She became the Egyptian artist Minna Salabi The latest artistic figures to join the drug crisis, after the Cairo Criminal Court decided on Thursday to give her a year suspended sentence and fine her £10,000 on charges of obtaining the narcotic drug from ‘hashish with the intention of using it.
That case, which erupted with the return of Menna Shalaby to Egypt, and her arrest at the airport at the end of last November, where she was charged with drug possession.
Sameh Abdel Aziz
To join the Egyptian artist to a list of stars who fell into this trap, where Egyptian director Sameh Abdel Aziz was arrested 5 years ago in one of the ambushes, after drugs were found with him, and was convicted and discounted the penalty.
Dina El Sherbiny
Dina El-Sherbiny was the most important artistic face who went through this experience, as she was exposed to this crisis in her first year in the artistic field and the security forces arrested her in the Zamalek region.
At the time, she was in the company of an unemployed man at her home while taking drugs, which landed her in prison for a year and her performing career nearly ended, but she later got an exception from the Actors Syndicate to practice.
Ahmed Azmy
Ahmed Azmy
Egyptian artist Ahmed Azmy has not escaped the drug trap, as he has fallen into it more than once, after being arrested in 2014 while in his home and taking drugs, but was released due to lack of evidence.
A year later, he was arrested again with narcotic pills in his car, which resulted in him receiving a 6-month prison sentence which he spent in its entirety.
Farouk al-Fishawi and his son Ahmed
The late Farouk Al-Fishawy
The late artist Farouk al-Fishawi admitted that he and his son Ahmed used drugs, but al-Fishawi al-Kabir confirmed that his wife Sumaya al-Alfi was the one who stuck by him until he quit .
At the same time, however, he called for the legalization of cannabis in Egypt, which caused widespread controversy at the time, and his son caused a stir with his statements on these topics.
Nevin Mandour
Nevin Mandour
While the big shock that the public got was from actress Nevine Mandour who was known through the movie ‘The One Who Bali Balak’ but later got arrested on drug charges and was released on bail.
After many years of crisis, Nevin came out to talk that the matter was planned and that some wanted revenge on her father, so the matter was directed at her.
The late Magda Al-Khatib
Another famous incident occurred in 1986, with its heroine, the late Magda Al-Khatib, who was arrested with a number of her friends and charged with heroin abuse.
But she denied the claim and confirmed it was an accessory powder she used in her films, before the forensic lab report convicted her and showed the substance was heroin, to be jailed for a year.
The late Said Saleh
The late artist Saeed Saleh had a history with drugs, as he was arrested in the early 1990s before being released, but was arrested again in Alexandria and received a one-year prison sentence, before be released after two-thirds of the term has expired.
Saleh said
The late Hatem Zulfiqar
While drugs ended the late artist Hatem Zulfiqar’s artistic career when he was caught using drugs in a working-class neighborhood, and the matter led his wife to file for divorce.
They weren’t the only ones to fall for the trap, as they were joined by singer Rico, who was jailed for a year on drugs, while Noha Al-Amrousi escaped from jail after tests showed she wasn’t doing it. drug use.
