Madiha Kamal (1990) مديحة كامل

Just when you thought that youd seen everything in the way of bedlah (and who can forget Nagwa s lobster costume ) along comes the costume designer for the 1990 Egyptian film Shawader(شوادر). Yikes just doesn t do it justice does it And who thought of the green pixie boots This is actress Madiha Kamal who plays the title role as Shawader a bellydancer who s set her sights on the wealthy gent Abdel Gawad (Kamal al Shinnawi) despite the fact that hes already married and has adult children. He divorces his wife Nemat who s played by Ehsan el Qalaawi and Nemat dies of a broken heart. Then he marries Shawader. His children attempt to poison Shawader but Abdel Gawad eats the poisoned dish. The film was written by prominent Egyptian film critic Magda Khairallah. Several years ago Magda Khairallah was part of the discussion about the remaking of Western films with Arabic casts. The Egyptian film industrys authenticity and creativity was called into question and Khairallah was quoted as saying There is a dif