Sama El Masry

Samya Abdo Attia Hadaka,[1][3] known as Sama Elmasry, is an Egyptian actress, singer and Belly dancer.[4][5][6]

Sama El Masri
سامية ابو عطية حداقة
Born
Samya Abdo Attia Hadaka

(1970-02-08) 8 February 1970[1][2]
Hihya, Al Sharqia, Egypt

Career

She began to work at Mehwar TV Channel following her graduation from the Faculty of Arts and has also appeared in three cinema films since 2008.[7]

Controversies

The 2011 film Ala Wahda We Nos' (على واحدة ونص), written by Sama and also featuring Sama in the lead role and in criticism of the sexual exploitation of female media workers, was condemned by various segments of the Egyptian society. Al-Azhar called on spectators to boycott the film for its allegedly obscene content and the journalists' union claimed that the film was degrading the profession.[8] Action was taken by Sayed Khatab, the head of the Censorship Board of Artistic Works on the call of the journalists' union[9] and a "revised" edition could be released by 14 March 2012.

By 2013, Sama started to produce satirical YouTube videos in criticism of the FJC government, Muslim Brotherhood, and other Islamist factions and with her fourth video, featuring her wearing a headscarf and also a niqab, she received death threats, because she was, "as a hooker, making fun of hijab".[10]

Sama gained international notoriety when her video criticising Barack Obama's policy towards Egypt and declaring support for the stance of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi went viral on the Internet in early August 2013.[11]

In April 2014, she was detained "pending an investigation into an unlicensed television channel allegedly owned by her."[12] This was because she had made a video mocking Mortada Mansour, the head of the Zamalak sports club, whether because she disliked him, or because he briefly planned to run for president against al-Sisi. She sings "Ya Mortada, Ya Mortada" to the tune of the Arabo-Turkish song, "Ya Mustafa" with some suggestive lyrics, first in a long gown and then in a Zamalak football team t-shirt and playing with a soccer ball. She also mocked comedian Bassem Youssef. She was fined, but returned to the celebrity circuit and more outrageous videos.[13]

On 23 April 2020, she was sued for libel and defamation by an Egyptian TV presenter Reham Saeed. On the next day, she was arrested.[14]

References
  1. "صورة قديمة تكشف إسم سما المصري الكامل وعمرها الحقيقي". Laha Magazine (in Arabic). 27 January 2018.
  2. "عمر سما المصري على "جوجل" غير دقيق ووثيقة تكشف الحقيقة". alwatanvoice (in Arabic). 8 August 2018.
  3. "صح النوم – سما المصري عن مرتضى منصور: بلاش السيرة دي" (in Arabic). LTC TV. 23 June 2018.
  4. "Egyptian Sama El-Masry denies intention to run for presidency -". egyptindependent.com. n.d. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. Fossett, Katelyn. "The and the Brotherhood: Meet the Exotic Performer Trying to Take Down Egypt's Islamists". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. "Egyptian Sama al-Masri summoned for 'spreading obscenity'". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  7. El-Cinema – Sama El Masry profile
  8. وقفة احتجاجية للصحفيين لمنع عرض فيلم "على واحدة ونص"
  9. مفاوضات بين رئيس الرقابة على المصنفات الفنية ووزير الثقافة لمنع عرض فيلم"على واحدة و نص"
  10. سما المصري بعد الفيديو الأخير لها : وصلتني مكالمات تهديد نصت على"هيا وصلت للحجاب والنقاب يا فاجرة" وسأقوم بالرقص والغناء ضد الإخوان فى المظاهرات
  11. Egyptian anti-Obama video goes viral, blames him for siding with Muslim Brotherhood, The Jerusalem Post, 4 August 2013
  12. Outspoken Egyptian singer Sama alMasrii detained over TV channel, Al Arabiya News, 21 April 2014
  13. Sherifa Zuhur, In Sherifa Zuhur, and Marlyn Tadros, Conflicting Interests in Egypt: Political, Business, Religious, Gender, Popular Culture,The Edwin Mellen Press, 2017, 166–167
  14. "النائب العام يأمر بالتحقيق مع سما المصرى بعد القبض عليها بقسم الأزبكية". اليوم السابع. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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