The tragedy and severe suffering Egyptian artist Wafaa Makki is going through prompted her to seek help on Al-Arabiya.net to complain about the plight, while applying for work to help her live and find food and medicine for herself and his sick mother.
The artist, who has participated in 86 operas and dramas, and worked with the most famous art stars in Egypt, spoke to Al-Arabiya.net about the reason for his disappearance and his sufferings. a source of livelihood to spend on herself and her mother, who had cancer and couldn’t move.
Wafa Makki
Go hungry
She added that she is seeking help and assistance in dealing with her circumstances, as she has obtained a £31,000 loan and advance from the Actors Syndicate to get her out of her slump and is currently paying off, but has been unable to therefore, at the light of the accumulation of debts on her and the high prices of her mother’s care, realizing that her house is not there There is food and for days she goes hungry because she has no money with her.
Makki revealed that she stays for two days to raise £5 which is a very small amount which is not enough to buy a sandwich so that she can buy a bag of bread for her mother, expressing her anger towards the art community who ignore it, and not use it in any work of art in order to get out of its crisis.
She said she has participated in several films that have helped change some laws, such as the film “Cheap Meat” with artist Elham Shaheen, which discussed the phenomenon of underage girls marrying foreigners and treating their children as foreigners, which led to change this law.
He also contributed to the film “Against the Government” with Ahmed Zaki, which discussed the phenomenon of mafia compensation in accidents that occur under the responsibility of the government and pushed the latter to decisively address the phenomenon. He also participated in the series “The White Flag” with the late Sana Jamil, who discussed the phenomenon of demolishing archaeological and heritage buildings and converting them into residential towers, and the government was able to issue a law to address this nonsense.
Difficult conditions
He also indicated that his work was purposeful and involved no regrets or anything, and he worked 19-hour days, demanding a return to work to overcome his difficult financial condition and a defense not to cave in to the argument that the stock market art is supply and demand.
He said a number of artists suffer the same and are ignored and not given any work despite their difficult circumstances and piling up debts, confirming that he asked a lot from artist Ashraf Zaki, captain of actors, for look for work for her and her promise, but so far it hasn’t happened.
Great celebrity… and a case of torture
Interestingly, Wafaa Makki was born on September 12, 1966, at the age of 56. She has a diploma in commerce and her start in acting was in 1985 by playing small roles, then she achieved great stardom after playing the character ‘Mahja’ in the series ‘Mountain Wolves’. Early 90s.
She was accused of torturing her maid in 2001 and was sentenced to ten years in prison with hard labor, but the sentence was later reduced to three years, so she graduated in 2004.
He has participated in the films ‘Cheap Meat’, ‘Against the Government’, ‘The Last Scene’, ‘Except My Daughter’, ‘The Girls and the Unknown’, ‘The Dumb Witness’ and ‘The Aesthetic’, and he also has participated in the series ‘Wolves of the Mountain’ and ‘The White Flag’ and ‘The Gate of Metwali’, ‘The Wall of Magra Al-Oyoun’, ‘The Spider’s Web’ and ‘The Minister’s Daughter’.
Wafaa Makki has participated in several stage plays, notably ‘Al Roush’, ‘Ala Al Raseef’, ‘Web Guard’ and ‘Dokki Yamzika’.
