Rania Youssef responds to banning "Tarot" from screening "due to inappropriate scenes"

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef denied rumors that her film "Tarot" was banned due to it containing inappropriate scenes.

During her interview on the "Al Hekaya" program, presented by media figure Amr Adeeb, she confirmed that the film had obtained censorship approval from the beginning, noting that everything being said about the film being banned or having censorship problems is just baseless slander.

"The film was approved from the first time we made it. There is nothing that is being said or rumored. I do not understand why these lies are being spread," Rania said.

She added in a decisive tone: “When a young journalist calls me to ask for an interview, and I politely apologize to him, it turns into an attack on me in his article or report. It has become as if I refuse to talk to the media, and this is what some newspapers believe, and stand against me because of it.”

Regarding the increasing criticism on social media, Rania Youssef continued: “Social media has become immoral, and my name is mentioned in anything just to search for a trend on my account.”

Rania continued that there was controversy over the dog scene in the film, although the film also contains scenes with a cat and a parrot, but everyone focused on the dog only because it was in a scene with her, expressing surprise at this criticism, as she also pointed out that the film was filmed two years ago and has been approved by the censorship authority since then.

Rania Youssef enters the singing field for the first time with the song "Lik" Egyptian artist Rania Youssef surprised her followers on social media by announcing the start of the countdown to release the song “Lik” in her first singing experience.

Rania Youssef revealed, through her official Instagram account, the promo video clip for the song “Lik” in preparation for its release in the coming days, and commented by saying, “Are you ready for that?”

The song "Leek" will be released next Tuesday, August 20, on the global video site YouTube and digital platforms.

The video clip for the song “Leek” is directed by Egyptian director Batoul Arafa and was filmed in Egypt. The song “Leek” is in the Egyptian dialect, with lyrics by Samir Tarek, music by Mohamed Mustafa, distribution by Tiyam Tarek, and production by Life Stylez Studios.

Director Batoul Arafa tells the details of the clip "Lik" Director Batoul Arafa has finished filming the video clip for artist Rania Youssef's song "Lik", which was written by Samir Tarek, composed by Mohamed Mustafa, and distributed by Tiyam Tarek. Director Batoul Arafa said in a statement that the video clip for the song "Leek" by Rania Youssef, in her first experience in the field of video clips, was filmed in Cairo, noting that the idea of Rania Youssef presenting the song was the idea of producer Fahd Al-Zahid, and that she filmed it in a show style with the help of Rania Youssef's acting performance.

Director Batoul Arafa added that the idea of the clip is simple and that she relied heavily on shows, noting that Rania Youssef appears in 3 different looks, hoping that the clip will be admired by the audience, especially since a great deal of effort was put into it in terms of filming and preparations, in addition to the fact that Rania Youssef appears in a different way than she has appeared before.