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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

There is no doubt that the hero of the work will be among Amr Salama also raised controversy ahead of the
the first fans of Dr Rifaat Ismail, but it was not expected show's launch by writing a post that the audience
that the choice would fall on "Ahmed Amin", who considered as a “viewing catalog,” in which he
dazzled everyone with his performance despite being a provided a set of instructions that should be followed
comedian and the distance of the character of Dr. Refaat when watching the series, such as avoid eating and
from his real life full of joy and spontaneity, which drinking, in addition to avoiding side conversations
explains the amount of preparations Amin underwent and watching the series on a large screen, and in
and it took him a whole year to reach this level which has response to Salama's request from the audience to
been praised by the public, and yet critics agreed on his focus, viewers detected some mistakes focused on
as
such
medicine
details
specialized
and
creativity in perfectly demonstrating his tragic side.
engineering.
He started writing his diaries and making a mental map There is no doubt that there is no work that is free
like that used by Dr. Rifaat Ismail in the analysis of the from errors and criticisms, so was the "Paranormal" ,
world, which is one of the most prominent features of the where many commented on the poor quality of the
personality, he visited Mansoura University to check the graphics used in the work, and despite this , the work
English accent of university doctors, and he was became the fifteenth place of the most popular works
inspired a lot from his older brother as he is a heavy on the international site "IMDB", which the director
smoker like Refaat, which makes his gait less lively and commented, that this is related to the popularity the
his physical movements, his attention and his manner of series is witnessing at the moment and the
speaking extremely calm, in addition of taking interaction of the public with it.
swimming, diving and writing lessons, Salama believed
that people of the past were distinguished by good All six episodes of the series also received very high
writing. ratings and the series ranked 187th among the 250
best series in history. It did not stop there, on the
As for "Maggie", "Razan El Gamal" prepared to perform contrary, in the days following the launch, the series
her character by traveling to (Edinburgh), Scotland, as was able to reach the list of the most popular works
the character is Scottish. She wanted to speak like them on the platform "Netflix" in Egypt and a large number
and learn how to pronounce. She also deepened in the from European countries, notably France, Germany
sixties in Egypt and the relationship between her and Dr. and Belgium, according to the platform.
Rifaat. The praises were successive on the creators of
the work from its launch, and were not limited to Netflix also surprised the star of the series, "Ahmed
spectators only , but also came from a large number of Amin", with a message it sent him, as the latter
Egyptian and Arab stars and drama makers, expressing comments " it scared me".
their happiness at the level that the series came out with, And it was wrote in that message: "To Rifaat Ismail
and the success of an Egyptian work of being presented ... Farkash is the start. I will continue to work on
on a global broadcast platform and that it dominates the the interviews until the stars burn out .. Good
views of the region. luck." So we will meet you in other seasons during
the coming period.

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