Ramadan’s hashtag trends on Twitter after announcing to play Ahmed Zaki’s role

CAIRO - 14 June 2020: Egyptian megastar Mohamed Ramadan’s hashtag trends on Twitter after it was announced that he will play the role of the late veteran superstar Ahmed Zaki in a series about his life and artistic journey.

The series will be written by veteran scriptwriter Waheed Hamed and directed by Mohamed Sami. Twitter users compared through the hashtag Zaki to Ramadan, where almost all of them declared that Zaki is far better.

Ramadan's song "Coronavirus" reached nearly 700,000 views 8 hours after it was posted on his official channel on YouTube. Leading the trending list the same day it was uploaded, the song provided some tips and guidelines to prevent the risk of contracting the novel virus.

Earlier, Ramadan teased his audience and followers on his various social media accounts with a short clip of his new song; he posted a behind-the-scenes video on his personal account on Instagram, where he appeared wearing a face-mask. In his new song, Ramadan collaborates with director Mohammed Samy.

In Ramadan 2020, Ramadan played the leading role in the successful series “El-Brens” directed and written by Mohammed Samy.

The series co-starred Noor, Ahmed Zaher, Rogina, Naglaa Badr, Edward, Donia Abdel Aziz, Abdel Aziz Mekhion, Reem Sami, Salwa Osman, Mohammed Alaa, Safa el-Tokhi, Mohammed Hatem, Rehab el-Gamal, Hazem Ihab and Ahmed Dash.