Egypt’s megastar Mona Zaki: I am proud to be an actress

CAIRO - 3 December 2020: Presenting the Faten Hamama Excellence Award to prominent film figures for their contribution to enrich the cinematographic art, the former holder of the award Egyptian star Menna Shalaby took the stage on the opening ceremony of Cairo International Film Festival announcing: “This year’s award goes to a star who opened doors for many actors of her generation and who inspired many with her roles.”

Shalaby added that Zaki is her dear lovely friend and that she was lucky enough to work twice with the late great Ahmed Zaki.

“Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the superstar Mona Zaki” Shalaby said.

Egyptian megastar Mona Zaki received the award.

Accepting the prize, Zaki asserted that as a teenager when she was an amateur theatre actress, she often attended the CIFF.

She added that it is a great honour to be awarded a prize carrying the name of the legendary actress Faten Hamama.

“ I am also extremely happy to be honoured in the same edition that honors the veteran script writer Waheed Hamed, a veteran scriptwriter who I benefited a lot from” Zaki said.

 Zaki added that she tried to write a speech but at the end decided to speak directly from her heart.

“ I am happy to be honored from the festival of my country Egypt” Zaki said.



The Egyptian megastar said that she dreamt, dreaming and will continue to dream.

“ I am grateful to all those who I worked with” Zaki said.



Zaki said that she is proud of her job as an actress.