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Front Row Productions Acquires Rights To Life Of Notorious Lebanese Bank Robber Sally Hafez
Sally Hafez stormed a Lebanese bank to access her savings in September 2022 during the country's financial crisis.
Hafez became an instant media figure following the raid, which she later explained had been conducted to access cash from her accounts to fund her sister’s cancer treatment. Armed with her nephew’s toy gun and a mixture of water and fuel, Hafez succeeded in reclaiming $13,000 and 30,000,000 Lebanese Pounds from Blom Bank in Beirut, obtaining a receipt to avoid theft charges. In a joint statement from Front Row’s Gianluca Chakra and Empire Entertainment’s Mario Haddad, the producers said: “Sally’s story is as remarkable as it is painful.
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