conditions required to allow films to be shown inside cinemas.
This ruling is the third to be issued once morest Mahmoud Al-Mahdi, once morest the backdrop of his recent crisis with the artist Ashraf Zaki and his exposure to abuse.