A war of words has recently flared up between the head of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Entertainment, Turki al-Sheikh, and Egyptian veteran actor and producer Mohamed Sobhi. And it seems the Egyptian government is siding with its own citizen.
On Jan. 29, Sobhi attacked the Joy Awards festival organized in Saudi Arabia by Sheikh. In a phone interview with Egypt’s Al-Hadath satellite TV channel, Sobhi revealed that he had turned down a $4 million offer to perform his play “Kheebetna” ("Our Failure") at the Saudi festival.
