The Egyptian Economic Court rejects the lawsuit of Ahmed Zaki’s heirs against the author of a book about him
The lawsuit filed by the heirs of Ahmed Zaki, before the Egyptian judiciary, against writer Mohamed Tawfiq, who was accused of insulting the late actor in his book “Ahmed Zaki 86”, was rejected.
Yesterday, Muhammad Tawfiq announced the news through his Facebook account, where he wrote: “Praise be to God alone, we won the case of the book (Ahmed Zaki 86), and the lawsuit of the artist Ahmed Zaki’s heirs was rejected. Thank you to Dr. Hussam Lotfi and all the workers in his office for their legal effort.” Great case.”
Hussein Othman, the official of “Risha Publishing and Distribution” that published the book, wrote: “The Economic Court ruled to reject the lawsuit of the heirs of the late artist Ahmed Zaki, regarding the book (Ahmed Zaki 86), which they filed against each of the author of the book, Partner of Passion, Dream and Success, Professor Muhammad Tawfiq and Dar Risha for Publishing. and distribution.” Othman added: “A historical ruling in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, regarding Ahmed Zaki as a public figure, with no intention of offending the book’s approach, which its author and publisher only intended to revive the biography of one of the symbols of Egyptian art.”
The heirs of Ahmed Zaki had filed a lawsuit against the author of the book last October. At the time, Mona Zaki told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that she was surprised by some excerpts from the book that talked about the break in the relationship between her mother and her brother, the late actor. She was surprised that the writer did not communicate with her and her family before writing the book.
However, Tawfiq defended himself, indicating that his book celebrates the career of the late actor, and that he only mentioned his family on 3 pages out of a total of 380.
Ahmed Zaki passed away in 2005 at the age of 56.