The art community still lives in shock at the Egyptian artist’s death Hisham Selim Last month after a battle with cancer.
In the midst of sadness, a state of anger has prevailed in the last few hours, after the Kuwaiti media, May Al-Aidan, posted a video through her account on the social network site Instagram, which she said was from the last hours of her life. of the deceased. .
from intensive care
Idan said the video documents Salim’s last moments while in the intensive care room, and was filmed by a hospital worker.
Selim appeared from the patient’s bed connected to artificial respirators, as if trying to greet whoever was recording the video.
And he wrote a comment: “The last video of the deceased Hisham Selim from the hospital in intensive care, before he took his last breath,” and completed his words with a prayer for the deceased.
However, his behavior did not go unnoticed, as it caused widespread controversy and indescribable anger through social media, if some considered it a violation of the privacy of death, and a blatant attack on family feelings.
Despite the controversy, the media have not so far commented on the criticisms.
Struggle with the disease
Interestingly, Egyptian artist Hisham Selim died on September 22, at the age of 64, after a fight against cancer.
Hisham Selim’s acting roles varied and his first film appearance was in the 1972 film “Empire of M”, then starred in the 1975 films “I Want A Solution” and 1976 “The Return of the Prodigal Son”.
