CAIRO, 12 April 2005 — Top Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmi is working with different psychiatrists to study Alzheimer’s disease and its side effects on the behavior of patients to properly prepare for his role in the new television drama “Al Sharid”.
Written by Mahdi Yousif and directed by Omar Abdul Aziz, the drama will be filmed at the Media Production City beginning next week.
Hussein revealed that he will be playing the role of a politician, who works at a non-governmental organization that specializes in solving international disputes.
He is sent to Africa as a representative to help solve disputes between different tribes and is then held hostage.
Hussein is later freed with the help of an NGO, but he is found suffering from a psychological disorder that leads to his memory loss. All attempts to retrieve him to his normal state of mind fail. The drama will be shot in Egypt, Holland, the US and Southern Africa.