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Rising Egyptian Star Yasmina El-Abd on Gen Z Female Empowerment in the Arab World and Reprising Her Role as Zeina in Netflix’s ‘Finding Ola’
Rising Egyptian star Yasmina El-Abd talks about female Empowerment in the Arab film and TV world and reprising her role in Netflix’s 'Finding Ola.'
Rising Egyptian star Yasmina El-Abd, whose acting career has been on a roll since she was 12, stands as testimony to the fact that female empowerment is becoming a major theme in the Arab world’s film and TV output. A slew of roles have followed, including in Arab patriarchy dramedy “Daughters of Abdul-Rahman”; as well as in HBO Max kids series “Theodosia,” where El-Abd is the only Egyptian cast member and plays one of the leads, Princess Safiya; the groundbreaking Arabic-language musical feature ”Sukkar,” and, of course hit Netflix series “ Finding Ola ” – the second season of which just dropped – in which she plays Zeina, a surrogate daughter of the show’s happily divorced protagonist. Yasmina El-Abd – who recently turned 18 and acts and sings in English, French and Arabic – spoke to Variety about her career progression and why, besides being an actor and singer, she’s now ready to become an executive producer.
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