Between her confrontation in the courts with a sheikh of extremist groups, her shocking statements to justify abortion and the roles of seduction, and her donation of her organs after her death, actress Elham Shaheen became one of the most prominent artists in the circle of accusations in the media arena, with her responses enveloped in a tone of challenge to her critics.
This caused that during the past 9 years, the media focus has become more on the artist’s media battles than on her artwork itself.
In November 2012, the press was preoccupied with a legal dispute that erupted between Ilham Shaheen and Abdullah Badr, one of the advocates of the Salafist Front in Egypt, against the background of his accusation of filming immoral scenes. Imprisonment for a year, and rejected all mediations for reconciliation.
