That is why when Fashion Director Maissa Azab told me she is currently working with Sarhan on her upcoming show this Ramadan, Hala Show, I was determined to not let go of the opportunity. And there I was few days later, sitting face to face with the woman who started it all. I expected Sarhan to be intimidating and arrogant, after all she is Hala Sarhan.
But to my surprise, I found Sarhan to be grounded, confident, and far from arrogant. Forty-one years, to be exact, spent working in media. Sarhan is a leader. The freedom Sarhan found at home encouraged her to test her limits in a not-so-free world. One that got her all the way to the top of the world, down, then back up again, a rollercoaster which she chose to ride.
Sarhan has been there, done that, and excelled in everything in between. From reading news on Egyptian Radio in the s to teaching in the University of Louisville, Kentucky, to hosting the first talk shows in the Middle East on the screens of the biggest networks in the region.
She has this special talent of spreading success wherever she goes. At the time, Sarhan made each network what it was; her programmes were the main source of advertising for each one of those channels.
Her shows made her very popular with audiences, but a nuisance to the authorities and eventually she had to leave Dream and join Rotana. She worked her magic again at Rotana where she became Head of Production and Distribution and established Rotana Cinema, Rotana Zaman and Rotana Masriya, making them what they are today. Despite her outstanding on-screen success, Sarhan held another passion close to her heart, writing. There are no screens, cameras, editors. After over 40 years in the industry, Sarhan is now going back to basics.
With her new show Hala Show, she returns to Dream TV, she returns to entertainment, and she returns to her audience who love her. I am back on Dream TV and I am very happy to be back. The show has a new concept. It is staged in a virtual world, the country of Morostan. We have guests coming from other virtual countries and they tell us all about the problems they face back home. It is divided into various segments that are different from what you usually watch on TV.
This is something we really need since we just tend to imitate everything. You always have a table, two chairs and a guest sitting opposing the host. We really need something new. How do you think the revolution changed the media landscape? Look, we have problems in almost every field. The economy is going down, you have political issues, you have problems with the judiciary, but the media is actually the only thing that changed for the better.
Now we have new channels, we have more voices and they are all doing a very good job. What about state TV, do you think it is still redeemable?
Hazem Abou Ismail who surrounded Media Production City a few times to prevent people from doing their jobs. Also we have problems in Maspero that have been growing drastically over the years which are nepotism and favouritism. I love you all and thank you for a beautiful night and evening that I will never forget. Another wrote: Haifa is like a wax statue from operations, her movement is very slow, and her face has the same expressions that do not change.
Another directed his words to Haifa, criticizing her clothes in an indirect way: Oh, my artist, I wore the chemise and forgot the pants.
Haifa Wehbe was forced to wear trousers instead of the hot shorts she was wearing to her party in a village on the North Coast, while recording an interview with the official Egyptian TV, which imposes on its guests a commitment to dress standards. An Egyptian TV source told the Egyptian newspaper, Al-Watan, that Haifa appeared during the ceremony in shorts, but the director forced her during the television interview to wear trousers.
And the source continued: Because it is forbidden to look at the viewers on Egyptian television wearing hot shorts, which made her go to her room to wear trousers, and indeed she went to her room and wore black pants.
With a daring look, during which she wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed her charms, Haifa Wehbe ignited the atmosphere at an artistic concert in the new city of El Alamein in Egypt. Haifa Wehbe presented a group of her songs and danced to her tunes with the audience, while the party witnessed the presence of some celebrities such as Hamo Beka, Bossi Shalaby, Akram Hosni and Mohamed Tharwat.
Haifa sparked controversy by appearing in bold clothes on two consecutive days.
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