{"id":1210,"date":"2017-05-03T10:35:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:28:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:28:34","slug":"auditory-hallucinations-agoraphobia-and-extremism-as-portrayed-by-actor-ahmed-magdy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2017\/05\/03\/auditory-hallucinations-agoraphobia-and-extremism-as-portrayed-by-actor-ahmed-magdy\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditory Hallucinations, Agoraphobia and Extremism as Portrayed by Actor Ahmed Magdy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In this podcast,\u00a0our Screening Room editor, Khalid Ali, explores the role of film in shining a light on mental illlness, dysfunctional families, and the rise of religious fanaticism with Egyptian director <a href=\"http:\/\/m.imdb.com\/name\/nm5381894\/?ref_=m_tt_cl_i4\">Ahmed Magdy<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Auditory hallucinations, agoraphobia and extremism as portrayed by actor Ahemed Magdy by BMJ talk medicine\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F319733695&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recently introduced to acting, Ahmed talks about his portrayal of three challenging characters: a young man imprisoned in his mother&#8217;s house in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt4796556\/\">Gate of Departure <\/a>(<\/em>Karim Hanafy, 2014), an extremist who converts from Islam to Christianity in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/preacher-955026\"><em>The Preacher (Mawlana)\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(Magdi Ahmed Ali, 2016), and a man troubled with persistent auditory hallucinations and a legacy of inherited mental illness in <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/reviews\/ali-the-goat-and-ibrahim-review-1201948436\/\"><em>Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim <\/em><\/a>(Sherif El Bendary, 2016).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ahmed Magdy studied Law in Ain Shams University, but pursued his passion for film by taking part in\u00a0Egypt&#8217;s independent cinema scene since 2008.\u00a0He produced and directed a couple of independent films, and directed his own short, <a href=\"http:\/\/arabicshortfilms.blogspot.co.uk\/2011\/03\/cream-cake-ahmed-magdy.html\"><em>Caika Bel Crema<\/em><\/a> (<em>A Cream Cake<\/em>, 2008).<\/div>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast,\u00a0our Screening Room editor, Khalid Ali, explores the role of film in shining a light on mental illlness, dysfunctional families, and the rise of religious fanaticism with Egyptian director Ahmed Magdy. 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