Al-Araj says: "The idea of a novel was born "Mi Nights of Isis Cuba, Three hundred and one night in the hell of birds" As part of the project of a series of writings that I have prepared on Arab women".
And in the search for the historical roles he has played Arab womenthe lame met this great personality who did not take his right, as he said.
The Algerian novelist said: "He never left his famous phrase: "I hope someone will do me justice one day after my death"That sentence is what prompted me to look for the details of her story, and I decided to write the novel to do justice to the great Mai.".
As for the details of his life story, he added: "Mai’s story is not just her story with the great poet Khalil GibranIn fact, there are many things that remained unknown in his life, I tried to discover them through a long research trip from Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.".
Araj added: "I didn’t know this before the research and writing process May Ziadeh I entered the asylum and knew nothing of her history with her cousin, and as I proceeded through the research process, I only discovered many sad details, of a woman whose name lived in the sky of literary stars, but she was a wounded and oppressed woman until she left her world.
Among the stories influenced by the Algerian writer, which will be heavily featured in the series, is her story with her cousin, the man Al-Araj describes as"greed"who took advantage of Mai’s weakness, to get hold of all her money and property, before throwing her in the famous psychiatric hospital of Asfouriya in Lebanon.
Al-Araj believes that the most important trait of Ziada’s personality is human sideWhich will put Egyptian actress Mona Shalaby on a historic mission to do justice to the genius of the East.
Through the title, we can see the extent of the suffering that Mai experienced, who spent nights and days there Psychiatric hospital.
Al-Araj said: "Mai was not only a writer, but a human story, of a woman who stood out for tolerance towards religions and literary spirit. She grew up in a tolerant environment. The balcony of her house overlooked the famous White Mosque and behind her the Church of the Annunciation, which gave his literature a kind of sanctity.".
She was never born in Nazareth in 1886, her original name is Maria Elia Ziadeh, Of a Syrian-Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father, she excelled in writing literary, critical and social articles.
One of the aliases was Isis Copia, in addition to other names such as Canar, the First Marine Sinbad.
Al-Araj spoke of entrusting the actress with the direction of production of the series (the production company will launch in its conception after Ramadan 2023) for the role of Mai Ziadeh. Minna Shalabi.
The novel’s author said: "It’s not related to me, and I don’t have a word about it, but I’m very happy with this choice, because I’m a wonderful actress and she has a global charisma, and that’s what makes her closer to playing the role. although I have never met her, but I am confident of the choice".
He added: "There are three qualities that an actress who will play the character of Mai must possess, the first is age, as the job requires an actress in her forties, the second is intelligence, and the third is a strong personality, and these are things he touched in the roles he played Minna Shalabi".
Al-Araj believes that the fame factor that Shalaby enjoyed will give the opera the opportunity to occupy an important position, amid the momentum of the dramas that Egypt produces every year.
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It will complete the television work, entitled “Sparrow nights“, from the screenplay by Egyptian Mohamed Hisham, directed by Maryam Al-Ahmadi and starring actress Menna Shalaby.
Al-Araj says: “The idea for a novel was born.”Mi Nights of Isis Cuba, Three hundred and one night in the hell of birdsAs part of the project of a series of writings that I have prepared on Arab women.
And in the search for the historical roles he has played Arab womenthe lame met this great personality who did not take his right, as he said.
The Algerian writer said: “May left her famous phrase:” I hope someone will come and do me justice one day after my death. “
As for the details of her life, she added: “May’s story isn’t just her story with the great poet. Khalil GibranIn fact, there are many things that have remained unknown in his life, and I have tried to discover them through a long research trip from Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine.
Al-Araj added: “Before the research and writing process, I didn’t know that May Ziadeh I went into an asylum, and I knew nothing of her history with her cousin, and as I proceeded through the research process, I only discovered many sad details, of a woman whose name lived in the sky of literary stars, but she was a wounded and oppressed woman until she left her world.
Among the stories influenced by the Algerian writer, which will strongly characterize the series, is her story with her cousin, the man whom the lame describes as “greedy”, and who took advantage of Mai’s weakness, to take possession of all the her money and property, before throwing her into the famous psychiatric hospital in Asfouriya, Lebanon.
Al-Araj believes that the most important trait of Ziada’s personality is human sideWhich will put Egyptian actress Mona Shalaby on a historic mission to do justice to the genius of the East.
Through the title, we can see the extent of the suffering that Mai experienced, who spent nights and days there Psychiatric hospital.
Al-Araj said: “May was not just a writer, but a human story, for a woman who was distinguished by tolerance for religions and a literary spirit. She grew up in a tolerant environment. The balcony of her house stood out. it overlooked the famous White Mosque and behind it the Church of the Annunciation, which has earned its literature a kind of sanctity “.
She was never born in Nazareth in 1886, her original name is Maria Elia Ziadeh, Of a Syrian-Palestinian mother and a Lebanese father, she excelled in writing literary, critical and social articles.
One of the aliases was Isis Copia, as well as other names such as Canar, the First Marine Sinbad.
Al-Araj spoke of entrusting the actress with the direction of production of the series (the production company will launch in its conception after Ramadan 2023) for the role of Mai Ziadeh. Minna Shalabi.
The novel’s author said, “It’s not related to me, and I haven’t had a word about it, but I’m very happy with this choice. My failure is a wonderful actress and has global charisma, and that’s what renders is the closest to playing the role, even if I’ve never met her, but I’m confident of the choice “.
He added: “There are three qualities that the actress who will play the character of Mai must have, the first of which is age, as the job requires an actress in her forties, the second is intelligence and the third. what a strong personality is, and these are things he touched upon in the roles he played. Minna Shalabi“.
Al-Araj believes that the fame factor that Shalaby enjoyed will give the opera the opportunity to occupy an important position, amid the momentum of the dramas that Egypt produces every year.
