Ashraf Zaki

The body of the late director Ahmed Al-Badri arrived recently at Al-Hosary Mosque, for funeral prayers to be performed over him and the body to be carried to its final resting place. Dr. Ashraf Zaki, head of the Actors Syndicate, director Ashraf Fayek and artist Mahmoud Abdel Ghaffar, were keen to attend alongside family and friends.

The Syndicate of Acting Professions, headed by Dr. Ashraf Zaki, mourned director Ahmed Al-Badri with great sadness, and offered his sincere condolences to the family of the deceased, praying to the Almighty God to cover him with his vast mercy, and to inspire his family with patience and solace. We belong to God and to Him we shall return.

Dr. Ashraf Zaki, head of the Acting Professions Syndicate, announced the death of director Ahmed El-Badry, inside the Nasser Institute, as a result of the health crisis he had been exposed to recently.

Director Ahmed El-Badry had his foot amputated, and director Ahmed El-Badry’s last work was the movie “The Bag,” starring Bayoumi Fouad, Sherif Desouky, and Sherine, written by Tamer Abdel Moneim, and directed by Ahmed El-Badry.

The film’s events revolve in a comedic context, around a bag that Bayoumi Fouad owns in Dubai, and he gets into many troubles and problems because of it. Festival singer Omar Kamal performs the film’s main song, which is written and composed by Ashraf Abdel Moneim.

Written by Ali Al-Kashouti Saturday, November 25, 2023 01:18 AM

The Acting Professions Syndicate decided to fine an amount of one million pounds to the Masha Artistic Production Company, which produces the Belly of the Whale series, and to prevent members of the Acting Professions Syndicate from dealing with director Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, the director of the series. The Syndicate revealed that anyone who cooperates with the director is subject to a penalty that may amount to disbarment.

In a related context, Dr. Ashraf Zaki, head of the Acting Professions Syndicate, said that the union decided to write off members who had not paid their union subscriptions.

Ashraf Zaki confirmed that he gives members who have not paid their subscription for a period not exceeding three years a two-week grace period to pay the amounts owed to them, and in the event of non-payment, they will be struck off and their names will be announced to prevent them from working after their memberships are removed from the union.

The Board of Directors of the Acting Professions Syndicate, headed by Dr. Ashraf Zaki, issued a decision to stop dealing with the casting directors (Ahmed Tammam, Khaled Safwat, and Ahmed Ismail) for violating the union’s laws.

The Acting Professions Syndicate’s statement said: “The Board of Directors of the Acting Professions Syndicate decided to stop dealing with the casting director (Ahmed Tammam, Khaled Safwat, and Ahmed Ismail), due to their violation of Syndicate Law No. 25 of 1978, and the Syndicate’s Board of Directors decided to take legal measures and inform the Public Prosecution against them.”