How well Jamal Suliman do in the Egyptian series "Hada'k Al Shaytan" or "Gardens of the Devil"?
The Syrian actor was shocked when he read the script of the show. He said in an interview that he put his hand on his heart for three reasons. The first being that it was a TV show which will go on for a month and not a one-shot movie so he would have to gain the love of the audience all the way through. The second being that his character was an evil one but the third and most important was he would have to play the role using an Egyptian accent...and not just any accent...a Sa'eedi (from the Egyptian countryside) accent too!
Most critics said that he got the accent right by 80% but had a few Syrian words slip out. In response to this he said:
"Is this a low percentage considering the fact that I'm Syrian? I challenge any Egyptian actor to use the Sa'eedi accent as well as I did. I think the only Egyptian actor who can get it totally right would have to be a Sa'eedi born and raised."
When asked about how Syrian TV production has exceeded that of Egypt, he said:
"I disagree, Egypt is and has always been the Hollywood of the Middle East but it lacks historic productions. This is what Syria has done better, as for social productions, no one can beat Egypt.”
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I am Egyptian and i must confess that Jamal Soliman was perfect,he played the role as if he is a real Egyptian from El-Se3id,bgad congaratulation,and all egyptians were very glad becoz of him,he is a charismatic person who can act as professionals,while some actors who have no luck and never been hero in any role in the cinema or TV as Ahmed Maher for example were very jealous of him and attack him coz he is from syria and play an egyptian role,but they were very embrassed coz all the TV Programs and the press attacked their strange opinion and admit that Jamal Sulaiman was more than perfect and he was the best to play that role and some big stars as Adel Imam and Nour Elsherif were very glad of him and were very sad becoz of those who were jealous of Jamal Soliman becoz Egypt is the land of Art and all Arab actors are welcome coz Egypt is their second country and its a shame to attack any Arabian actor
I LOVE YOU JAMAAAAAL!!!!!!!! ..omd i loove this guy..he was sooo great! he acted it our so well..i dunt fnk any1 coulda dun it beta..ooh i miss him :( that mosalsal was amaaaazinggg! n yes i agree..egypt will always b the hollywood of the middle east...WOOOP!...were jus 2 greeaaattt!
I personally think Lebanon is. The video clips have much more quality and the singers and much more popular....no offence though, Egypt also contributes... ;)
i cant remember any lebanese movie or mosalsal that make lebanon hollywood midle east,i even dont know any of their actors or actresses except farid el atrash,sabah and others who act in the Egyptian movies only with the Egyptian accsents,even most of their songs are in the Egyptian accsent..but Egypt all its actors and actresses are well known in the whole Arab world..i am not offending any1,but this is the truth,Egypt is Hollywood Middle East,,
,,Good work Jamal,you was amazing really..
He’s good actor and bold.
when I get older I will have a neat lots of hair./
hi all of course egypt is hollywood middle east mn zamaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn ya3ny ma3rofa ...
gamal is a very good actor
Farid Il Atrash was Syrian druze...not leb.
Hollywood is crap anyway so don't use it as a means of comparison. Hollywood = crap scripts + hugeee budgets. Even Bollywood is more creative...still I have never watched a bollywood movie & don't plan 2 do so anytime soon. I can guess the storylines without watching...hunky boy meets shy pretty girl, boy gets into trouble with society, girl faces difficulties with family...big old dance & song (plenty of dancers, confetti & colours)...lots of struggle...one tender moment somewhere along the line, girls family reject boy, girl runs to bedroom to have a good old cry (hormones) whilst singing sad song in the mirror, family force girl to marry another blah blah blah make this bit up as u please...boy does something out of the blue...girl + boy run 2 the hills...big old song & dance (just the 2 of them running around spelling out the alphabet on the grass)...they live happily ever after. Add a fountain somewhere & a few trees, elephants...!
Come 2 think of it that sounds quite good actually!
Mind u since when did video clips count as anything more then promotion 4 a song? They r all as bad as each other...but I won't go into the narrative of those as they don't have one. Girls jiggling about makin sure that they haven't dropped any change- 'nough said!
Personally I think social-realism is the best type of genre, unfortunately it does not exist in the Middle East, hollywood or bollywood. Comedy is za best form of escapism but it’s rubbish in every corner of the world now. Boffs in the movie business resort to using sexuality as a reference to humour audiences which is both cheap & tacky. Laurel & Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Benny Hill, Rowan Atkinson & all the other legends, then there’s Mohammed Soub7y in masra7eyat is awesome…takhareef (if that’s what its called) is sooooooo funny. 3adel Imam back in the day & all those oldies are classics. The modern celebrity is not and never will be worthy of being legends or being called original…that’s all gone (pre-1985/90).
Me & mum thought the Syrian actor above was decent. He's got a babyface & sweet facial expressions that can make the audience warm 2 him easily. I wanted 2 pull his cheeks and say woodjywoo or some other babytalk.
SYRIAN tv series and even some movies they have begun to create now and the ones before exceed egypt whether social or historical or romantic. they are true. they don't have the fairy tale ending but they leave it up to u. use ur mind. i like that. jamal u rock man!
well he act and hes accent is egyptian, he knows that syrian drama is not gonna work for him so he act and learned egypt and that's why he become famous. you see how he become of course egypt is the best dramas. even though old days they had good movies with greatest actors and actresses./ still now, too./
to ahmed,
jamal sleiman is well known from his good acting n the syrian series so am sure he wasnt n need to participate n this egyptian serie 2 become famous!
He was 2 famous & 2 known even before!
to tell u the truth syria drama is boring. everytime i see a drama i get bored and trying to force myself to watch, sometime i slept with out watching it. jamal is good acting egypt drama, thats all. read the article what he said "(Tamara}", about tv prod
he said Egypt has always been the Hollywood of the Middle East but it lacks historic productions. no one can beat Egypt.
The Arab series nowadays barely touch on the real social issues and problems. The way they handle current affairs is very shallow, no real depth. The "Fantasia" genre is quite annoying. The historical series are quite good in immortalising the Arabs' golden era, however it does not do much to boost the morale of the Arab youth nowadays. Frankly the quality is going down and young actors are becoming quite pretentious.
I did not actually watch anything this year, but mummy dearest mentioned 2 series she liked this year, one Egyptian for Nour ElSheriff and one Syrian. Do not know their names really.
I am sorry but most Egyptian movies are horrendous nowadays. Same old same old...Quantity but not much quality. It is a shame though because I am sure there is no lack of talented scriptwriters, actors and directors.
I will not comment on Lebanese series, yeey yeey yeey. Okay I will comment, one decent series every five years and the rest are horrible. Thank God, they do not pile them on.
hi i jusst like to say for that girl who says that she cant remember any of the lebanese actors or actresses i wanna tell go fix ur grammar and then come and say shits about lebanese because ma 7ada in the arabic world could say the 2OUF u the egyptians yes u guys are good in acting i cant ignore that but u guys didnt drink from the mountains of lebanon as Sabah, fairouz,mouein shrif, and so many HIGH lebanese singers so plz when u guys wanna come and talk about lebanese u should know how to talk okay, and i wanna have another chance to congratulate jamal suliman because i adore his character and he was so great.
Oh that guy was great wallah. He's a great actor! Mashallah.
I like his smile, Lol it's cute. ;]
Jamal Suliman played his part brilliantly, with such a convincing and skillful manner, he actually imposed himself as one of the big stars of Egyptian, yes EGYPTIAN television and cinema!!!
I say we need to keep this guy as one of our main stars, and forget the fact of where he's originally from,cos as he said, egypt is the leading light in media in the arab world!!! and he played his part amazingly!!!
jamal is an actor who is able to make u fly without wings .imagine u may am adreamer.yasser.