Ramadan double dose

Actress is working on 2 different dramas Cairo - Khaled Farag Egyptian actress Abeer Sabri will be appearing in two \"very different\" guises come Ramadan, she told Arabstoday. She is filming roles for el-Walda Basha (The Queen Mother) and Mazag el-Kheir (Good Evening). In The Queen Mother, she plays a traditional, working-class girl who is in a relationship with the character played by Bassem Samra. \"It\'s a major challenge because I\'m trying to break the mould into which this sort of character has been traditionally placed, in terms of appearance and performance.\" She added: \"I\'ve already started receiving good feedback from the set. Director Shereen Adel and my cast colleagues have told me they liked what I was doing, which is very exciting.\" Asked about this transformation, she said: \"I thought a lot about it at first to make sure that my appearance would give a jolt to the viewer\'s expectations, which was achieved with help from the director who told me she was pleased with the changes I made to the character\'s look. When she approached me about the role, she said she wanted me to appear in a new area different to my previous work, which I found really encouraging.\" \"Also, I\'m very pleased to be working with Bassem. I think of myself as a fan of his and I\'ve always made sure to watch anything he\'s in. Besides, he is such a great person in real life.\" As for Good Evening, whose original title contains a pun related to partying and drug-taking, she said: \"The series tackles the underworld of drug traffickers and their conflicts, which is what the title hints at. But there is a specific reference that you\'ll need to ask director Magdi el-Hawari and [actor] Mustafa Shaaban about. \"Apart from all that, I\'m very pleased to be working with them because I adore Mostafa as a person. He\'s a very dear friend and I watch all his work and always like it. I\'ve also wanted to work with Magdi el-Hawari for quite a while now and I\'m glad that that\'s come true.\"